If you are using Lionel FastTrack, we have a book you MUST HAVE.

HAVE YOUR BIRTHDAY AT LONE STAR TRAINS! Ask us for more info.

Have you seen Hugh Hemphill's  book, Railroads of San Antonio and South Central Texas?  CLICK  here for more

YES! We build elevated train layouts.  Click here.

JUST IN:

03/04/07: Thomas ROCKY is now in the store.

03/01/07: OUT OF PRINT BOOKS just in: American Flyer and Marx Greenbergs. Click here for more info.

02/27/07: New collection just purchased. This collection has everything from N scale to Ho, Marklin, S, American Flyer, Lionel, MTH, Sunset 3rd Rail and more.  We'll be cleaning, servicing and pricing as fast as we can.

02/12/07: NEW WOODEN THOMAS: Suddery Swing Bridge, McCOlls Pig Shed, Toby's Windmill, Deluxe Railroad Crossing; More new Digitrax and TCS decoders

02/02/07: 2007 Lionel and K-Line catalogs now available; Lionel Virginian caboose; Lionel MoPac stock car; new Thomas the Tank Engine DVD "Milkshake Muddle";

2/1/07: New 2007 Thomas the Tank Engine Yearbooks are in; Brio Polar Express handcar; 

01/28/07: Texas Model Railroading Pioneer Bobbye Hall has passed away. More.

01/26/07: SIX BRAND NEW STYLES OF THOMAS T-SHIRTS NOW IN.  Lionel Thomas JAMES the Red Engine now in. Lionel Rocket Launcher.  Desk copies of the new Lionel and K-Line catalogs are now available for perusal at the shop.

01/20/07: Thomas Take Along Sea Cargo cars, Take Along fog cars, TA Cranky, TA Wellsworth Station, TA Smelting Yard

01/10/07: New Thomas Take-Along: Molly, Neville

01/07/07: New Thomas wooden Rosie and Musical Caboose; 

01/04/07: New HIGH QUALITY American Flyer collection purchased from a local estate; for more click here

01/03/07: New Thomas characters Max & Monty

01/02/07: New Year Sale; complete list on in-store flyer. Sale Page update.

12/26/06: Lionel NASCAR sets are now here

12/21/06: Lionel Union Pacific Fast Freight Set is NOW IN! This is a deluxe steam train set complete with a Berkshire. Be the first in San Antonio to own!!  Also now in: Thomas wooden railway DAISY limited time re-issue and the really cool Sodor Dairy Cars.

12/16/06: BRIO Wooden Railway POLAR EXPRESS; Thomas Wooden Railway Fast Freddie Expansion Pack; small Lionel collection; Small retired Department 56 collection;  

12/11/06: Lionel Holiday Traditions G gauge set; More Thomas Sodor Freight Expansion packs; MRC Symphony 77 sound units; Lionel Christmas tree lot; NEW Athearn SD70s in HO and N; 

12/7/06: More Digitrax decoders; Athearn RTR F7 AB sets;

12/6/06: More youth sizes of train t-shirts; restock of HO and N scale sets

12/3/06: Lionel Holiday Expansion packs--both FREIGHT and PASSENGER; Lionel POLAR EXPRESS HANDCAR; Lionel Christmas People; New Lionel Thomas Sodor Expansion Pack; MTH's talking Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer Set; Athearn Santa Fe Bi-Centennial diesel RTR; Bachmann Durango & Silverton G gauge passenger set;

11/29/06: HUGE USA TRAINS G gauge shipment including SETS, military flats, diesels, tank cars, more; new DVD featuring vintage footage; Broadway Limited On30 Holiday steam w/ DCC & sound (and some nice matching passenger cars); Marx tinplate tunnel 1940's; Now 50% off of Walthers 2006 HO catalog; 

11/28/06: ATHEARN HO CHALLENGER steam 4-6-6-4 with DCC & sound;  new RTR Athearn HO rolling stock; Some new Digitrax decoders with sound; 

11/27/06: Tons of new novelties including train embossed caps and high quality train t-shirts

11/22/06: MORE NEW Lionel Christmas items such as the Animated SANTA caboose; American Flyer North Pole docksider; also the Alien Sounds boxcar; special magazine: STEAM GLORY 2; DVD: Train Wrecks; 

11/20/06: Lots of N scale from a recent estate buy is hitting the floor--tons of out  of production treasures!

11/10/06: New Thomas Figure Eight set with neat accessories in it for only $49.95; NEW Thomas promotion IN-STORE only--get FREE engine and car--click here for more ; NEW edition of the Standard Guide to Lionel Trains is now in the shop! Also O'Brien's Collecting Toy Trains now here

11/4/06: New Lionel college boxcars Oklahoma, Michigan, Alabama; 

11/02/06: LOTS more Lionel Christmas including the North Pole Express steam engine, caboose, American Flyer Christmas cars, Lionel Christmas set; Lionel #182 electromagnetic crane

10/18/06: WALTHERS N & Z SCALE CATALOGS ARE IN AND THEY ARE ONLY $9.99!!  Also More Lionel Christmas and Halloween stuff.  Postwar Lionel 460 Piggyback unloader BOXED; nice small Lionel modern era collection just purchased--it will be trickling out soon.  

10/17/06: NEW THOMAS the TANK ENGINE WOODEN CHARACTER ALERT! Mighty Mac has landed at Lone Star Trains! More new real train DVDs including the 8 hour Ultimate Tehachapi and a Union Pacific Big Boy Special.

10/10/06: NEW THOMAS the TANK ENGINE WOODEN CHARACTER ALERT! BYRON the Bulldozer has LANDED at Lone Star Trains!

09/25/06: More Lionel Polar Express Hot Chocolate Cars; also very limited edition HARDBACK signed editions of the 2007 HO catalogs

09/21/06: We now have Thomas and other train related HELIUM balloons--latex and MYLAR; great for birthdays and retirement parties

09/20/06: RMT O gauge BEEP restock including Halloween, USAF, and Army; more new Lionel wooden trains

09/13/06: HUGE Lionel Halloween and Christmas Shipment--get your Holiday cars now before they are gone!  A few extra Polar Express Hot Chocoloate cars;

09/12/06: Athearn HO BIG BOY locomotives with DCC & sound

09/11/06: 2007 Greenberg Pocket Price Guide to Lionel Trains; 2007 Greenberg Pocket Price Guide to American Flyer Trains; more info

09/06/06: WALTHERS Special Anniversary edition 2007 HO CATALOG ONLY $9.95 while supplies last.  These are usually $22.95!!!   

09/05/06: Lionel Polar Express set restock; New REALISTIC Wooden Trains by Lionel are now here such as the Acela and Santa Fe, and they connect to your Thomas perfectly!!  

We just bought a quality postwar Lionel collection--many items are boxed including a real nice Erie 2032 set and some neat accessories.  It will take us a few weeks to clean and price, but feel free to give us your wants.

9/01/06: Walthers HO scale Auto Carriers; LIONEL MODERN ERA COLLECTION; 

8/25/06: Lionel 221 steam engine from 1946; USA Trains G scale set, SP NW-2; new Kalmbach how-to books; Thomas Party Supply restock; some Santa Fe memoribilia; K-Line Circus set; K-Line TMCC equipped 0-4-0 steam engine; 

8/22/06: Now 30% off of Walthers 2006 HO catalog; JUST IN: Lionel Alien Suspension car; Lionel Texas Hold 'Em Poker Chip Mint car; 

8/11/06: Lionel witches' cauldron; 

7/26/06: more LIONEL 2006 volume 2 catalogs; More new Athearn RTR engines and rolling stock; Lionel Miniature Golf accessory; Missile Launcher loco; Lionel Halloween caboose; New Army caboose; Micro-Trains July releases; HO Cornerstone Southwestern style buildings, depots; new book: Warman's Field Guide to Lionel Trains; 

7/20/06: Lifelike Burlington Proto 2000 GP with sound and DCC; Thomas backpacks and lunchboxes; HUGE SHIPMENT OF THOMAS WOODEN RESTOCK with some new items; Lionel Polar Express set restock

6/25: More new Thomas; Some new KATO HO diesels; KATO N bullet train; NEW Lionel T-shirts and magnets; New book: Lionel's Postwar Operating Boxcars; more Streetcars of San Antonio books;

6/7:  Something has changed at Lone Star Trains.  You'll notice as soon as you walk in.  Also come and say hi to our newest team member, Lauren.

6/4: A beautiful 1949 Lionel 671 with green/gray/yellow passenger cars just in;  New Lionel tunnel motors (going fast!); K-Line DRGW Alco units with TMCC; MKT ink stamp from the old depot

5/15: Streetcars of San Antonio book; More railroad signs; NEW Classic Metal Works cars in HO and N scale; HO and N Athearn PEARL boxcars; Digitrax Super Empire Builder, UT-4 throttle; book: "How to Model Realistic Model Railroads"; NEW Sights and SOUNDS Thomas and James engines; restock of Giggling Troublesome Trucks;

5/4: LOTS of NEW Thomas toothbrushes! EVEN MORE new Thomas puzzles; Take Along Thomas Troublesome Trucks; San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway lantern; American Flyer Keystone boxcar; small N scale collection with DCC equipped locos; New Woodland Scenic figures in all gauges;

5/1: Big new VINTAGE Lesney Matchbox collection hitting shelves; a few RR keys; Digitrax Zephyr

4/28: LOTS of new K-Line buildings; Thomas wooden Rheneas & the Roller Coaster set; new Lionel Alaska depressed center flat; MORE new Thomas puzzles; Lionel Thomas O gauge expansion pack

4/24: Lots of new HO--Katy, MoPac, T&P, RF&P, Tex Mex caboose; old American Flyer bridge, more; Sale Page updated

4/17:  New Toy Soldier collection; Britains, Crescent, Elastolin, more.

4/15: Latest American Flyer Docksiders; Lionel Ammo Dump; Athearn SD40T-2

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

Site updated 03/04/2007

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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