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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

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