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Happy New Years!

Thanks to all who joined us for our New Years Day Sale, we hope you had a fun time.

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

SPROG II                  by the BBM Group

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

In stock now.

$99.95

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

HO Scale

Coming in 2012

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 paragon Sound. 

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

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

SP&S VO-1000 by Bowser

Just Arrived!

Spokane Portland & Seattle    (sold out at Bowser - We have both numbers in stock)  These are very nice locomotives!

Road numbers 33 & 34

With and without Tsunami sound

 Road #33 & 34  Phase 2         MSRP $169.95                  Price $152.99


 Road #33 & 34  Phase 2 with Sound/DCC                     MSRP $279.95                  Price  $237.95

 

Also available in -

Western Pacific (silver)

SP  w/Trolley Poles

Great Northern (orange)

Milwaukee Road

Coming soon from White River Productions

White River Productions presents this comprehensive roster of Amtrak’s passenger cars and motive power in service during the company's first 40 years, fully illustrated with a mixture of lineside scenes and roster views. Roster information is presented in a spreadsheet format with introductory text, grouped by major categories such as steam-heated cars, Heritage fleet, Amfleet, Superliners, diesel locomotives, and electric locomotives.
 

Reserve:  $75.95

MSRP:  $79.95

 

Alco C-636  by Bowser

   Due late 2012

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

HO Brass Announcement

SP&S Z-8 by Sunset Models

NP Z-8 by Sunset Models

DCC ready and Sound versions are available

Reserve for $1224.99


 

RESERVE

 Due early 2012

See our Brass Section for more information

This earlier model Z-6 was written up in two magazines and both had great things to say about the locomotive

New Books

The Western Pacific

On the scale of modern mega-sized railroads, the Western Pacific might now be thought of as a regional carrier. In its day, however, the WP was a key link in the transcontinental rail network, offering competitive service between Southern California and the Pacific Northwest.

In later years, WP was divided into seven operating divisions. Each subdivision had individual character, unique operating challenges, and distinct scenic elements providing variety at every corner of the railroad. In addition to the seven subdivisions, the WP also operated two wholly-owned subsidiaries; the Sacramento Northern and the Tidewater Southern. All seven of WP's subdivisions, as well as subsidiaries SN and TS, are documented in the 256 pages of The Western Pacific. This spectacular book is lavishly illustrated with 410 full color photographs and 11 detailed maps.

By Ken Meeker



$79.99

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Shortlines of the Pacifc Northwest: Washington and Oregon

 

This title by noted rail photographer, Jim Shaw, features an in depth look at the many Pacific Northwest Shortlines between the early 1960s and 2008. There are more than 75 rail lines presented by geographical areas; Washington-West of the Cascades; Washington-Central and Eastern “The Inland Empire”; Oregon’s West Coast; and Oregon-Central and Eastern. Each is presented with a brief history and the many color and black and white photos are comprehensively captioned.

$59.95

Free shipping with purchase of book (s).

 

Just Arrived

Con-Cor "HO" and "N" Pioneer Zephyr 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                      Price   $364.98

 4th car:                                   MSRP $139.98                                    Price  :                                  $119.98

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.