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Trainz.com Video Program
FREE GAS anyone? Calling all Trainz community members! Are you a model train expert? Do you have tips of the trade you’d like to share with others? Do you have a layout that deserves to be seen? If so, we’d like to invite you to submit your video to videos@trainz.com and share your wisdom and talent with the Trainz community. View the Trainz Video Libray here.
Each time you submit a video based on our submission guidelines, we will enter your email address in our drawing for a Free $25 BP Gas Card! The winner will be drawn at the end of July.
Check out this video, submitted by John from New Jersey. I’ll bet your wife wouldn’t let you do this!
We Find What You Are Looking For!
Looking for a 773 Hudson? How about a K-Line K1517 Hershey’s train set? Or, a MTH 30-2652-1 Chessie SD-9 Engine? How about a prewar Ives 3243R NYC electric loco? Or, maybe you are searching for a Lionel 2190W 2343 AA Super Speedliner passenger set?
Whatever you may be looking for, let Trainz.com help you. The Trainz.com Wish List is the perfect assistant to help you find what you are looking for, easily and effectively. Just open the Wish List tool, check the items you’re looking for and enter your email address. When we come across what you are looking for, you’ll receive an email, telling you that we’ve got one and where you can find it. Other’s may have the same wish, so you’ll have to act fast!
Free Shipping on all Robert West Artwork!
The best in Railroad Art from Robert West.
Click here!
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Vintage and current, steam and diesel locomotives set in realistic, distinctive fascinating landscapes.
- High quality lithograph art prints, suitable for framing.
- Robert West has been painting trains professionally for over 18 years, and has even studied under the tutelage of the late, great Howard Fogg.
Trainz.com Blog
NEW ADDITION TO TRAINZ.COM HOMEPAGE: We’re excited to announce a new addition to our website – The Trainz.com Daily Blog. You can find the Blog in the upper right hand corner of our website right below “What’s New”. We’ll be adding posts daily, with the latest happenings at Trainz.com. If you subscribe to our Blog, you’ll receive alerts of new posts on your computers homepage! Just click here to Subscribe to the Trainz.com News Feed. Remember we only publish a newsletter once a month, so if you want the most up to date info Trainz has to share, then subscribing is the way to go. And, it’s free! You may be asking “What is a blog?” Take a look at Wikipedia’s definition of blog for a better description.
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Lionel – MTH – Marklin
What’s the best reason to preorder from Trainz.com? Well that’s easy, Trainz.com offers Free Shipping on all preorders shipped to the lower 48 states! Even better, if you secure your purchase with a credit card, we won’t even charge you for the item until it arrives from the manufacturer and is ready to ship to you. It’s easy to preorder at Trainz! Go ahead, give us a try! Visit the Trainz Pre-Order Store.
The upcoming Lionel 2008 Volume 2 catalog is due to be released in August. This new catalog is highly anticipated due to Lionel announcing that they will be launching a new line of postwar re-issues consisting of affordable conventional engines and rolling stock. You can read all about it here.
Release Dates:
Lionel - Click here!
MTH - Click here!
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Phil Collins and toy trains? Click here for the full story.
If you own a Lionel 14295 Legacy Control System, please click here to learn about how to get your system upgraded.
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RMT delivers incredible detail and a great price! Using classic tooling originally created by Kusan and Marx in the early 1950's, RMT has upgraded these cars to utilize 21st Century production techniques of painting and decorating with the highest level of detailing at an affordable retail price. These freight cars are fully compatible with RMT BEEP®, BEEF® and BANG® diesels and cabooses and an exciting addition to any 3-rail toy train empire. First in this new product line is a 2-bay "smooth-side" coal hopper that features a Length of 9 1/2 inches long over couplers, Realistic painting, Prototypically inspired lettering on sides AND ends, Opening hopper doors, Metal brake wheel, Sprung metal trucks w/metal sideframes, Operating diecast couplers w/air brake hose detail, 'Easy-roll' metal wheels, Removable coal load, and Seperate standing BEEPeople® brakeman figure with each car!
If you are a collector of postwar Lionel catalogs, you won’t want to miss the nice collection we have posted to Trainz.com. Click here to view all of the catalogs.
Lionel 11020x Harry Potter Hogwarts Express Train Set
Important Note: This listing is for the Harry Potter Hogwarts Express ENGINE & PASSENGER CARS ONLY. They are MINT and come with the original set box. We are making this set available without the track and transformer for those of our customers who have an existing layout with track and transformer. This listing DOES include the Set Box. If you are looking for the complete set, please view our other listing for the Harry Potter Train Set.
Lionel has produced their own version of the Harry Potter Hogwarts Express! This train set is Ready to Run and O Gauge. This set is sure to be a favorite this holiday season!
The Harry Potter Hogwarts Express Train Set includes a 4-6-0 locomotive and tender, two passenger coaches, and one combination car.
The locomotive features transformer controlled forward, neutral and reverse operation, operating headlight, operating coupler on rear of tender, powerful maintenance-free motor, two traction tires, puffing smoke, separately applied metal handrails, die-cast metal locomotive body, air whistle in tender. The passenger cars feature interior lighting, operating couplers, and soft molded diaphrams between cars. The minimum curve radius is O-36, the length is approximately 63 inches and the layout dimensions are 40 inches by 60 inches. |
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Question: I have a Lionel KW transformer that runs my trains with no problem. When I got the transformer, it had a low pitch hum. The other day i plugged it in and noticed the hum was louder. I opened the case and the inside is clean, wires and all. Is the hum normal and if so what pitch is normal. If not, what should I look for. Could a dried power cord cause a hum?
Answer: Thanks for the question. The hum is perfectly normal. The coils vibrate a little bit when running, and the hum is the vibration echoing through the coil mounting brackets. Over time the parts can shift very slightly, or the rivets holding the brackets in place can get a little loose, causing the hum to get louder or softer. The hum sounds like a problem, but it’s not.
Lionel transformers are ridiculously well-made. Usually, the only parts on a KW we ever have to replace are the cord, the trim parts, and occasionally the whistle rectifier or circuit breaker. Out of the hundreds of KWs we have sold over the last 8 years, I’ve only seen 2 with bad coils.
If you’re concerned about the cord, pinch it between your fingers and see if the black coating cracks. If it does, it needs replacing. We sell replacement cords on our website [www.trainz.com].
Hope this helps!
Tommy
Trainz.com General Manager
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Fraud on eBay - Second Chance Offers, etc.
Just a quick reminder to let you all know that if you ever receive a second chance offer to purchase an item from us after an auction has closed, do not respond to it. In very rare cases, we may send a second chance offer depending on what the item is, but in most cases we just relist the item if we have a non-payment issue. If you receive one of these offers and you are unsure if it is us, contact us and we will validate the email. Do not click the reply button to the email you received, create a New email. |
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News Flash ... Cash Back!
If you use Paypal, you'll be interested in knowing that Trainz is participating in the My Store Rewards program. With this program our customers will receive cash back on their purchases, just by making your payment with PayPal, and agreeing to receive custom email notifications from MyStore rewards about other products you may be interested in you receive 1% cash back on all your purchases! To learn more about this great program please click on this link for more details http://www.mystorerewards.com/msr/rules.htm. |
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Visit our friends at O Gauge Watch for exciting news & updates on the latest happenings in the O gauge world of model trains! |
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