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New to the Store and Random News

This is a list of some of the things that are new to the store. It is updated as and IF time permits.

Date Item Canadian
Price
May 18, 2013
Sale Today and tomorrow we are having an in store 25th Anniversary Sale. 25% off of white tag items. See flyer for details.
Magazines The May 2013 RMC May 2013 RMC has arrived. It features an article by on Robert turner on CPR's Boundary District and an article by Mark Dance's N-Scale layout on that area.

The May 2013 Railfan & Railroad MC May 2013 RMC has arrived.
No 53 Timber Times Issue 53 of Timber Times has arrived.
Magazines The 2013-3 PTC 2013-2 issue of Passenger Train Journal has arrived.
The May/June 2013 O Scale Trains May/June 2013 O Scale Trains has arrived.
The April 2013 Model Cars Magazine April 2013 Model Cars magazine has arrived.
May 17, 2013
Sale Today and tomorrow we are having an in store 25th Anniversary Sale. 25% off of white tag items. See flyer for details.
Magazines The July 2013 WCRA News June 2013 WCRA News has arrived. $ 1.50
May 8, 2013
AZL - Z-Scale New AZL Z-Scale models are now on the Z-Scale web page.
May 8, 2013
Athearn New Athearn announcements are now on the Athearn pages, HO, N and Genesis. Delivery January 2014.
May 7, 2013
Magazines The March/April 2013 Canadian Railway Modeller Magazine March/April 2013 Canadian Railway Modeller Magazine has arrived.
The May 2013 Branchline Magazine May 2013 Branchline Magazine has arrived.
The March/April 2013 Canadian Rail March/April 2013 Canadian Rail has arrived.
May 1, 2013
Magazines The June 2013 Trains Magazine June 2013 Trains has arrived.
The June 2013 Model Railroader June 2013 issue of Model Railroading has arrived.
The May/June 2013 Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading May/June 2013 Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading has arrived.
Magazines The May/June 2013 s Gaugian May/June 2013 S Gaugian has arrived.
The Summer 2013 Classic Trains Summer 2013 Classic Trains has arrived.
The First Q 2013 The Milwaukee Railroader First Q 2013The Milwaukee Railroader has arrived.
Magazines The May 2013 Railroads Illustrated May 2013 Railroads Illustrated has arrived.
The June 2013 Garden Railways June 2013 Garden Railways has arrived.
DCC We have received a restock of Soundtraxx DCC products.
May 1, 2013
Magazines The WCRA News May 2013 WCRA News has arrived.
The June O-Gauge Railroading Magazine June 2013 issue of O- Gauge Railroading News has arrived.
April 30, 2013
HO Track From a collection, lots of Rivarossi Code 100 track. Manual and powered turnouts, crossings, and single slip switches. Various prices
HO Track From a collection, Triang Code 125 Track, straights and curves. Various prices
April 27, 2013
Magazines New issues of:
  • Model Railroad News May 2013 May 2013 Model Railway News
  • June 2013 Scale Auto June 2013 Scale Auto Magazine
April 26, 2013
Sylvan From Supertrain we brought back a supply of the newer Sylvan HO Scale Vehicle releases, models V-174 through V-188.
April 25, 2013
Magazines For those of you who missed them the first time around we have obtained a handful of back issues of Canadian Rail Magazine:
  • Canadian Rail BCER Issue No. 534 - January-February 2010 BC Electric Issue.
  • Canadian Rail Magazine PGE- BCR-BC Rail Issue No. 547 - March-April 2012 PGE/BCR/BC Rail Issue
  • Canadian Rail Magazine GNR Issue No 551 - November-December 2012 GN in Southern BC Issue
$ 9.98
April 18, 2013
Magazines The Spring March/April (Vol 24 - 2) issue of Diesel Era has arrived. $ 8.95
HO Structures Structures from Walthers:
  • 933-3776 Cape Cod House Cape Cod House
  • 933-3777 Ranch Tract House Ranch tract House
  • 933-3067 Pier and Travelling Crane (Waterfont Series Reissue) Pier and Travelling Crane
  • 933-3152 Car Float (Waterfont Series Reissue) Car Float
  • 933-3776 Fire Department Drill Tower Fire Department Drill Tower
  • 933-3189 Fireproof Storage and Transfer Fireproof Storage and Transfer
  • 933-3066 Pier Terminal Building (Watefront Series Reissue) Pier Terminal Building
  • 933-3069 Front Street Warehouse Front Street Warehouse
  • 933-4024 Railcar Restoration and Charter Railcar Restoration and Charter
  • 933-2902 Machine Shop Machine Shop
  • 933-3058 Mountain Lumber Company Mountain Lumber Company
Unless otherwise noted images are from Wathers.
April 16, 2013
Magazines The Spring 2013 issue of Railfan Canada has arrived. Spring 2013 issue of Raifan Canada
April 5, 2013
Magazines A shelf full of new magazines have arrived:
  • Model Railroad News - April 2013
  • Model Railroader - May 2013
  • N Scale Railroading - May/Jun 2013
  • Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette - Mar/Apr 2013
  • Narrow gauge Downunder - April 2013
  • Sn3 Modeler - Spring/Summer 2013
  • Steam in the Garden - May/June 2013
  • Trains - May 2013
  • TRP - The Railroad Press - #97 Apr/May/June 2013
Shinohara We have a modest restock of Code 70 and Code 100 Shinohara Track.
April 4, 2013
Magazines The April 2013 issue of BRANCHLINE has arrived. $ 4.95
March 30, 2013
Magazines The following new magazines have arrived:
  • Classic Toy Trains - May 2013
  • the Great Northern Goat - #154 March 2013
  • Model Cars - #175 - Feb/March 2013
March 28, 2013
Magazines The January /February 2013 issue of Canadian Rail has arrived. $ 9.95
March 26, 2013
Magazines The Jan-Feb 2013 Z-Track Jan/Feb 2013 issue of Ztrack magazine has arrived.
March 23, 2013
Kato N-Scale We have the Kato Kato Unitram V50 Set Unitram V50 set for $ 262.99.


Also a Kato Potram Kitty Cat Potram 14-801-8 for $ 158.99.


Images from Kato.
Bowser HO The second run of Bowser HO Scale C630M models are arriving. We are contacting customers as we receive their models.
HO Brass HO Scale Canadian Pacific etched brass number plates will be available in April 2013. The plate etching has 140 number plates. We hope to have a small supply of them. More details as we get them.
Magazines The March 2013 Railfan March 2013 issue of Railfan & Railroad has arrived. $ 5.95
Magazines The Winter 2013 Railroad Explorer Winter 2013 issue of Railroad Explorer has arrived. $ 12.50
March 20, 2013
Magazine The April 2013 issue of WCRA News has arrived. $ 1.50
Brass Eight CPR Brass Heavy Weight passenger cars have been added to the Brass web page.
Track Code 83 Atlas flex track is finally on the way to us.
March 16, 2013
Track We have received a restock of Some Shinohara Code 83 and Code 100 turnouts.
The Shinohara Track Shinohara Track web page has been updated with the new stock.
Magazines New magazines:
  • Diesel Era - Jan/Feb 2013 Issue 3 24-1 Jan/Feb 2013 Issue of Diesel Era
  • Railroad Model Craftsman - March 2013
    March 2013 Issue of Railroad Model Craftsman
  • Railroads Illustrated - March 2013 Issue 406
    March 2013 Issue of Railroads Illustrated
March 14, 2013
Fast Tracks We have received most of our Fast Tracks shipment.

Fast Tracks is doing the PC ties in a new way. Instead of a bag of sliced ties they are now milling them out of a piece of PC Board. Their Copperhead PC Board ties come in a fret of ties that need to be cut apart.
The Standard HO Scale cross tie with insulating cuts has 33 ties for $ 3.65.
We didn't order any crossover ties but it looks like they come in a fret of 27 long ties for $ 5.69.
When we receive our N-Scale Copperhead ties they will come in a fret of 45 ties for $ 6.29. Fast Tracks Copperhead Ties
March 12, 2013
Magazines Issue 11-4 of CP Tracks has arrived. Issue 11-4 of CP Tracks Magazine $ 7.50
March 13, 2013
Decals Daly Designs have produced decals for British Columbia Railway Woodchip Gondolas - 905xx series. HO scale - $ 8.39. N-Scale - $ 6.39
DCC We have a restock of Digitrax DCC products.
ATLAS HO We have the Atlas Trainman 85' ISO Container Flat Cars in stock in CP Rail and Canadian National. Atlas Trainman 85' ISO Container Flat Car $ 29.35
New Decals We have more new decals from Daly Designs for the Geoff Gooderham N-Scale Slab Side hoppers:
  • BCR Dog Wood
$ 6.69
March 9, 2013
Magazines The following magazine issues have arrived:
  • Garden Railways - April 2013
  • Model Railroader - April 2013
  • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr 2013 Issue #67
  • S gaugian - Mar/Apr 2013
  • Trains - April 2013
New Decals We have new decals from Daly Designs for the Geof Gooderham N-Scale Slab Side hoppers:
  • PGE Map herald 50" and 69" - various road numbers
  • PGE Red Lettering - various road numbers.
$ 6.69
SoundTraxx We have a restock of SoundTraxx sound decoders including the new Genset Decoder.
March 8, 2013
Trackside Guide 2013 The 2013 Trackside Guide has arrived. $ 26.95
March 7, 2013
Miniatures by Eric All Miniatures by Eric web pages are being updated preparatory to sending in an order. We will have some stock of all HO, N, Z, O and G-Scale parts. But if there is anything from Eric that you want let us know now so that we can add it to the order.
March 6, 2013
MicroTrains The March 2013 MicroTrains releases are now on our web pages.
March 5, 2013
Magazine The March 2013 issue of Branchline has arrived. $ 4.95
March 2, 2013
Book The 2013 edition of the James W. Kerr Locomotive Rosters and News is in. $ 39.95
N-Scale The new N-Scale Kato Gunderson MAXI-I sets are in.
TTX-MAXI-I. 		$ 154.98
Magazines New issues of the following magazines have arrived:
  • Live Steam & Outdoor Railoading - March/April 2013
  • Model Cars - January 2013
  • Model Railroad News - March 2013
  • O Gauge Railroading - April/May 2013
  • Passenger Train Journal - 2013-1 Issue 254
  • Scale Auto - April 2013
Brass The reorganization of the brass pages is complete.
There are now separate pages for
N Scale Brass S Scale Brass O Scale Brass
We have HO scale brass models in the following categories:
Canadian Pacific Railway - Steam Canadian National Railway - Steam PGE / BCR / BC Rail
Canadian Pacific Railway - M&G Canadian National Railway - 1954 Scheme Denver & Rio Grande Western
CP Rail Canadian National Railway - 61 Scheme Narrow Gauge and Logging
Canadian Pacific Railway - Modern Canadian National Railway - Modern Electric Locomotives
New models being tested Odds - N - Ends
The individual subsections need organizing but everything but the new models are in the correct sections (I hope).
February 28, 2013
Paint The Floquil paint is now all relabeled with a Safety Cap applied.
February 22, 2013
Paint We have received a restock PolyScale and Floquil Paint. The PolyScale is on the rack. The Floquil is being relabeled and a Safety Cap being applied.
Hunterline We have a restock of Hunterline products: Kits, Stain and Mt Albert strip wood.
Magazine The March 2013 issue of the WCRA News has arrived. $ 1.50 Each
February 22, 2013
Scenery Back in stock: "Scooter's Static Stick" flocking applicator for applying static grass. $ 99.99 Each
HO Scale New from InterMountain
  • 4-Bay Cylindrical Covered Hoppers: Procor - Blue
  • 4-Bay Cylindrical Covered Hoppers: Alberta "Take a Break" - ALPX
  • 4-Bay Cylindrical Covered Hoppers: Alberta "Take a Break" - ALNX
  • 4-Bay Cylindrical Covered Hoppers: Canadian National - CNLX
  • 4-Bay Cylindrical Covered Hoppers: Canadian National - CNIS
Multiple road numbers in each paint scheme. 		$ 33.50 Each
February 20, 2013
Books Books from Nickel Belt Rails have arrived:
  • From Abbey to Zorra via Bagdad - reprint - $ 45.00
  • 6077 a Fine Locomotive by - $ 25.00
  • Sudbury Electrics & Diesels - $ 40.00
  • Algoma Rails - $ 49.95
  • Northern Ontario Rails in Colour - $ 55.00
  • A National Passenger Chronicle Volume 3 - $ 40.00
  • A National Passenger Chronicle Volume 4 - $ 45.00
HO Scale The TrueLine Trains HO Scale Canadian National Eight-Hatch Reefers have been received. All those who reserved models will be contacted.. We do have some store stock. $ 49.95
February 19, 2013
Web Pages Sometime this weekend a few of our web pages reverted to 2011 dates and content. We don't know why. We don't know where the old pages came from, we don't keep them. Just another hiccup in the World Wide Weird.
Magazines The Winter 2012/13 Issue of Sandhouse has arrived. It has an article on the CPR False Creek Tunnel.
There is also an article listing Railway companies that were chartered in British Columbia and what happened to them. A great listing of railway names for those of you looking for a name for your model railroad.
HO Scale The TrueLine Trains HO Scale Grand Trunk Western eight-hatch reefers have arrived and are now available for sale. CNR cars are here but have not been received yet. They will be received tomorrow. Reservations will be filled first. We will have store stock. $ 49.95
February 16, 2013
Magazines New issues of: The Railroad press (J/F/M 2013), Railfan & Railroad (Feb 2013) and the On30 Annual 2013 have arrived.
DCC We have received a SoundTraxx restock
N-Scale More Geoff Gooderham slab side hoppers have arrived. We are looking into having decals made for them.
February 15, 2013
Brass More brass models tested and added. Only 20 more to go to be temporarily up to date.
February 14, 2013
Brass As the brass page was getting a little long and unwieldily it is now split into three separate pages.
February 9, 2013
N Scale Now Shipping from Geoff Gooderham:
CPR Slab Side Covered Hopper - Kit for Eight Round Hatch Slab-Side Covered Hopper.

CPR Slab Side Covered Hopper - Kit for Six Square Hatch Slab-Side Covered Hopper.		 $ 35.98 Each
N Scale The February 2013 MicroTrains releases are now in the store.
Magazines New magazines today:
  • Model Railroader - March 2013
  • N-Scale - March/April 2013
  • N-Scale Railroading - March/April 2013
  • Narrow gauge and Short Line Gazette - Jan/Feb 2013
  • Railroad Model Craftsman - February 2013
  • Railroads Illustrated - February 2013
  • Steam in the Garden - March/April 2013
  • The Milwaukee Railroader - Fourth Quarter 2012
  • Trains - March 2013
February 7, 2013
HO Scale From Athearn Genesis - Canadian National GP38-2(W) . Multiple road numbers. DC - $ 184.95. DCC and SoundTraxx Tsunami Sound - $ 289.98.
February 6, 2013
HO Scale From InterMountain - Canadian National SD40-2w Locomotives. Stripes Scheme. DC or DCC and Sound (SoundTraxx) $ 154.99 - $ 229.99
Magazines The February issue of 'Branchline' has arrived. It has an article on surviving BCER Street Cars/Interurbans and a one page article by Patrick Hind on his time working on the PGE $ 4.95
February 2, 2013
HO Scale We have the three Peterson Supplies "Transport Leasing TLCX - Spruce Falls Power and Paper Co." special run Kadee cars in stock.
Spruce Falls 50 ' Box car.
Image from Petersons.		 $ 47.49
January 26, 2013
Magazines The February issue of the WCRA News has arrived. $ 1.50
Magazines Dec 2012 / January 2013 issue of Canadian Railway Modeller has arrived. $ 7.75
Brass All the old collections of Brass models are now on the Brass web page. Now started adding the latest collection.
Magazines For those who missed it, another shipment of the December 2012 issue of the Canadian Rail magazine has arrived. It is devoted to the Great Northern third mainline in BC.
The main article is by Henry Ewert.
A selection of photos from Stan Smaill
The third article on GNR Gas-Electric cars is by Peter Murphy.		 $ 9.98
January 26, 2013
Magazines New Magazines: Railfan & Railroad - January 2013, Railroads Illustrated - Jan 2013, The Dispatcher's Office - Jan 2013, and Z-Track magazine.
January 19, 2013
Magazines The 2013 issue of Model Railroad Planning has arrived.
The January 2013 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman is in.
January 17, 2013
Magazines The current issue of the Canadian Rail magazine is devoted to the Great Northern third mainline in BC.
The main article is by Henry Ewert.
A selection of photos from Stan Smaill
The third article on GNR Gas-Electric cars is by Peter Murphy.		 $ 9.98
Brass And more brass models on the Brass web page. Painted Kettle Valley Set. Unpainted CPR Light weight baggage car. CNR E60 Gas Electric (Out for repair).
January 15, 2013
True Line Trains The first of the True Line Trains CNR Eight hatch Reefers are arriving. The CNR Noodle Scheme is here now. $ 45.95
Black Cat Decals We have received a shipment of Black Cat Decals. Most common decals in the popular scales are now in stock.
Stripwood We have a partial restock of Mt. Albert Scale lumber and ties. N Scale ties are now in stock. Some items were back ordered.
H&Ds Own We have a restock of H&Ds Own 40' Track Cleaning Box cars. $ 27.95
Brass And more brass models on the Brass web page. .
January 12, 2013
Magazines New issues of Model railroader, Trains, Timbertimes, PTJ, Narrow Gauge Downunder and others.
January 11, 2013
Brass Another handful of models added to the brass page; CPR 2-8-2 PS and P2J, CPR 4-6-0, UP Challenger, GNR, and more.
January 9, 2013
Magazines The Fall/Winter 2012 issue of Railfan Canada has arrived. $ 9.25
Brass Another slug of CPR and CNR diesels have been added to the Brass web page. All models are custom painted with varying degrees of quality.
  • CNR SD50 - OMI-5049 Rd# 5420 - $ 595.95
  • CNR SD40-2 - OMI-5306 Rd# 5234 - $ 495.00
  • CPR SD40-2 - OMI-5308 Rd# 6037 - $ 450.00
  • CPR SD40-2 - OMI-5308 Rd# 6038 - $ 450.00
  • CNR SD40-2 - OMI-5343 Rd# 5363 - $ 450.00
  • CNR SD40-2 - OMI-5306 Rd# 5243 - $ 500.00
  • CNR Dash 8-40CM - OMI-5353 Rd# 2049 - $ 650.00
  • CNR Dash 8-40CM - OMI-5353 Rd# 2408 - $ 700.00
January 8, 2013
Rapido The Rapido Trains Set 6 - Full VIA Rail, has arrived. All those who have a set on hold have been contacted. Currently all Sets have been spoken for but we are maintaining a cancellation list in case anybody declines their set or we source some more.
January 5, 2013
Magazines The December 2012 issue of the Great Northern Goat has arrived. $ 10.95
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