Updated Thursday, May 13, 2013

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1809 NE 39th Ave.  (Cesar Chavez Blvd. )
Portland, OR 97212
503.284.1912 [T]
503.284.2920 [F]


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Store Hours

Tuesday - Friday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday Noon       - 4:00 pm
Monday Closed

Welcome to the Hobby Smith and our web site.  

Here at the Hobby Smith we are committed to providing you excellent customer service.  We believe in offering high quality products at a good value and providing you with answers to your modeling questions.  We stand behind the products we sell and will take care of you if you have issues.  We only carry trains including a large selection of N, HO, HOn3, Z and Lionel trains from all the major manufactures in our 2000 sq. ft. shop. 

We can ship many items for only $4.80 priority mail which should save you gas money (we only charge actual shipping costs)

At the Hobby Smith we offer:

- Walthers Sales Dealer - we honor all sale prices in the Walthers monthly catalogs

- Advance Reservation discounting

- Mail Orders  (we ship anywhere in the US and most countries)

- Special Orders

- Consignments

- Professional DCC installations and equipment sales (Digitrax, QSI, Sountraxx, Loksound, NCE, TCS)

- We purchase collections and used equipment

*We offer discounts on advance reservations and multi-product purchases*

Hobby Smith is an authorized Marklin dealer.

 

 Trains Sets  -  We have HO, N, MTH & Lionel train sets in stock

Featured Items

SP&S RS-3 'tiger stripe' special run!

N Scale


 

Hobby Smith is partnering with Atlas to create this special run of SP&S RS-3 locomotives.  Numbers 95 and 98 and a non-numbered version are available now for reservation. 

SP&S has twenty nine of these, more than any other diesel on the roster.

These are projected for third quarter 2013 release.

Price:

one road number -     $119.00

both road numbers - $218.00

both road number plus no-number loco -             $297.00

additional no-number loco - $99.00

Limited time special.

Preorder the SP&S RS-3's now and we pay the shipping.

SP&S SW-9 #43 & 44 (broadstripe scheme)

HO Scale

Now Available!

Special run exclusively for the Hobby Smith by Broadway Limited

The SW-9 will be in Broadway Limited's Paragon series. 

The locomotive is Ready to Run with Sound. 

Equipped with DC/DCC paragon2 sound. 

This is a very limited run.   Order now to get yours.

Price:  $199.99 for one locomotive or $379.99 for two locomotives.

#43 &  #44

Call to order yours now

SP&S and NP Z8 Challenger by Sunset

HO Scale

Now Available

With QSI sound

NP #5140, 5145, 5149

SP&S #910, 911

 

Retail :  $1299.95

Price:  $1279.99

 

Grass Tech                 static grass applicator

Now In Stock

We are pleased to be able to offer you this handy little modeling tool. Flocking or Static Grass as it is sometimes called is a far more realistic way to create scenery compared to traditional and more common scatter materials.

Only $39.95

We also stock a good selection of static grass.

 

Alco C-636  by Bowser

HO Scale

Taking Reservations

   Due late 2013

-SP&S

-BN/SP&S (BN road #'s)

-BN

-Alco Demonstrator

-Illinois Central

-Penn Central

Ready To Run and fully detailed. MU Hoses, air hoses, brass windshield wipers, operating headlight, window glass, can motor, flywheels, nickel silver wheels with RP25 flanges, knuckle couplers &   handrails installed

DC version with DCC 8-pin plug.                   MSRP     $199.95   Reserve  $169.95

Tsunami Sound/DCC Version                 MSRP     $299.95     Reserve  $245.95

 CB&Q E5 by Kato

N scale

Silver Streak Zephyr

Now Available

Available as a single skirted locomotive plus 5 car set or as individual un-skirted locomotives
 

Six Unit Set

MSRP:  $250.00               Pric:e $ Call for price

Single Locomotives (#9910A Silver Speed; #9911A Silver Pilot)

MSRP:  $110.00            Price:  $ Call for price

SPROG IIv3                  by the BBM Group

and

SPROG 3

DCC Decoder Programmer

No need for a separate programming booster when you use SPROG II for sound decoders!
SPROG II has been tested with Soundtraxx Tsunami, LokSound, MRC and QSI sound decoders and will program and read all CVs in operations mode (on the programming track), and also 'program on the main'. See the FAQ page for more details.

The Decoder Programmer in a ready-to-run package! This complete package includes a 1.25A power adapter, USB cable and all software and installation instructions (Java runtime, DecoderPro, USB drivers) on CD-ROM.

SPROG II   $99.95

SPROG 3   $129.95

SP&S E7 #750

Now Available

HO Scale

By Broadway Limited exclusively for The Hobby Smith

DCC/DC

Paragon2 Sound

$269.99

This is a very small production run.

Call now to order yours.

Limited time special.

Order The SP&S #750 now and we pay the shipping.

Special Run - Rainier and Olympia Beer boxcars

HO Scale

Reserve yours today!

By a special arrangement we are able to offer Rainier Beer and Olympia Brewing boxcars.

2 road numbers each

We are taking reservations now and then placing our order. Reserve yours now.

Price: 

$36.95 (Olympia)

$34.95 (Rainier)