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Lone Star Trains & Collectibles
San Antonio's Classic Era Train Headquarters
4161 Naco-Perrin Blvd.
San Antonio, Texas 78217

(210) 655-4665

Celebrating our 11th year. THANK YOU!

Click on our name for directions.

Regular Hours:

Mon-Fri 10-6  Sat 10-6

Sun 12-5

Open JUST FOR YOU over the 4th of July weekend: 

Friday: regular hours

Saturday: 10-5

Sunday 12-5

Come on in and welcome TRENT back!  That's right--he's not in Kansas anymore...

NOW! Lone Star Trains has videos on You Tube. Click here.

Weekly DID YOU KNOW: Lone Star Trains has Texas' largest N scale selection for sale?


HAVE YOUR BIRTHDAY AT LONE STAR TRAINS! Ask us for more info. THE BIRTHDAY ROOM IS COMPLETED!!

Lone Star Trains has an email list.  Contact us at clayk@lonestartrains.com to sign up!!

RETIRED THOMAS SECTION NOW UP AND RUNNING. GET THEM WHILE YOU CAN.

JUST IN:

06/30/09: The Ringling Brothers Circus Train is in town through the 5th! Click HERE for a video of the elephant walk and MORE info about the train...

06/28/09: Lots of American Flyer rolling stock hitting the floor from a recent collection; Also big assembled VINTAGE PLASTICVILLE collection priced and on the floor.

06/23/09: NEWSFLASH: TRENT IS BACK!  Come on in and say hi!!

06/17/09: Big Athearn shipment: HO F7 A/B; 3 bay offset hoppers; 53' flat  40' trailer Santa Fe; 57' Spine Car TTRX; N de M F7 A/B; AMD103/ P40, P42; 50' flat with trailers;  SD40T-2/88" SP; AutoMax BNSF, UP/CMO

06/16/09: New HO Roundhouse 50' Boxcars.  Intermountain HO scale wheels 36" std. restock.

Remember the cool Magic 8 Ball from the 70's? We HAVE THEM!  Just $7.99.  Thomas Wooden PROTEUS restock

06/10/09: Come in and see the NEW LIONEL Trainmaster BIG BOY engineered to handle 031!!  Also comes with Legacy and Odyssey 2. Lots more new Lionel and K-Line just in.

06/06/09: Some fun new stuff just in including a neat lantern collection (mostly non-railroad, but neat vintage stuff all the same); some more Lionel 2008-09 catalog items have arrived.

06/01/09: HUGE THOMAS ORDER with lots of new characters JUST IN!! Lionel 128 Newsstand BOXED; Marx green and cream M100005 articulated.

05/26/09: 10 piece HO scale ROCO Minitank collection out on the floor;

05/19/09: BIIIG Athearn order in including HO FP45 Santa Fe; N Auto max; HO 57' mechanical reefer ARMN/UP #1; HO 3 dome tank car; GP40-2 SP; GP40X Santa Fe and UP; SD45s; Bachmann GP30 w/ DCC;

05/15/09: HUGE HO and N SCALE ASSEMBLED BUILDING COLLECTION priced and on the floor.

05/12/09: BIG Soundtraxx order just arrived.  Lionel 2009 catalog shipment just in with Lionel and K-Line product.

05/11/09: DISNEY TRAIN COMING TO SAN ANTONIO IN AUGUST. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.  Lionel FAST TRACK BOOK IS BACK IN STOCK.  Book: Mastering the Digitrax Zephyr back in stock.

05/05/09: Big NEW Athearn shipment of NEW RELEASES

04/22/09: Micro-Trains new releases now in; Athearn new release in HO and N also arrived.

04/06/09: WE ARE NOW A SOUNDTRAXX DIRECT DEALER.  We have a nice supply of sound decoders and speakers IN STOCK.  If we do not have what you want, let us know, and we'll get it for you FAST!

04/01/09: New Magazines: new Katy Flyer (Katy Historical Society Publication); Narrow Gauge Gazette; Trains;

HUGE Athearn shipment in of the latest releases

03/27/09: NEW BOOK in the store: Standard Catalog of  Lionel Trains 1970-2000

03/26/09: New Book: San Antonio on Wheels: The Alamo City Learns to Drive; restock of Railroads of San Antonio; Kramer Products  O Gauge Detail figures, tools, scenery--very cool;  Check out our new O gauge Model Power lighted figures!  This adds a new dimension to your layout. 

03/23/09: American Flyer 1957 25019 Operating Milk Car; Over 75 pieces of estate out of production N scale hit the floor;

03/20/09: More inventory added to American Flyer page

03/16/09: NEW Model Power O Gauge lighted figures; New HO Athearn Amtrak passenger; HO Texas Dept Public Safety Crown Vic; more MTH O gauge EOTs

03/09/09: HUGE shipment of Train DVDs including the new exciting At the Throttle series from Pentrex (all four!)

03/06/09: New LIONEL CONSUMER catalogs have arrived! Come and see what's new.

03/05/09: New Book: Command Control for Toy Trains (2nd edition) newly updated to include Legacy;  On30 Annual 2009;

New issues of Magazines: Trains, Garden Railways, Model Railroader, S gaugian, Thomas and Friends Activity Book, O gauge Railroading, Private Varnish, Remember the Rock 

03/02/08: New Williams O gauge Santa Fe Blue Goose 4-8-4; Williams O PRR S-2 Turbine #681; Huge Lionel fast track Restock; HO Intermountain KCS flat, 

HUGE Athearn shipment of new stuff including HO FP45 Santa Fe, N PS-1 Boxcars, HO 62' Tank cars, HO 50' BACC Boxcars, HO SD40-2/81" NdeM, HO 40' 3 bay Ribbed Hopper, Sd40-2 MR&T, HO GP35, ROUNDHOUSE RTR 36' OT Wood Boxcars, OT OVERTON passenger SP & UP, sets of 4, 50' Single sheathed boxcars, more

New Digitrax stuff!

02/10/09: NEW ATLAS HO DIESELS DCC READY.

02/09/09: Lionel Heritage CA-4 cabooses in Mopac, MKT and Western Pacific

02/07/09: Lionel Monopoly Mint Cars have arrived.

02/02/09: Breaking Hobby Biz News

01/26/09: HUGE ATHEARN SHIPMENT: Genesis Rock Island F7A; RTR 53' Trailers such as Wabash, Werner; RTR 20900 Gallon Tank Cars in many road names; RTR Wide Vision cabooses in SSQ and NdeM; RTR 250T Crane and tender; RTR GP50 Ft. Worth FWWR in 2 numbers; MP GP50; UP GP-50; RTR Rotary Snowplow BN brown.

01/23/09: Model Railroad Planning 2009 (hot!)

01/22/09: Restock Lionel Conventional Classics Virginian 2331; Conventional Classics GG-1!! WOW.

Restock of Lionel TEXAS SPECIAL F3 B LEGACY--great with your postwar or modern era Texas Special! Lionel Circus Train expansion pack; K-Line Ringling Brothers 18" Large Animal Car; K-Line Ringling Brothers 18" passenger car 2 pack. 

01/21/08: Athearn New Releases: N scale tank cars, Freuhauf trailers including NdeM; HO tank cars, MKT RS3s. Big shipment of out of production K-Line O gauge buildings; 

01/20/08: Lionel CA-4 Caboose--it smokes!  American Flyer Nw Haven EP-5; Complete Williams O Texas Special F3 train set with passenger cars; Williams O gauge Texas Special F3 and B units for separate sale.  

1/09/09: Bachmann HO THOMAS and FRIENDS NEW RELEASES: Sodor Mail, Edward, Mavis, and Henrietta.

KATO N scale GS-4 SP 4453 Daylight

1/08/09: HO Intermountain Tank cars, boxcars, and more.  HO Atlas tank cars; MTH Buffalo Butt Beer (Ft. Worth) restock; K-Line by Lionel Milwaukee Road Hiawatha Passenger Set; 

12/31/08: Newsflash -- Lionel and MTH join forces in new Tinplate Line.  Click here for more.

12/18/08: Atlas O Santa Fe SD-40 with Lionel TMCC and all the extras; HUGE ATHEARN shipment

12/17/08: EIGHT new DVDs with lots of current and vintage footage!  MTH R50B Express Reefers.

12/15/08: MTH Dr. Pepper Boxcars--very cool vintage design!

12/12/08: WOW! HUGE SHIPMENT: Lionel Polar Express Announcements Coach; Lionel Polar Express Caribou Pack and Wolves Pack; Lionel Texas and Pacific TMCC Mikado; American Flyer S Reindeer stock car, MTH Buffalo Butt (Ft. Worth) Beer reefer; Lionel Heritage 3 pack rolling stock; Lionel UP Diesel Merger starter set; L-Line Circus Steam set; K-Line Circus cars, NEW; K-Line Circus Operating Billboard; Lots of new HO and N Cornerstone building kits;

12/04/08: Atlas O MP-15 diesel, BLUE Missouri Pacific with Lionel TMCC!

12/3/08: A RED Steam Engine PEDAL CAR, perfect for the young train fan on your list!!  It is high quality--you need to see this one.

12/2/08: Lots of really neat vintage tin signs including Lionel, Route 66, and more; LIONEL SWITCH PLATES; PLUSH Lionel Teddy Bears manufactured by Gund;

THOMAS WOODEN TALKING RAILWAY Engines and accessories NOW in the store.  Hear Sir Topham Hatt call the engines by name.  Come in and see how cool these are--we have a demo.

12/1/08: Lionel Holiday HUDSON steam engine! Very cool...

11/26/08: Classic Trains Special Issue: 100 Greatest Railroad Photos. This one is WELL worth it!! WOW.

11/19/08: Lionel THOMAS & FRIENDS ARRY and BERT; Lionel Bobbing Santa Boxcar; Cool Lionel REA (REINDEER EXPRESS) Flatcar with Trailers;

New DVDs: Southern California Rails 1 and 2; At the Throttle 1 and 2;

Special Issue: 102 Realistic Track Plans

11/18/08: WOW! ATLAS HO Texas Mexican Tex-Mex flat cars!!

11/17/08: Digitrax System restock: Zephyr, Super Chief, Super Empire Builder, more

11/12/08: New Classic Trains Special Edition: Fast Trains in the Golden Years of Railroading; Balsa wood  restock

11/07/08: 1948 MKT Alamo Plate; Lionel Christmas Toy Store accessory; Lionel Alaska GP-38 diesel; new American Flyer S Canadian Pacific diesel; LOTS of the new K-Line Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey flats, passenger cars, billboards, and more.

1/05/09: Lionel CASE CLOSED Mint Cars NOW IN the STORE.  These are SOLD OUT AT LIONEL and were NOT CATALOGUED.  Get them while you can!

10/28/08: GREAT new BOOK: Lionel Train Fun Factory

Big Shipment of huge variety of O gauge figures by Lionel and K-Line.

 Just in Athearn: F850 Flat Bed trucks, John Deere, Box Van John Deere, PS2 2893 Hoppers Santa Fe, AOK Maxi Stacks, Classic Metal Works 32' Aerovan Trailers SP Daylight; LIONEL City Water Tower--modern style already sold out.

09/18/08: NEW Wooden Thomas: DUKE and Mud Slide Thomas.

09/17/08: Vintage AC Gilbert HO accessories

09/16/08: Lionel Texas Special Station Sounds Aluminum Diner passenger car, 6-25496.  Lionel Christmas items are trickling in...

09/15/08: Vintage Lionel HO collection hits the floor including banjo signal, gateman, gantry crane, and more

09/12/08: 24 piece vintage Lesney and Matchbox collection now on the floor.

09/07/08: DVDs!: Workin on the Santa Fe and The ULTIMATE Beaumont Hill

Athearn HO HUGE shipment including many MP-15s, both with and without DCC/Sound. Includes the HOT FNM model.

08/26/08: New Take Along Sights and Sounds Thomas, James, percy, and Gordon.

08/25/08: More HO Maxi-Stacks RBCX and TT/SP!  ALSO HUGE NEW RELEASE HO Athearn shipment just arrived with lots of great stuff including some cool UP green hoppers and tons of local roadnames!! For a list, click here.

08/24/08: Lionel Prewar 45N Gateman with box, Lionel 97 coal loader, 1937 version with original box; Reproduction Lionel #840 Power Station.

08/23/08: Newsflash:  San Antonio Children's Museum is having a Let's Play Railroad event through September 14.  More here.

08/19/08: New HO collection hiting the floor with some very nice OUT OF PRODUCTION HO engines and rolling stock.

08/18/08: GREAT new DVD restock: Lionel Nation! Very up to date footage includes Fast Track layouts.  Operating N scale oil derricks now in.

08/13/0/: NEWSFLASH: MTH vs. the HO World lawsuit finally settled. Here for more.

08/10/08: To honor the 31st Anniversary of Elvis Presley's Death, we have our Lionel Elvis train running on the layout.  See Lone Star Trains' Elvis Train You Tube tribute here.

08/08/08: Athearn HO Ferrosur Auro-Max; Athearn HO containers; Athearn AC4400 CSX; Athearn HO SP and MKT flats with load; 50' DD boxcars; PS2 hoppers; Atlas N scale Prima reefer; Walthers HO 34' PS-3 coal hoppers; End of Train blinkers; Lionel Pennsy Flyer add on passenger cars vista dome and baggage; 

08/07/08: New Atlas O Icing Station kit.

08/06/08: Lionel UPS flat with trailer 6-39475; 6-27239 SP Double Door Boxcar with auto rack; Lionel 6-29884 JC twin dump car; Lionel 6-24233 exploding ammo dump; Lionel 6-28262 Western Pacific SD70ACe Heritage; American Flyer 6-49832 #582 Blinking Signal.  Barn and Chicken Coop 6-21385; restock of O World War 2 soldiers, seated; 

NEW Pentrex DVDs in: Stormy (SP); Tribute to Tennessee Pass; Cass Scenic Railroad; Across Marias Pass; 

08/05/08: LIONEL CATALOGS 2008 VOLUME 2 NOW IN AND AVAILABLE FOR CUSTOMERS; NEW LIONEL 2008 HOLIDAY CARS are here! 2008 Boxcars in O and S; Egg Nog Cars; Lionel Bobbing Ghost Boxcar; Bachmann HO Sir Topham Hatt; 

08/01/08: New videos added to our You Tube--check them out and turn up the speakers: Lionel Missile Launcher and effects and  Polar Express demo.

7/30/08: Hot book! The LONG AWAITED Bachmann EZ Track layout book has finally arrived!!!  Come and get your before it is gone.

07/24/08: New videos at Lone Star Trains' You Tube account.

07/23/08: Atlas O Industrial Rail Roundhouse Kit now in store!!

07/16/08: TONS of new trains in the store: Lionel O gauge Heritage LEGACY locomotives in MKT and Missouri Pacific; Lionel Halloween stuff-- SET, Transylvania Trolley, Ghost Boxcar, Pumpkin Handcar, more.  Lionel UP GP-7 Legacy;  NEW LIONEL Keystone Freight steam train set; Walthers Cornerstone N Scale Oil Pumps; 

07/15/08: Latest O Gauge Railroading magazine in stock.

07/11/08: Lionel announces a sneak peak at their new Conventional Classics series--some neat sets MADE FROM THE ORIGINAL DIES!!  Click here for a sneak peak at new catalog pages for these sets! 

07/10/08: G GAUGE USA TRAINS HERITAGE ENGINES NOW IN!!  Check out the MKT and MOPAC.  MKT printer's block; Lionel 395 floodlight tower; American Flyer Circus Whistling billboard; 

07/08/09: NEW Pentrex DVDs: Sunrise to Sunset 2: Rochelle, Illinois; Kansas City Southern; The Pennsylvania Collection; BOOK: O'Brien's Collecting Toys new 12th edition.

07/03/08: MTH MKT Heritage diesel SET with boxcar and caboose.  RETIRED THOMAS SECTION NOW UP AND RUNNING!! 

07/02/08: Legacy announcement; Featured Item page updated.

07/01/08: BIG NEW RELEASE ATHEARN SHIPMENT JUST IN!!

06/30/08: Some neat framed Railroad artwork just in as well as some china including  MoPac service plates, MKT Alamo plate and Katy Bluebonnet creamer. 

06/25/08: Atlas O 3 rail Industrial Rail Missouri Pacific Boxcars; Santa Fe steam engine, die cast!  

06/25/08: NEAT NEW ANNOUNCEMENT FROM LIONEL ABOUT UPCOMING PRODUCT

06/24/08: Newsletter page updated.

06/20/08: New Micro-Trains arrivals. Polar Express Restock; 

06/18/08: New 56 piece Micro-Trains N  including the long out of production Department of Defense troop cars.

06/16/08: restock of the NEW Lionel 6651 BIG JOHN CANNON CAR. very limited.

06/13/08: Athearn new releases including N scale RTR 2-8-0 steam engine; N RTR 36' OT Boxcars; RS3 diesels; HO and O MODEL A's; Athearn kit restocks MoPac caboose; more HO John Deere die cast vehicles; T&P 70T 3 bay hoppers;  Coors Bay window caboose O gauge; HO die cast taxis, poice cars; 

06/10/08: ANOTHER Modern Era Lionel Collection! This one features some great items such as the Lionel S-2 NYC Electric 6-18373 and the MTH Millenium GOLD PLATED Hudson.

04/22/08: Thomas Shortalls, Thomas Short Sets, Thomas Summer PJs, Thomas Wallets; and a very special hard to find Lionel G SCALE Thomas the Tank Engine JAMES and the Troublesome Trucks set. Digitrax Super Empire Builder. Lots of Walthers Cornerstone kits;

04/11/08: Lionel Legacy Update for current owners. Click here.

 Please look around. Remember, things are changing constantly on this site, so check back often.

Site updated 06/04/2009


For special requests, wants, or more information, please feel free to fax us at (210) 655-4679 or email us at  clayk@lonestartrains.com

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