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"Sharing the joy of model railroading"
Hobby Shop & Warehouse hours
(Eastern Time)

Wednesday thru Friday 10-6
Saturday 10-5
Sunday thru Tuesday -- CLOSED

We may be closed two or three times a year on a Friday and Saturday when we display at local area train shows. See the calendar for our schedule.  Our shop phone message will let you know of any temporary change in shop hours for these events.  Mornings, from 10 until noon, is the best time to drop in.  The worst is from 2:50 to 3:20 PM on weekdays when we usually concentrate on shipping.

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If you want to visit and have a GPS, Mapquest, Google, or Live Net then  use 1163 Jenkins Rd (1162 in Ask) for exact location of entrance on north side of Jenkins Road.
 

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Reflections From a Train Buddy Customer

News:

Train Control Systems decoders have the ultimate motor and LED control.  See "Train Control Systems" as manufacturer on our Order-Search page. [Note: see our install of a TCS M1 decoder.  Click here.]

Thomas is back!  Just in: Spencer and Toby have arrived at the Train Buddy shops.  We are putting sound in Spencer and lights in Toby.  These are made-to-order products that are becoming increasingly popular. 

Thomas and friends has expanded.  Come in to our shop or visit us at the next train show and see Gordon with a Tsunami sound system!  We have modified the modest Bachmann engine to accept this great sound system and it is truly magnificent!  We also have stocked many more of the Thomas engines, cars and sets.  Check out "Bach" for manufacturer, "H" for scale and "Thomas" or "Gordon" or your other favorite character in the description.

New Products:

Warren Calloway has new CD's out for Aberdeen & Rockfish-Vol. 2, Union Pacific-Vol.2, CSX-Vol.3, Kansas City-2005, Norfolk Southern Railway-Vol.3 and GE 4 and 6 axles.  Use "Calloway" for manufacturer.

New manufacturers, Ngineering, LokSound and Mountaineer Precision Products added

Soundtraxx - Tsunami's are in production and in the shop...5 models are available...to find them go to search and put in Mfg:"Soun" and Desc:"TSU"  Also click here to go directly to the Tsunami new products page.  (they are even better than expected!)

Double S - John Howard's company has graciously allowed the Train Buddy to offer his products to our loyal buds.  Most of these are Athearn out of production units but are one-of-a-kind custom paint and road numbers.  We have stocked ACL, CSX, SCL/L&N, L&N, N&W, NS, SAL, SBD, SCL, SOU and WM.  In the search page use "DS-" in the code to search for these items.  Put the road name reporting mark abbreviation in the description to narrow it further.

Raleigh Rails - N Scale special runs.  Virginian hopper cars with loads.  These beauties are Micro-Trains manufactured to their exacting specifications.  Set of 8 different numbers.  Limited time, limited run.

Improved relationship: The Train Buddy is a direct Precision Scale Products dealer- now you can get ALL the parts.  Not just the ones that Walthers carries.  Get one of their beautiful catalogs from us at a discount and then order at 20% off retail!  Come into the shop and browse the complete catalogs (N, S&Sn3, HO&HOn3, O&On3 and 1/2",LGB&1 scales) at our order counter.

Improved relationship: Now a direct InterMountain dealer - get InterMountain Railway Co. products at 20% off!

New Relationships:

(While the Train Buddy deals with the major distributors like Walthers [and four others by the way], we also are direct with manufacturers like Digitrax, Soundtraxx, Bowser, Aristocraft and others.  This list is about new and exciting partnerships with our manufacturing friends.  For a full list of our direct dealerships see the "Products" tab and then "Direct Dealerships".)

Train Control Systems

King's Mill

Broadway Limited

Raleigh Rails

Precision Scale Products

InterMountain Railway Co.

Crew Change Products

Iron Penguin

Warren Calloway

C.C. Crow

In Stock Products worth mentioning:

• Tippi hot foam shaper

• Train Boxes Plus HO and N scale storage boxes

• Kadee whisker (380-148) couplers

• Double S one-of-a-kind hand painted Southeastern railroad engines

• Warren Calloway DVD's

• Raleigh Rails N scale VGN coal hopper sets

• Walther's HO sectional buildings

Products that we always keep in stock:

• HO Code 100 and Code 83 flex track

• HO cork roadbed

• Track nails

• Peco insulfrog turnouts in large, medium and small

• Atlas turnouts in #4, #6 and #8

• Atlas rail joiners and insulated rail joiners

• G Split-Jaw rail joiners

• gloss and dull over-sprays

• Adhesives (Super glues and Styrene) and lubricants to exceed every modeling task

• Full line of Digitrax products

• Full line of Kadee products

• Soundtraxx DSD and DSX decoders, speakers and accessories

• 9v industrial grade batteries for throttles

• DPDT, SPDT and momentary miniature switches

• 12 position compression style 3 Amp terminal blocks

• 10 pin connectors and ribbon cable for Digitrax signaling and block detection boards

• White and Yellow LED's and resistors to match

• Tools and gauges that we use and recommend

Ordering from the Train Buddy is simple. Go to "Products" and either "Search" for the product or enter the number directly in the "by Item ID".  Most items are Walthers numbers from the catalog.  Exceptions are Digitrax which are just their model numbers (like DH163D) and for Soundtraxx it is their 7 digit model number.  This will make it much faster for ordering and receiving your order!

Watch out...I have put an "image" link on the search to make it convenient to view the items.  It takes you to the Walthers site.  Don't order there or you will pay full price and not be ordering from Train Buddy.  After you have viewed the image, use your back button to come back to the Train Buddy site to order.

Train Buddy Initiative>>  Find products that the "budds" use but are not considered "train" related.  For example, we carry...

• NEW! SPDT snap action (micro) switches for turnouts
• NEW! DPDT, SPDT, SPDT (momentary)) miniature switches
• NEW! 12 position compression style 3 amp terminal blocks
• NEW! 10 pin connectors and ribbon cable for Digitrax signaling and block detection boards
• 9v industrial grade batteries for your throttles
• spray adhesives for scenery
• single sided copper laminate for modifying switches or module ends
• commercial super glues with more controlled containers
• wire staples and guns for securing wiring
• sealant for sealing speakers and sound systems
• Kapton tape for DCC decoder installs
• matte medium / Gesso for scenery and ballast adhesive
• electronics cleaner/degreasers for easier and better track and wheel cleaning.

All of these are carried, not discounted as much, but slightly above our quantity cost to provide a full range of products and a single source for your modeling needs.