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Store  Hours

Tuesday-Friday                            10:00 - 6:00 pm                                                                           Saturday                                        10:00 - 5:00 pm                                                                         Sunday                                           12:00 - 4:00 pm                                                                                    Monday                                           Closed

July 4th Sale     HO - N -  HOn3 - Z - Lionel

We will be having a huge sale July 4th.  Discounts up to 30%.  This will include Locomotives, Rolling Stock, Buildings and Train Sets.  Limited to stock on hand.

Special Sale hours 10:00 - 2:00 pm

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  Model Trains in our 2000 sq. ft. shop and want you to enjoy the model train hobby.  

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, Sountraxx, NCE, Lenz, TCS)

- We purchase collections and used equipment

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

Hobby Smith is an authorized Marklin dealer.

Featured Items

"Twin Headlight" Pioneer Zephyr details

Con-Cor announced new "HO" and "N" Pioneer Zephyer with the twin headlights

 

After several accidents, the Pioneer Zephyr was modified in the 1940's to add a double "Twin Headlight" assembly above the nose, and the rear observation car.  The second headlight on the nose was an early version of the "Mars" light. A bright oscillating light enabled motorists to see the approaching train from a greater distance.  The Con-Cor version of the "Twin Headlight" Zephyr will use a flashing LED that will operate in both DC and DCC mode to simulate this safety feature. The Pioneer Zephyr retained this "twin headlight" until its final run on March 20th, 1960.

3-Car set                        MSRP      $429.98            Reserve  $339.98

MSRP 4th car: $139.98             Reserve:          $119.98

SP&S E7A #750 (broadstripe scheme)

Special run exclusively for the Hobby Smith by Broadway Limited

The 750 will be in Broadway Limited's BlueLine series. 

The locomotive will be Ready to Run with Sound. 

Equipped with DC/DCC Sound.  For DCC, just add a motor decoder for operation and the sound will work

This will be a very limited run.   Order now to reserve yours.

Price:  $199.99

For DCC we can provide and install a decoder for $229.99 complete.

Due Late Summer 2009

 

 

 

HO Gas Turbines by Athearn

Due June 2009

Order by January 16, 2009 to guarantee yours.

2 versions available

-#51 & #60 without tender

-#54 & #58 with tender

-Single Tender without numbers

Without tender             Reserve $195.48            MSRP $229.98

With tender                   Reserve $254.98            MSRP $299.98

Single Tender             Reserve $76.48              MSRP $89.98

 

New Books

Southern Pacific's Sunset Route - A Color Pictorial

Four Ways West

By Tom Dill Price $59.95 _______________________

The Milwaukee Road in color Volume 5 – Pacific Extension 1941 – 1961

This is one of the few books that cover the West end of the Milwaukee Road

By Morning Sun Books Price $59.95

Free shipping with purchase of book (s).

SP&S 700                    

by Sunset Models in HO

Extremely limited.

Here Now!

Non-sound Price $600.00  (MSRP $650.00)  

Only a few left in stock!

Call now to get yours

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AC-12 Cab Forward

N Scale

By Intermountain

Now taking reservations!

4 road numbers

Due December 2008

Est. MSRP:      $329.95

Est. Reserve:   $279.95

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Back In Stock

SP&S - Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway

Price $74.50

$3.00 shipping with purchase of book

HO Brass

SP&S Z-6 by Sunset Models

NP Z-6 by Sunset Models

DCC ready and Sound versions will be available

Reserve

Sound  $975.95

Non-sound $929.95

See our Brass Section for more information

  • All Brass Construction

  • 30" Radius Track Proven

  • Sprung Drivers

  • Available With QSI Quantum Sound (DC or DCC)

  • Speakers Installed with Resonators (No Sound Problems This Time)

  • Precision Canon Motors with Coasting Flywheel

  • Fully Detailed Backhead

  • Glazed Windows

  • Prototypical Painting and Lettering

Kato N Scale

Kato SP GS-4

- SP #4449 4-8-4 and #4453 (Here Now! )

- SP Morning Daylight 10-Car passenger set  (Here Now!)

- 4 separate 2-car Articulated Coaches (available now)

10-car set plus the 4 2-car sets makes an 18-car passenger train

Features: 

-Specific interior and exterior details                        -3-unit articulated diner set                                             -Operating diaphragms on articulated cars                       -Observation car with drumhead                               -DCC friendly

Special:

GS-4 with DCC and Sound for $295.00

 

Go to our N Scale New Arrivals Section

Now Available

N Scale 4-8-4 in brass

- Southern Pacific GS-1, GS-2 & GS-6

- Western Pacific GS-64

- T&NO GS-1

Brass By MORE Co.       

Highly detailed brass with great performance

(see brass section)

 

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Challengers - N scale

Brass Z6 Challengers              4-6-6-4

-Great Northern -Northern Pacific  -SP&S Challenger            (see brass section)

By MORE Co.