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

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

JULY 2: IMPORTANT LEGACY UPDATE FROM LIONEL. CLICK HERE.  Please note: If you bought your Legacy from Lone Star Trains, contact us before acting on the update.  As usual, WE will take care of you!

ORDER YOUR Uncatalogued Lionel Case Closed Mint Cars with us--hurry, supplies are very limited.

JUST IN:

NOW STOCKING a COMPLETE LINE of BALSA and BASS WOOD!

CLICK HERE FOR NEW THOMAS GIVEAWAY!! 

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 explodin 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; 

08/04/08: Lots of new RTR HO Accurail including boxcars and hoppers. New videos posted at our You Tube account.

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.

07/29/08: Small quantity of Lionel USED Fast Track--hurry grab it before it is gone!!  Save $$$.

07/25/08: NEW 2008 VOLUME 2 LIONEL CATALOG DESK COPY IS IN THE STORE FOR YOUR PERUSAL.  CUSTOMER COPIES AVAILABLE SOON.  Newsletter page updated.

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

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

07/18/08: Athearn HO SD60M UP; New Mexico DOT add on cars; Athearn HO Taxi cabs, HO 48' containers, Athearn HO RTR GP35; Athearn HO RTR 26' Ore Car; RTR Maxi; Roundhouse RTR 50' Single Sheath Box Car, MP and MKT.

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; 

06/12/08: Just released MTH Florida East Coast GP-9 premier line with DCS!  This is one colorful diesel.  Huge Lionel shipment just in including the Playdoh Vat car.  N scale collection hitting the floor--we are filling up a NEW fixture to make room.

06/11/08: Micro-Trains DOD 4 runners (we are now SOLD OUT!) and Micro-Trains Army 4 Runner pack;

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.

06/09/08: Athearn HO Panel trucks; 1/50 die cast John Deere; Athearn HO RTR PS2 hoppers; MTH Flashing barricades.

06/06/08: Lionel G scale Holiday Traditions SNOW TRACK restock;

06/03/08: Marklin Z Scale GG-1 Pennsylvania RR;

05/29/08: MTH 60' Reefers in the Premier Line: Budweiser and Coors Light; Athearn SP maxi III Well cars; K-Line Circus figures restock--three different sets; MTH Container set; more Lionel LEGACY Rock Island GP-7s!

05/27/08: Book restock: Warman's Hot Wheels Field Guide, Warman's Lionel Field Guide, Toys and Prices 2008, Warman's Matchbox Field Guide, Standard Catalog of American Flyer Trains.

05/23/08: Over 70 new HO cars hot the floor from an out of business hobby store's closure: Atlas, Athearn, and more

05/20/08: Some interesting train related postcards from a local estate.  Some discontinued Athearn HO.

05/18/08: Wooden Thomas Pirate's Cove Set; New Thomas T-shirts, new styles; Thomas 3-in-1 Potty.

05/17/08: Timetable updated. DCC section expanded. Book: Industries Along the Tracks 3; DVD: Steam to Los Angeles;

05/14/08: O Gauge UP Heritage Diesel Engines by Williams NOW IN!! and only $229.95--see such local faves as the KATY, SP, and MoPac; MTH George Bush 41 Special Library SD70ACe; expanded DCC selection.  Woodland Scenics O Gauge Park Bums;

05/08/08: DVDS: Santa Fe Into LA; SP Film Archives 1 &2; Runnin' the Highline; Daylight Freedom Special; Train Meets 2; Alaska Vol.3; Street Running.

05/07/08: Downtown Deco O Gauge buildings! Command Control for Toy Trains Book; Model Power N Scale MKT steam Pacific; BCR battery replacement restock; Corgi airplanes;

05/06/08: Atlas HO MKT RS3; Atlas T&P 3 bay hoppers; Bachmann HO restock--Gordon, Coal Wagon,  well wagon, cream tanker, raspberry syrup tanker; salt wagon, RF container wagon, 6 ton wagon, Sodor Fuel Tank.  Bok: mastering the Zephyr restock. MRC 10 amp power pack.

05/05/08: Lifelike Proto 2000 HO North Texas Central diesels. TCS decoder restock. 

05/01/08: BIG Lionel NEWS!!

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;

04/21/08: New $28,000 store inventory purchased from another hobby store closing.  We've been pricing and inventorying as fast as possible--come on in and see what's new!!

04/16/08: Atlas HO T&P hoppers, Atlas HO MKT RS3, TCS decoder restock; Polar Express Disappearing Hobo restock; Lionel Santa Fe El Capitan add on cars;  Book: Industries Along the Rail 3; Athearn HO 40' stock cars; Athearn BW cabooses, HO; Athearn HO Challenger #3985; Athearn HO 60' flats; Athearn N SCALE WEATHERED Boxcars including PEARL; Athearn HO SD45s;

04/15/08: MTH Operating Coors Brewery; Acurail HO Bi-Level Auto racks; K-Line Circus figires and accessories; more Thomas puzzles; SP Daylight and Big Boy t-shirts; Wooden Thomas Rumblin Bridge, Start Your Engines set, Oil Derrick, Deluxe Water Tower; Take Along Thomas Daisy and Troubleseome Trucks;  

04/14/08: Pentrex Norfolk Southern Rathole Combo DVD; NEW THOMAS DVDS: PERCY AND THE PLUNGE; ENGINES AND ESCAPADES (WITH SOME STUFF NEVER SEEN ON TV); THOMAS AND THE TREASURE.

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

04/10/08: NEW Thomas DVDs! LIONEL CHRISTMAS CATALOG IS IN THE SHOP.

04/08/08: link page updated.

03/28/08: New DVDs: U-Boat Survivors, UP Turbines of the Wasatch. Digitrax decoder restock;

03/27/08: Atlas O Texas and Pacific Mail Box Cars. VERY limited uncatalogued car--we have a few left.  They are sold out at Atlas O.  

03/20/08: New HO Grayhound Buses from Classic Metal Works

03/19/08: New Plush dinosaurs who make dino-noises; ATLAS O Southern Pacific Limited Run boxcar--only 2 in store, so hurry!

03/18/08: NEW Thomas and the Treasure DVD; Big HO Athearn shipment including some great diesels.  Lots of new O gauge from a  recent small modern era collection has hit the floor.

03/15/08: Bachmann 2008 HO/N/G catalog is now in. Intermountain metal wheel restock.

03/14/08: Lionel ZW; Mastering the Digitrax Zephyr restock; Miniatronics restock.  More merchandise is appearing on our site.  Keep wathcing as we try to slowly list items of our inventory.

03/10/08: DOZENS of new Railroad DVDs!!

03/06/08: Lionel Polar Express Disappearing Hobo Car back in stock; TONS of NEW HO Athearn; UP San Antonio Service Ring, San Antonio Service Area Hats; 

03/05/08: LATEST O gauge RRing magazine; Interesting American Flyer S baggage carts with men;

03/04/08: Micro-Trains Special Run SA&AP San Antonio and Aransas Pass SPECIAL RUN 40' wood boxcar 2 pack; MINT 2002; still sealed; ALSO: Micro-Trains Special Run International and Great Northern I&GN 40' wood boxcars, Special for the Houston N Crowd. MINT, sealed.

02/28/08: Lionel Texas Special Set with LEGACY 6-31755; Small Lionel Postwar Collection with some interesting Plasticvile; 6 different books on the Baltimore and Ohio; Burlington Zephyr books; New Gund Gone Fishin PLUSH Animated Bear with singing fish--together they sing "Hooked on A Feelin'"; Lionel 6-27243 SP PS-1 Boxcar; K-Line S-2 Circus Diesel switcher; K-Line 6-21267 PRR Electric Bobcat; K-Line New Haven Electric Bobcat 6-21268; Lionel 6-14255  Sand Tower; Ho Athearn SSW SD45T-2; Athearn HO 40' Modern Boxcar in many roads; Athearn 1/50 scale John Deere; Athearn HO KCS executive F7 AB;  Lionel 6-36853 US Exploding Boxcar; Mastering the Zephyr book restock; Athearn HO 50' DD plug boxcar; Athearn 34' PS2 hoppers; MTH 20-98495 Schnabel Flat US Army; MTH SP DAYLIGHT Passenger SET;  

02/26/08: NEW Wooden Thomas Items: Sir Topham Hatt's Car; Rumblin Bridge; Oil DERRICK; Deluxe Water Tower; 5 in 1 Track Layout Expansion Pack

02/18/08: ATHEARN N Scale BIG BOY steam engine 4-8-8-4 just arrived; KATO GS-4 Daylight steam engine and passenger cars now here.

02/15/08: NEW Thomas Puzzles, including some neat wooden counting and opposites puzzles. NEW BOOK: Logging Railroads

02/14/08: NEW plush animated characters for Easter such as Bunnard the Bunny who sings with very animated ears; Egg-Drop Duck who quacks.; ATHEARN GENESIS HO SCALE BURLINGTON F3 A-B BOTH POWERED, DCC & SOUND 

02/13/08: Lionel Best Friend of Charleston Add-On Car; K-Line Circus S-2 diesel engine; K-Line SP Work Train; K-Line New Haven Boxcar Electric; 

02/12/08: Latest Narrow Gauge Gazette is in; TRAINS magazine; 

02/11/08: NEW 2008 THOMAS the TANK ENGINE YEARBOOK is in!!!

02/08/08: Lionel POSTWAR #224 US Navy AA Alco Set in GREAT shape--hard to find.

02/06/08: MTH Operating Coors Light Beer Car (chrome, smokes, etc. like the Silver Bullet); HO Kansas City Mexico and Orient stock car;

02/05/08: LIONEL and K-Line 2008 CATALOGS for CUSTOMERS now in store.  Lionel ZW transformer with 2 180 watt power bricks. New train t-shirts. Thomas wooden Deluxe Roundhouse restock. New Atlas Quarterly catalogs with O, HO, and N scale product.  Athearn N scale Santa Fe Ice Reefers; More Athearn John Deere HO scale; Athearn HO tank cars; MTH O scale Harley Davidson Corner Store; Lionel DOUBLE Tunnel Portals; cool Woodland Scenics HO Service Station; Lifelike HO Proto USRA 50-ton gondola Union pacific, Rock Island, MKT, more

02/04/08: Lionel has updated its LEGACY MANUAL:  LEGACY MANUAL UPDATE

02/01/08: Atlas O Trainman Missouri Pacific MoPac Bay Window Caboose, red and awesome!!

01/31/08: Counter copy of new Lionel catalogs available for persusal; customer copies coming soon.

01/30/08:  NEW TAKE ALONG THOMAS: Daisy, Giggling Troubelsome Trucks, Peter Sam, Stepney, Fearless Frreddie, Oliver; LIMITED TIME: Thomas the tank T-Shirts in size 10/12; 

1/29/08: Book: Mastering the Zepyhr; Digitrax Restock;

01/28/08: Book Page updated.

01/23/08: USA TRAINS Missouri  Pacific Eagle G gauge passenger set; Lionel LEGACY Expansion set; Lionel Advertising Boxcars including a stunning Southern Pacific Daylight advertising boxcar and a new 1950's catalog advertising boxcar; Walthers HO 130' Turntable; MTH Standard Gauge COORS LIGHT REEFER; MTH Wall Street Money Car like a mint car; 

1/20/08: MTH O gauge 2-8-0 Consolidation with Protosounds 2.0;  BOOK: Modeling in the 50's, the Glory Years of Railroading; NEW nicely landscaped tunnels in all scales and priced LOW!! $7.50-14.99; Slinky restock. 

01/19/08: American Flyer (by Lionel) 770 Reproduction Loading Dock; Lionel collection of 18 Die Cast Tractor Trailers in many names;     

01/16/08: New Gund I've Been Working on the Railroad Animated Musical Bear; New USA TRAINS BIIIIG G SCALE  Diesel engines; USA TRAINS G SCALE Santa Fe Streamlined passenger cars

01/15/08: LOTS of NEW Bachmann HO THOMAS the TANK ENGINE has arrived such as: Emily, Emily's Coaches, Cattle Wagon, Container Wagon, Coal wagon with load, 6 Ton Wagon, Raspberry Syrup Tank, Well Wagon, and Cream Tanker.  WOW.  Wooden Thomas new characters Billy, Hector, Sir handel, Sodor Chicken Cars, Boulder Expansion pack.  Take Along Thomas: Peter Sam, Oliver, Stepney, Fearless Freddie. Also in: MTH US Army passenger set; 

1/14/08: HUGE new N scale collection in including tons of interesting Micro-Trains. We are pricing it as fast as we can; it will trickle out over weeks.

01/07/08: Digitrax Soundbug for 165 series; Corgi Harry Potter die cast vehicles; Athearn HO cement trucks; Intermountain HO Rock Island reefer;Thomas Deluxe Knapford Station; MTH Oil Derrick; New O scale Woodland Scenics figures; HO and N scale ballast spreader tools; MTH Heritage MoPac tank cars; 

01/03/08: HUGE HO ATHEARN SHIPMENT JUST IN: Santa Fe Bi-Centennial SD45-2 with DCC and sound; Lots of 20' and 40' containers; John Deere die cast log skidder, tractor, combine, in HO and 1/50 scale; AC4400 KCSM, GE Demo/UP, SP GP40X restock, Athearn 60th Anniversary GP40X; SD60 EMD Demo; ALSO Lionel Hot Box reefer restock; N scale building kits; HO U29 ore cars; HO die cast vehicles; USA Trains G scale seated passengers; MTH O dwarf signals; 

01/02/08: More NEW K-Line Ringling Brothers items. NEW Lionel American Flyer S scale track. 

12/28/07: Lots of NEW Bachmann HO THOMAS the TANK characters

12/23/07: Lionel Ducking Rudolph Car (like the old Giraffe car)

12/21/07: Lionel Legacy (the new generation of TMCC) is HERE! Lionel Thomas Diesel; Lionel Christmas Tree Generator Car; MTH MoPac Heritage SD70ACE set; MTH DALLAS Cowboys Trolley set; K-Line SuperStreets! Thomas Harold the Helicopter with magnet; Lionel 6-36849 Tell-Tale Reindeer Car

12/19/07: Lionel Helicopter Pylon; Lionel/K-Line US Army locomotive 21223; Sunoco Industrial Tank Yard; MTH COORS 19th Century Woodside reefer; Lionel North Pole Central Flat car with Santa and Mrs. Claus Handcar; Lionel yard Tower; Lionel/K-Line US Army locomotive 21223; Tons of new K-Line Ringling Brothers Circus stuff such as the streamline passenger cars, Circus Porter steam engine and four different flats with loads; Lionel Art Boxcar #3; Corgi Die Cast Harry Potter trains and vehicles

12/14/07: Wooden Thomas Sodor Fire Truck restock; a really cool curved O tunnel by MTH; Athearn MP-15s in HO scale;  TUNNELS in ALL SCALES; N scale auto-max cars; JLI HO details; ,ore Athearn HO John Deere; Santa Fe Bi-Centennial SD-45s; K-Line/Lionel people packs; MTH and Lionel Christmas figures;  

12/07/07: Christmas Gandy Dancer in HO; American Flyer CNJ Blue Comet set; Lionel Battery Operated G gauge Polar Express set only $129!!; Lionel O gauge Polar Express Disappearing Hobo Car; Lionel Old West Lincoln Logs train set; tinplate windup skier; Thomas Complete Stories book restock; MKT Dining Car silver collection priced and on the sales floor; Atlas N scale MKT flats with trailers; Bachmann DCC American Freedom steam train; Thomas Make-A-Plate kit; Lionel witch Pylon; Lionel Christmas people restock; Athearn John Deere HO vehicles; Athearn HO MP-15 diesels; 

12/04/07: MUSICAL THOMAS TOOTHBRUSHES!! On30 Jingle Bell Express train set- great for Christmas Villages; scented smoke restock; Athearn GP50s; HO gandy dancers; Athearn HO pick up restock; Athearn Santa Fe Ice reefers; N scale trolleys; Lionel Lenny Dean Commemmorative Boxcar; Lionel/K-Line Ringling Brothers Circus flatcars with tractor trailers--two different kinds;  DVDs-- Ultimate Cajon Subdivision, Donner Pass;

12/3/07: 2008 Official Locomotive Rosters and News

11/29/07: HO scale assembled building collection

11/28/07: OWN the engine that was in SAN ANTONIO last year--the UP 844 Northern.  It is IN STOCK NOW-- NEW ATHEARN GENESIS steam engine with all the bells and whistles.  This is HIGH quality stuff.  Get it while you still can!!

11/26/07: New Thomas character: WHIFF! Come and get it while it is still here.  Also Thomas the take Engine Make A Plates.  Make your own Thomas plate for yourself or as a gift!

11/21/07: Atlas O Missouri  Pacific GP diesels; Atlas O New Orleans and LA Trolleys (these are awesome); Set restock;  Digitrax decoder and Soundbug restock; Wooden Thomas Peter Sam re-issue!

11/15/07: A new memoribilia collection featuring MKT KATY dining car china and a REAL conductor's hat! K-Line buildings, K-Line Diner, Thomas Rescue Hospital, Micro-Trains new releases, Lionel TMCC UP set, MTH flavored smoke, Book: Detailing Diesel Locomotives.

10/27/07: News Flash: Settlement reached between Lionel and MTH. Click here.

10/16/07: Athearn RTR PS2 hopper restock; MTH Harley Davidson train set; MTH Coors Light Silver Bullet train; 

10/01/07: NEW MTH O gauge HARLEY DAVIDSON Steam freight train set.

09/25/07: Amazing Athearn Santa Fe Depot built up; RTR Accurail Auto loaders; 

09/24/07: N scale Athearn SATX CPS hoppers!!!  

09/21/07: JUST IN--Book--Trackwork for Toy Trains by Classic Toy Trains.

09/20/07: NEW American Flyer book--Standard Catalog of American Flyer Trains (standard, O, HO, and S gauge!); GREENBERG 2008 PRICE GUIDES in for LIONEL and FLYER!!

09/05/07: Athearn HO SATX HOPPERS ARE IN!

08/31/07: Lionel Halloween such as the PUMPKIN handcar, Trick or Treat Aquarium car; Halloween train set and more.  Lionel Santa Fe transparent car; Florida State boxcar;  Alien Radioactive Flat; MTH Missouri Pacific 2 bay hopper;  Atlas O REA reefer; N scale Athearn UP SD70 Mac; Athearn HO TRAIN SETS; Tons of HO electric Thomas; 

08/27/07: More heavy duty HO storage boxes; new Thomas stickers and activity books.  Athearn HO train sets;

08/17/07: Athearn Fire Trucks 1/50 scale

08/14/07: Lionel Macy's THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE boxcar restock.  Walthers N scale oil pumps; 

08/13/08: MTH O gauge DALLAS COWBOYS steam engine

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

Site updated 8/05/2008

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