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Super Steel Photos For Ashland Iron & Steel pgs 42-43 Get your All-New PROTO 2000® F3s Now! Classic Motive Power in 8 Roadnames Cornerstone Favorites Return Popular N & HO Models

Only in this Issue Model the Fabulous 40s Rock Trains in N Scale Four New Project Ideas

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WELCOME ONLY IN THIS ISSUE

Too cold to be outside where you live? Then this is the Modeling the Fabulous 40s Pages 12 & 13 time to heat things up on your workbench or layout! Why Wood Chips? Page 29 Expand Train Set Operations Page 35 NEW FREIGHT CARS! Expand HO industrial operations Life for Loading Docks Page 39 with the latest Gold Line™ Airslide® Covered Hoppers Maintenance-of-Way Rock Train Page 65 and Depressed Center Flat Cars. More details can be Solve Your Space Problem Page 67 found on pages 8-9 in this issue.

MODEL TRAINS IN TRANSITION! Be sure to check out the special how-to article inside on modeling the fabulous 40s — using new models like the PROTO 2000® F3s (details on pages 4-5) and F-M H10-44 switchers (latest news on back cover).

RAIL SHOPS — Expand operations with the latest kit in the series, the Railroad Shop (#933-2970), now in stock!

For more information or to make your advance reservations, visit your participating hobby dealer, go to walthers.com or call 1-800-487-2467.

ABOUT THE SCENE Everything you need to model steel in HO Scale from start to finish! See pages 42-43 for photos of the latest Ashland Iron & Steel releases.

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CONTENTS WHAT’S INSIDE

PROTO 2000 ® EMD F3 Diesel Pages 4 & 5

New Products from Walthers Pages 6-9

New Arrivals at Walthers Page 10

Back in Stock at Walthers Page 11

Modeling the Fabulous 40s Pages 12 & 13

PROTO 2000 F-M H10-44 Diesel Page 14

Pages 15-17, 19, 22-25, HO Scale 28-41, 44-46, 48-61

Märklin & Trix Train Products Page 18 Classic HO PROTO 2000 EMD F3s 920-48229 pgs 4-5 HO Scale Yellow & Gray Cars Pages 20 & 21

HO Scale 20th Century Limited Train, Kits & Accessories Pages 26 & 27

HO Scale Ashland Iron & Steel and Accessories Pages 42 & 43

N Scale Cornerstone Series ® Favorites Page 47

2009 Walthers Reference Books Page 47

N Scale Pages 61, 64-66, 68-71 N 10-6 Sleepers Like-Like Racing from Walthers Pages 62 & 63 5 New Roadnames pg 6

N Scale Cornerstone Modulars ™ Page 67

Z, G & S Scale Page 71

O & On30 Scale Pages 72 & 73

1/50 Scale Page 73

All Scale Pages 73-87

HO Airslide® Covered Hoppers 6 New Roadnames pg 9

HO Latest Milwaukee Road Cars in Yellow & Gray pgs 20-21

HO 20th Century Limited 10-6 Sleepers pgs 26-27

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New Arrival A-B Set $429.98 w/Sound & DCC $299.98 Standard DC A Unit $229.98 w/Sound & DCC $159.98 Standard DC B Unit $229.98 w/Sound & DCC $159.98 Standard DC

PROTO FASTFACTS™ • All-New Body In Service: 1946 – early 80s, • 14:1 Gear Ratio for Easy Multiple-Unit Operations several preserved examples. • Helical Gears for Primary Assignments: Ultra-Quiet & Smooth Road freight and passenger Running

service. ATSF NYC • Five-Pole, Skew-Wound, High-Torque, High-Efficiency Introduced in 1946, the F3 Can Motor was the perfect diesel for • Heavily Weighted for railroads ready to replace Maximum Traction aging steam power. Packing • Painted Metal Grab Irons, 1500 horsepower, F3s could Ladder Stand-Offs, be set up in combinations of Handrails & Lift Rings SP† A and B units (some roads B&O • Correct Coupling Distance Between A & B Units opted for A-A sets) for freight or passenger service, where • Authentic Bulldog Nose they performed equally well. • Correct Windshield Slope Replaced by the more • Complete Scale Fuel Tank powerful F7 in February 1949, w/Hangers, Battery Box, Air Tank & Underframe Detail F3s remained in service into CB&Q † the 1980s, when their UP • Correct Style Lighted Numberboards advancing age made them • Full Cab Interior w/Crew prime candidates for trade-ins Figures on newer, more • PROTO-Max™ Die cast powerful hood units. Magnetic Knuckle Couplers • Etched Metal Screens or

† Grilles As Appropriate DRGW GN A Units Only - Each Sold Separately Undecorated Not Shown • Authentic Detailing as Appropriate for Each Find a hobby shop near you! Call 1-800-487-2467 Roadname

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Road Specific Details A-B Sets $429.98 w/Sound & DCC B&O $299.98 Standard DC ATS Shoe Nathan 5-Chime Airhorns ATSF High Radiator Fans 920-41227 #200L & 200A w/Sound & DCC “Chicken Wire” Side Grilles 920-41228 #200C & 200B w/Sound & DCC Steam Generator Details 920-48227 #201L & 201A Standard DC Roof Cooling Pipes on B Units 920-48228 #201C & 201B Standard DC UP† B&O* Single Chime Airhorns 920-41229 #86 & 86AX w/Sound & DCC See-Through Dynamic Brake Grids 920-48229 #88 & 88X Standard DC Roof Grabs CB&Q Add-on Winterization Hatch 920-41231 #160A & 160B w/Sound & DCC Green Anti-Glare Nose Panel 920-48231 #161A & 161B Standard DC Mars Light DRGW† CB&Q 920-41233 #5541 & 5542 w/Sound & DCC Fireman Side Nose Grabs 920-41234 #5544 & 5543 w/Sound & DCC Wagonwheel Radio Antenna 920-48233 #5521 & 5522 Standard DC Printed EMD Model Plate 920-48234 #5524 & 5523 Standard DC Skirts Vary Per Prototype Engine NYC High or Low Fans as Appropriate 920-41237 #1611 & 2409 w/Sound & DCC Mars Light 920-48237 #1619 & 1628 Standard DC Modeling Note: When modeling a SP† complete A-B-A lashup, group #161 920-41239 #6103A & 6103B w/Sound & DCC represents a set that is still drawbarred 920-41240 #6103D & 6103C w/Sound & DCC together with nose number plates. 920-48239 #6104A & 6104B Standard DC Whereas group #160 is “de-drawbarred” 920-48240 #6104D & 6104C Standard DC and features A and C suffixes after the † unit number painted on the nose. Both of UP these groups are prototypically accurate 920-41241 #1407 & 1408B w/Sound & DCC for 1963. 920-48241 #1404 & 1404B Standard DC ATSF Undecorated w/Mars Light Rear-Mount Wagonwheel Radio Aerial or 920-41226 w/Sound & DCC Firecracker Antenna as Appropriate 920-48226 Standard DC Engineer Side Nose Grabs Wind Deflectors A Unit Only Photo-Etched Horizontal Grilles $229.98 w/Sound & DCC See-Through Dynamic Brake Grids $159.98 Standard DC Low Radiator Fans SP† B&O 920-41230 #82 w/Sound & DCC High Radiator Fans 920-48230 #84 Standard DC See-Through Dynamic Brake Grids “Chicken Wire” Side Grilles CB&Q Full Fuel Tank Skirts 920-41232 #160C w/Sound & DCC Mars Light 920-48232 #161C Standard DC NYC GN Automatic Train Stop Shoe 920-41235 #263-A w/Sound & DCC Single Chime Airhorns 920-41236 #263-B w/Sound & DCC High or Low Radiator Fans per Prototype 920-48235 #259-A Standard DC Engineer Side Nose Grabs 920-48236 #259-B Standard DC Skirts Vary Per Prototype NYC DRGW† 920-41238 #1623 w/Sound & DCC 920-48238 #1628 Standard DC “Chicken Wire” Grilles Side Louvers Whip Radio Antenna B Unit Only DRGW-Nose & Ladder Grabs on $229.98 w/Sound & DCC Fireman Side $159.98 Standard DC Single Chime Airhorn Installed Mars Light UP† Full Fuel Tank Skirt 920-41242 #1408C w/Sound & DCC 920-48242 #1404C Standard DC Modeling Note: The model out of the box is accurate for modeling 1961. B&O To allow easy customization, the following 920-41243 #82X w/Sound & DCC details are packed separately for modeling 920-48243 #84X Standard DC 1962-1964 operations - • Nathan M3 Horn • Nose MU Receptacle • Pilot MU Hoses • Firecracker Antenna • Additional Journals for Era-specific Configurations GN (“Empire Builder” Scheme) Front Number Plate “Chicken Wire” Side Grilles High Radiator Fans From Walthers See-Through Dynamic Brake Grids Full Fuel Tank Skirt ©2008 Wm. K. Walthers, Inc. Preproduction models shown, some details and colors may vary. Delivery & prices shown were accurate at press time. For updates, please visit walthers.com. †Union Pacific licensed product.

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Stay up-to-date on the newest products with the Walthers Flyer. Advance Reservations — Reserve now for future delivery (visit walthers.com for On these pages you’ll find the latest news and information about delivery updates). Walthers™ and Life-Like releases in all scales, which include: New Arrivals — Items now in stock at participating hobby shops, or ready to ship from the Walthers warehouse.

HO PROTO 2000® AAR 53'6" 50-Ton Flat Car w/Load 920-54493 Kit $19.98 Each Ready to Run $31.98 Each • New Roadnames & 920-54543 Ready to Run #6622 Roadnumbers w/Generators 920-54544 Ready to Run #6700 • Realistic Load Included w/Wagon Boxes & Frames • 4 Different Numbers for Minneapolis & St. Louis Each Scheme 920-54495 Kit #23525 w/Generators • Metal RP-25 Wheels 920-54496 Kit #23801 w/Wagon • PROTO-Max™ Die Cast Metal Boxes & Frames 920-54540 Knuckle Couplers 920-54545 Ready to Run #23436 w/Generators Chicago & North Western† 920-54546 Ready to Run #23510 920-54489 Kit #46530 w/Generators w/Wagon Boxes & Frames CNW† 920-54490 Kit #46299 w/Wagon Nickel Plate Road Boxes & Frames 920-54497 Kit #3000 w/Generators 920-54539 Ready to Run #46436 920-54498 Kit #3036 w/Wagon w/Generators Boxes & Frames DRGW† 920-54540 Ready to Run #46122 920-54547 Ready to Run #3040 w/Wagon Boxes & Frames w/Generators Denver & Rio Grande Western† 920-54548 Ready to Run #3020 920-54491 Kit #22001 w/Generators w/Wagon Boxes & Frames EJ&E 920-54492 Kit #22122 w/Wagon Northern Pacific Boxes & Frames 920-54499 Kit #62201 w/Generators 920-54541 Ready to Run #22145 920-54500 Kit #62133 w/Wagon w/Generators Boxes & Frames M&STL 920-54542 Ready to Run #22032 920-54549 Ready to Run #62088 w/Wagon Boxes & Frames w/Generators Elgin, Joliet & Eastern 920-54550 Ready to Run #62055 920-54493 Kit #6599 w/Generators w/Wagon Boxes & Frames NKP 920-54494 Kit #6609 w/Wagon Boxes & Frames

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N Pullman-Standard N 10-6 Sleepers $34.98 Each • New Roadnames • All-New Tooling • Matches Pullman Plan #4140 • Corrugated & Smoothside Cars Available 932-55043 • Skirted or Non-Skirted as Appropriate • GSC 41-N Trucks • Flush-Fitting Windows • Full Interior • Electrical Contacts for Drop-In Lighting Kit (sold separately) • Working Diaphragms 932-55044 Pennsylvania 932-55045 Louisville & Nashville • Car Name & Number Decals • Blackened Metal Wheelsets • Accumate® Knuckle Couplers • Superb Paint & Lettering • Plastic Storage Box • Great for Postwar Streamliners Additional roadnames available — 932-55046 Atlantic Coast Line 932-55047 Canadian National See the 2009 N&Z Reference Book or walthers.com for listings. †Union Pacific licensed product 6 Find a Hobby Shop Near You! Visit walthers.com or call 1-800-487-2467 7-FebSale.ps 12/23/08 9:11 AM Page 7

HO Gold Line™ Bethlehem 89'4" Flush Deck Different Roadnumber Shown Flat Car February Delivery Single Cars $31.98 Each Limited-Run 2-Packs $59.98 Each • All-New Tooling 932-40310 TTX #157284 932-40312 ATSF #296348 RTTX Version • ACF & P-S Style Hitches 932-240310 2-Pack #156358 & 932-240312 2-Pack #296485 & 932-40318 RTTX #157007 Included 158129 296663 932-240318 2-Pack #159245 & • Metal RP-25 Wheels 160458 • Modeler-Installed Grab Irons 932-40311 WTTX #158081 932-40313 FEC #2420 932-240311 2-Pack #157977 & 932-240313 2-Pack #2538 & 2605 • Underbody Detail 158604 • Great for Intermodal Consists

HO Gold Line Thrall 65' Mill Gondola February Delivery Single Car $19.98 Each • Ready to Run • RP-25 Metal Wheels • PROTO-Max™ Metal Knuckle Couplers • Modeler Installed Grab Irons 932-3287 Included • Authentic Paint & Lettering • Paper, Steel & Scrap Industry Favorite 932-3285 Penn Central

932-3286 932-3286 MILW

932-3287 CSX

932-3288 CNW†

HO Gold Line Trinity RD-4 Hopper 6-Pack February Delivery $109.98 Each • Perfect for Unit Coal Trains • Six Different Roadnumbers Per Pack • Heavy Die Cast Underframe • Separately Applied Parts • Use with Coal Load (#933-1074 sold separately)

932-7838

932-7837 ARR 932-7838 BNSF 932-7840 NCUX

† Union Pacific licensed product 932-7841 TILX 932-7842 UP†/CMO 7 Find a Hobby Shop Near You! Visit walthers.com or call 1-800-487-2467 8-FebSale.ps 12/23/08 9:11 AM Page 8

Stay up-to-date on the newest products with the Walthers Flyer. Advance Reservations — Reserve now for future delivery (visit walthers.com for On these pages you’ll find the latest news and information about delivery updates). Walthers™ and Life-Like releases in all scales, which include: New Arrivals — Items now in stock at participating hobby shops, or ready to ship from the Walthers warehouse.

HO Heavyweight Paired Window Coach April Delivery $49.98 Each • Five New Roadnames • Detailed Interior • Car Name/Number Decals 932-10120 • Correct Trucks w/RP-25 Metal Wheels • PROTO-Max™ All-Metal Knuckle Couplers 932-10120 B&O 932-10122 ACL 932-10124 L&N

932-10121 Wabash 932-10123 SOO

HO PROTO 1000™ R17 Subway 4-Car Set March Delivery $219.98

• Ready to Run 920-31017 • Factory-Installed Pantograph New York City Transit Gates (1 powered, 3 unpowered) • PROTO-Max All-Metal Knuckle Couplers • Directional Lighting • Interior Lighting • Skew-Wound Motor with Dual Flywheels

HO Gold Line™ 81' 4-Truck Depressed Center Flat Car April Delivery Single Cars $34.98 Each Limited-Run 2-Packs $69.98 Each • New Roadnames & Numbers 932-40901 • PROTO-Max Knuckle Couplers • RP-25 Metal Wheelsets

932-40901 TTX 932-240901 2-Pack 932-40903 WECX 932-40903 2-Pack 932-40905 PTOX 932-40905 2-Pack

932-40902 KRL 932-40902 2-Pack 932-40904 PHMX 932-40904 2-Pack

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HO Budd 46-Seat Vista Dome April Delivery $49.98 Each • New Roadname 932-9097 • Superbly Detailed Inside & Out • Authentic Paint & Lettering • Metal RP-25 Wheels In Stock HO Passenger Car Interior • Factory-Installed Electrical Lighting Kit Pickups 933-1065 For Walthers Budd Dome • Working Diaphragms Cars DC Version $13.98 932-9097 ® Phase I • PROTO-Max™ All-Metal Knuckle Couplers • Easy Interior Lighting Kit Installation 932-9098 Amtrak Phase II

932-9099 Amtrak Phase III

HO Pullman-Standard 10-5 Sleeper February Delivery $44.98 Each • Full Interior & Complete Underbody Detail • Flush-fitting Windows & Wire Grab Irons • Molded Drill Starter Points • Removable Roof with Separate Details 932-6753 • Swinging Drawbars Improve Performance on Curves • Die Cast GSC 41-HR Trucks • Working Knuckle Couplers • RP-25 Blackened-metal 932-6753 SLSF 932-6755 Pullman (Two-tone Gray) (Optional Horn-hook Couplers Wheels also Included) • Factory-installed Electrical • Working Diaphragms Pickups 932-6754 PRR (Missouri Pacific Pool Car)

HO Gold Line™ 50' Airslide® Covered Hopper April Delivery Single Cars $21.98 Each Limited-Run 2-Packs $39.98 Each • New Roadnames & Numbers • PROTO-Max Knuckle Couplers • Modeler-Installed Wire Grab Irons • RP-25 Metal Wheelsets

932-40551

932-40551 BN 932-240551 2-Pack 932-40555 Rock Island 932-240555 2-Pack

932-40552 GN 932-240552 2-Pack 932-40553 Golden West 932-40554 ADM 932-240554 2-Pack 932-40556 L&N 932-240556 2-Pack 932-240553 2-Pack 9 Find a Hobby Shop Near You! Visit walthers.com or call 1-800-487-2467 Feb Front Pages p. 2-11 12/23/08 3:25 PM Page 10

Railtown General Limited Quantity Available O Store - Assembled Z EMD GP9 - MTH Electric Trains RailKing Standard DC 507-3090298 Railtown General Store Micro-Trains® Price: $44.95 489-98201090 WP #725 Reg. Price: $175.95 Sale: $159.98

Z Merchant Street Bridge - Kit HO TurboTrain Set - Monroe Models DCC Equipped 493-7009 Merchant Street Bridge Rapido Trains Reg. Price: $27.95 Sale: $23.98 606-200001 NH: PDC-28 #UAC-1, PDC-29 #UAC-1, IC-29 No Car Number Hornum Lighthouse - HO 606-200004 Amtrak (Late): PDC-28 Kit #52, PDC-29 #53, IC-29 #74 Faller Reg. Price: $499.95 Sale: $429.98 272-131010 Hornum Lighthouse w/Beacon Reg. Price: $119.99 Sale: $99.98 Hawaiian Railway Album WWII Photos Railroad Press International Standard 52-49 Volume 1-4 N Cupola Caboose Reg. Price: $79.95 Sale: $71.98 Bluford Shops 188-94302 CofG #118 Limited Quantity Available Reg. Price: $23.95 Sale: $21.98 50' Pullman-Standard N Boxcar Micro-Trains 489-3100076 C&O Cameo Series #6 (Different Schemes on Both Sides) Reg. Price: $38.65 Sale: $34.98 HO Tobacco Plants - Kit Busch 189-1221 Tobacco Plants Reg. Price: $27.99 Sale: $22.98

Valley Hardware - O Assembled MTH Electric Trains RailKing Brickyard PC Software for Limited Quantity Available 507-3090299 Valley Hardware Windows Modern Log Car Price: $44.95 Evan Designs Z Micro-Trains 266-A33 Version 3 489-53800080 Modern Log Car with Z Country Road Bridge - Reg. Price: $15.00 Sale: $12.98 Uprights Kit Reg. Price: $17.80 Sale: $15.98 Monroe Models 493-7007 Country Road Bridge Reg. Price: $24.95 Sale: $21.98

HO Animated Neon Billboard Miller Engineering Light Works USA™ 502-3881 Limited-Run Union Station 2-1/16 x 5-1/8" Scrap Yard Pile IC Type A Depot - Kit Reg. Price: $49.95 Sale: $42.98 N Monroe Models N American Model Builders 12-Volt Turnout Machine Scale Shops 493-9106 Automobile Junk LASERkit® Reg. Price: $10.49 Sale: $8.98 152-618 IC Type A Depot 649-1240 Assembled Reg. Price: $32.95 Sale: $29.98 Reg. Price: $17.98 Sale: $15.98

Limited Quantity Available Pullman-Standard GMC DUKW Z 2-Bay Covered Hopper N Junk Pile Amphibious Truck HO Micro-Trains Deck Scow - Kit Monroe Models Trackside Treasures O American Model Builders 489-53100091 CNJ #803 493-2103 Shredded Scrap Metal Pile 726-2121 GMC DUKW Amphibious LASERkit 489-53100092 CNJ #817 Reg. Price: $12.99 Sale: $10.98 6x6 Duck pkg(2) Reg. Price: $20.25 Sale: $17.98 152-467 Deck Scow Reg. Price: $9.99 Sale: $8.98 Reg. Price: $124.95 Sale: $109.98 10 Find a Hobby Shop Near You! Visit walthers.com or call 1-800-487-2467 11-FebSale.ps 12/23/08 9:11 AM Page 11

HO Milwaukee Road 1955 “Twin Cities Hiawatha” HO 60' Material Handling Car Gunderson 60' Boxcar Streamlined Car Walthers Rolling Stock HO 932-6023 Amtrak Phase IV Walthers Rolling Stock Walthers Rolling Stock Reg. Price: $24.98 Sale: $16.98 932-6043 NS 932-9205 30-Seat Parlor “...Valley” Reg. Price: $24.98 Sale: $16.98 Series #190-197 Price: $44.98

75' Auto Carrier HO HO EMD GP38-2 High-Nose - Walthers Rolling Stock Depressed Center Flat Car Standard DC ® HO 932-6222 Amtrak - Phase IV (Short Walthers Gold Line Life-Like from Walthers Ladders, Optional Roofwalk) 932-5620 TTX 433-8067 ATSF Reg. Price: $24.98 Sale: $16.98 932-5621 BN Reg. Price: $41.98 Sale: $25.98 HO Northern Light & Power 932-5623 UP Powerhouse - Kit 932-5630 ATSF Walthers™ Cornerstone Series® 932-5619 Undecorated 933-3021 Northern Light & Power Reg. Price: $31.98 Sale: $23.98 Powerhouse Reg. Price: $34.98 Sale: $24.98 48' Ribbed Container N Walthers 933-3451 BN America 25-Ton Crane - Kit 933-3454 JB Hunt HO 933-3455 ATSF Walthers Rolling Stock Budd Streamlined 46-Seat HO 933-3458 Genstar 932-5610 Vulcan Steel Coach Walthers Rolling Stock Reg. Price: $5.98 Sale: $3.98 HO 0-4-0 w/Tender - 932-5611 Brownhoist Standard DC Reg. Price: $15.98 Sale: $11.98 932-6306 PRR Life-Like from Walthers 932-6309 CP 433-8343 PRR (black) 932-6310 ACL Reg. Price: $39.98 Sale: $23.98 932-6311 SOU Reg. Price: $39.98 Sale: $26.98

HO Taxi Life-Like SceneMaster™ from Walthers 433-1699 Taxi pkg(2) HO Streamlined Pullman- HO 66' Heavy-Duty 4-Truck Standard Plan #7484 Flat Car Reg. Price: $9.98 Sale: $5.98 ™ 64-Seat Coach Walthers Gold Line Walthers Rolling Stock 932-5641 TTX #1 932-6782 ATSF Roof Details - Kit † HO 932-5645 UP 932-6786 NP Walthers Cornerstone Modulars™ 932-5647 CSX † 933-3733 Roof Details † 932-6791 UP 932-5648 SP 932-16781 NYC - Smoothside Reg. Price: $9.98 Sale: $4.98 932-5640 Undecorated HO Budd Streamlined Diner 932-16783 L&N Reg. Price: $31.98 Sale: $23.98 Walthers Rolling Stock 932-16784 N&W 932-6325 ATSF 932-6780 Undecorated - Fluted Side All products featured in this catalog were in 932-6326 PRR 932-6799 Undecorated, Smoothside, stock at press time. Because of increased 932-6327 CB&Q No Skirts demand for sale-priced items and limited 932-6330 ACL Reg. Price: $39.98 Sale: $17.98 932-6333 SP† quantities available, some may be out of † stock following the printing of this catalog. HO 75' Auto Carrier 932-6334 UP Walthers Rolling Stock Reg. Price: $39.98 Sale: $26.98 You can find out if any item is available, or 932-6221 Amtrak - Phase III (Short locate dealers who have recently ordered Ladders, Optional Roofwalk) out of stock items by visiting walthers.com. 932-6222 Amtrak - Phase IV (Short We reserve the right to correct errors, Ladders, Optional Roofwalk) change prices and modify designs without Reg. Price: $24.98 Sale: $16.98 Great Northern Empire Builder notice and without obligation to previous Streamlined Car purchasers. All rights reserved. Walthers Rolling Stock Pullman Heavyweight ©2008 Wm. K. Walthers, Inc. All prices are listed in HO 932-9039 Budd 46-Seat Vista Dome U.S. dollars. Prices subject to change without notice. 12-1 Sleeper Coach #1320-1335 Walthers Rolling Stock CSX proprietary marks used by permission of Reg. Price: $49.98 Sale: $37.98 CSX Transportation, Inc.

932-10001 Pullman ® † Accumate couplers are made under license from 932-10005 UP (gray) Accurail, Inc. 932-10012 MILW Products bearing American Refrigerator Transit 932-10014 SOO Company, ART, Chicago & North Western Railway, Reg. Price: $49.98 Sale: $29.98 Chicago & North Western System, Chicago & North Western, CNW, C&NW, Denver & Rio Grande Old-Time Coal Conveyors - Western, DRGW, D&RG, D&RGW, Rio Grande, HO Katy Railroad, The Katy, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Kit 50' REA Riveted Steel HO MKT, M-K-T, Missouri Pacific Lines, Missouri Pacific, Walthers Cornerstone Series Express Reefer Mo-Pac, MP, Pacific Fruit Express Company, 933-3520 Old-Time Coal Conveyors Walthers Rolling Stock Pacific Fruit Express, PFE, Southern Pacific Rail pkg(3) 932-6241 REA (Hunter Green w/full Corporation, Southern Pacific Lines, Southern Reg. Price: $14.98 Sale: $8.98 name herald) Pacific, SP, St. Louis Southwestern, SSW, Cotton Budd Streamlined 46-Seat Belt, Cotton Belt Route, Texas & Pacific, T&P, TP, HO 932-6243 REA Express (Chromate Company, Union Pacific Vista Dome Coach Green w/REA logo herald) Railroad, Union Pacific, UP, Union Pacific Fruit Walthers Rolling Stock 932-6245 GN Express, UPFE, Western Pacific & WP marks are †Union Pacific licensed product 932-9095 NP 932-6240 Undecorated made under trademark license from Union Pacific Reg. Price: $49.98 Sale: $26.98 Reg. Price: $27.98 Sale: $18.98 Railroad Company. 11 Find a Hobby Shop Near You! Visit walthers.com or call 1-800-487-2467 12-FebSale.ps 12/23/08 9:37 AM Page 12

MODELING THE FABULOUS 40s

America’s railroads greeted place their orders – New And as the only firm allowed of orders overwhelmed 1946 with enthusiasm as York Central alone ordered to build cab units during the builders, and led to longer industry suppliers began 420 new passenger cars in war, EMD entered the and longer delivery delays. converting back to December of 1945 — and summer of 1946 with a huge As weeks stretched into peacetime production. the floodgates swung open. head start for its new F3. months, railroads took The Depression and the A more powerful version of Power for the Future matters into their own incredible demands of WWII the successful FT introduced While steam was still alive hands. Older streamlined had left lines large and in 1939 for freight service, and well, the proven cars were sent through the small badly in need of new the new models could be economy and efficiency of company shops, refitted, equipment of every kind. customized for freight or diesels put them high on rebuilt and painted to passenger work. The Trains of Tomorrow nearly every railroad’s list of match new cars on order. Although no new passenger must-have new equipment. Alco, Baldwin and Lima also Where more equipment cars were built during the promised new diesel power, Well aware of the impending was needed now, older war and service suffered, and newcomer Fairbanks- flood of demand, EMD was heavyweight cars were given the nation’s railroads Morse entered the fray with ready with a new version of similar facelifts and fresh promised travelers better H10-44 switchers and Erie- its E series passenger units. paint — some roads even days. Magazines were filled Built cab units. Once raw materials could be added black “shadow lines” with ads showcasing allocated in early 1945, the Something Old, on silver-painted cars to sketches of all-new diesel- new E7 made its debut. Something New resemble the fluted powered streamliners These 2000 horsepower Making the transition to stainless steel of the new equipped with every units featured a pair of peacetime proved a lightweight cars! imaginable comfort. daunting task. It took time 567A prime movers, housed A Rainbow of Colors Following the end of in a restyled body with a to convert facilities and New equipment was only hostilities, the railroads sharper bulldog nose like ongoing materials shortages part of the upgrade on were ready and waiting to that found on the FT. further slowed the many roads. Brilliant color transition. The tidal wave 12 Find a Hobby Shop Near You! Visit walthers.com or call 1-800-487-2467 13-FebSale.ps 12/23/08 9:37 AM Page 13

NEW HO PROTO 2000 EMD F3 A-B Set w/Sound - B&O 920-41229 $429.98 Complete roadname listing on pages 4-5.

NEW HO PROTO 2000 EMD F3 A-B Set Standard DC - DRGW† 920-48233 $299.98 Complete roadname listing on pages 4-5.

HO PROTO 2000 F-M H10-44 w/Sound - CNW† 920-40780 $279.98 Complete roadname listing on page 14.

NEW HO NYC 20th Century “... Creek” Series Observation 932-9312 $69.98 Complete 1948 20th Century listing on pages 26-27.

schemes became standard Whether working outlying on all new equipment. These freight yards, or downtown schemes gave the owner a passenger terminals, the HO Pullman-Built Heavyweight 36-Seat Diner - DRGW† unique identity, and many H10-44 is the perfect 932-10161 $49.98 made approaching trains switcher, packed with more visible, improving details and in eight new employee and public safety. roadnames. An Amazing Era to Model With its blend of classic and Walthers has the ticket for ultra-modern equipment, updating passenger service on your railroad too! Choose the late 1940s remains a HO Heavyweight ACF 70' Baggage-Express - DRGW† popular modeling era. a complete train like the 932-10511 $49.98 1948 20th Century Limited, When it comes to motive or create a custom train HO Cornerstone Series® power, PROTO 2000® has from 11 different styles of Milwaukee Road-Style plenty of diesel choices for Station & Train Shed Kit heavyweights and 17 kinds 933-2943 $249.98 this era, with sound and of streamlined cars in DCC, or as standard DC. postwar schemes. And you Moving freight or can power your train with passengers, the F3s are the latest run of PROTO stunning replicas, and 2000 EMD E7s coming in feature an all-new body, April 2009! prototype specific details and the proven drive found †Union Pacific licensed product in the F7.

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 Second Series  PROTO FASTFACTS™ Denver & Rio Grande Western† February 2009 Delivery* 920-40794 #122 w/Sound & DCC In Service: 1944 - Early 80s, 920-40795 #123 w/Sound & DCC R several preserved examples. $279.98 w/Sound & DCC* $179.98 Standard DC* 920-47794 #120 Standard DC 920-47795 #121 Standard DC Primary Assignments: Norfolk & Western Yard switcher. 920-40796 #2132 w/Sound & DCC 920-40797 #2133 w/Sound & DCC Unveiled in 1944, the H10-44 920-47796 #2127 Standard DC † 920-47797 #2128 Standard DC marked Fairbanks-Morse’s entry DRGW PC Union Pacific† into the locomotive market. 920-40798 #1301 w/Sound & DCC F-M found many buyers and 197 920-40799 #1304 w/Sound & DCC were built through May of 1950. 920-47798 #1301 Standard DC N&W SLSF 920-47799 #1303 Standard DC Some soldiered on into the early Monon 1980s, often working for shortline 920-40800 #18 w/Sound & DCC and industrial users. The first 920-47800 #18 Standard DC Penn Central H10-44 was restored by the † UP Wabash 920-40802 #8256 w/Sound & DCC Railway Museum and is 920-40803 #8260 w/Sound & DCC still in operation. 920-47802 #8244 Standard DC 920-47803 #8248 Standard DC • 8 New Roadnames! St. Louis-San Francisco ™ Monon PRR • PROTO-Max Die Cast Knuckle Undecorated Not Shown 920-40804 #274 w/Sound & DCC Couplers 920-40805 #279 w/Sound & DCC • Constant & Directional Headlights 920-47804 #270 Standard DC • Available With or Without 920-47805 #273 Standard DC Factory-Installed Sound & DCC Wabash 920-40806 #382 w/Sound & DCC 920-40807 #383 w/Sound & DCC Sound can be operated with standard DC 920-47806 #380 Standard DC power pack or DCC controllers. Sound 920-47807 #381 Standard DC features include: OP Diesel Engine, Horn, Pennsylvania Bell, Squealing Brakes, Doppler Effect, 920-40809 #9089 w/Sound & DCC Air Let Off (in neutral), Headlight, 920-40810 #9095 w/Sound & DCC and Trailer which mutes whistle and 920-47809 #9083 Standard DC bell for double heading. 920-47810 #9087 Standard DC Undecorated – Phase IIB Long Hood 920-40808 w/Sound & DCC 920-47808 Standard DC

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U30B Phase I - Powered Alco RS-2 - Standard DC HO ® ™ HO PROTO 2000 from Walthers . Accurate PROTO 1000™ from Walthers. These detailed replicas of Phase I units, these models feature the locos feature a heavy diecast chassis, factory- proper radiator arrangement under the rear intake installed 9-pin DCC socket (decoder available grilles. They’re powered by a five-pole, skew-wound separately), 14:1 gear ratio helical-cut gears for motor with dual flywheels, heavy diecast chassis, quiet operation, a five-pole skew-wound motor with 8-pin DCC socket (decoder sold separately) and dual flywheels, all-wheel drive and electrical pickup applied detail parts. and magnetic knuckle couplers. 920-31109 L&N #2509 920-35103 C&O #5501 HO EMD F7A-B Set - Standard DC 920-31110 ACL #977 920-35108 L&N #260 PROTO 2000 from Walthers. Featuring 920-31111 ACL #978 920-35109 L&N #266 roadname-specific bodies, authentic decoration and 920-31112 Demonstrator #303 920-35113 CNW† #53 plenty of applied parts, these models are perfect for 920-31113 Demonstrator #304 920-35119 Chicago Great Western #51 1950s to 1980s trains. Both A and B units are 920-31116 SAL #804 920-35120 Chicago Great Western #54 powered by a five-pole skew-wound motor with dual 920-31117 SAL #809 920-35121 Toledo, Peoria & Western #200 flywheels and feature a 9-pin DCC decoder socket Reg. Price: $139.98 Sale: $63.98 920-35122 Toledo, Peoria & Western #202 for easy conversion (decoder sold separately). 920-35123 UP† #1292 920-40597 NYC #1684 & #2440 (black, Cigar 920-35124 UP† #1295 Band, white stripe) Reg. Price: $109.98 Sale: $74.98 920-40610 CB&Q #169-A w/Mars Light & #169-B (Imitation Aluminum) Reg. Price: $299.98 Sale: $199.98 Single A Units Also Available! 920-40598 NYC #1701 (black, Cigar Band, white stripe) 920-40611 CB&Q #169-C w/Mars Light (Imitation Aluminum) HO Alco RS-27 - Standard DC Reg. Price: $149.98 Sale: $99.98 PROTO 2000 from Walthers. These fine models are powered by a five-pole, skew-wound motor with dual flywheels, heavy diecast chassis and are equipped with an 8-pin DCC socket (decoder sold separately). 920-31352 UP† #676 920-31361 CR #2402 920-31362 CR #2412 920-31355 Undecorated Reg. Price: $139.98 Sale: $63.98 HO EMD F7A-B Set - Sound & DCC Equipped HO EMD F7B - Standard DC PROTO 2000 from Walthers. Featuring roadname- PROTO 2000 from Walthers. Beef up your specific bodies, authentic decoration and plenty of Empire Builder power consist with this unit. This applied parts, these models are perfect for any B unit is powered by a five-pole skew-wound motor 1950s to 1980s freight. Both A and B units are with dual flywheels and features a 9-pin DCC powered by a five-pole skew-wound motor with dual decoder socket for easy conversion (decoder sold flywheels and include factory-installed Quantum separately). sound and DCC decoder, but they’re also ready to go 920-40630 GN #360-B Reg. Price: $149.98 Sale: $99.98 HO Alco RS-27 - Sound & DCC Equipped for operation on standard DC layouts too. PROTO 2000 from Walthers. This detailed 920-40599 SOO #2225A w/Mars Light & B Unit model is powered by a five-pole, skew-wound motor #502C (red, white) with dual flywheels, heavy diecast chassis and is 920-40608 CB&Q #168-A w/Mars Light, 168-B equipped with an 8-pin DCC socket (decoder sold (Immitation Aluminum) separately). Includes factory-installed Quantum® 920-40615 Undecorated - With or Without Mars sound & DCC decoder that’s ideal for standard DC Light and DCC layouts. Reg. Price: $399.98 Sale: $269.98 920-31356 Undecorated Single A Units Also Available! Reg. Price: $249.98 Sale: $119.98 920-40596 NYC #1693 (black, Cigar Band, white stripe) 920-40609 CB&Q #168-C w/Mars Light (Imitation HO Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 - Aluminum) Sound & DCC Equipped 920-40624 MILW #69-C w/Mars Light (orange, PROTO 2000 from Walthers. Featuring newly maroon) tooled bodies, roadname-specific details, Reg. Price: $209.98 Sale: $149.98 authentic decoration and plenty of applied parts, these models feature 21st century performance in a 1940s to 1980s replica. They’re powered by a ANY PRODUCT FROM five-pole skew-wound motor with dual flywheels WALTHERS 2009 HO and include a factory-installed Quantum sound HO EMD GP7 Phase II - Standard DC REFERENCE BOOK PROTO 2000 from Walthers. Perfect for any and DCC decoder, but they’re equipped for IS JUST A PHONE operation on standard DC layouts too. 50s and later railroad, these models are powered CALL AWAY! by a five-pole, skew-wound motor with dual 920-40783 MILW #1815 (As-built, orange, gray) To Order Call flywheels, heavy diecast chassis and are equipped 920-40784 MILW #1824 (As-built, orange, gray) 1-800-4TRAINS with an 8-pin DCC socket (decoder sold separately). 920-40789 PRR #9291 (Brunswick Green, Buff, 920-40464 KCS #156 Small Engine Number) 920-40465 KCS #161 Price: $279.98

Reg. Price: $139.98 Sale: $63.98 †Union Pacific licensed product

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PROTO FASTFACTS™ Select Roadnames Now Available! Union Pacific† $109.98 each Yard Scheme, Farr Air Filters In Service: 1975 – Present. 920-35051 #716 920-35052 #693 Primary Assignments: Norfolk Southern Light road and yard jobs. Farr Air Filters 920-35053 #1452 Introduced in 1975 as a replacement 920-35054 #1446 † for aging GP7s and GP9s, the UP BNSF CSX GP15-1 was better suited to the “Dark Future,” Farr Air Filters 920-35055 #1545 bigger cars entering service, while 920-35056 #1551 the low nose improved forward visibility. EMD required customers NS BN “Quality” Slogan, Farr Air Filters 920-35057 #1650 to provide a trade-in unit, which 920-35058 #1685 supplied traction motors, trucks BNSF and main generators, reducing the Internal Air Filters CSX CNW† 920-35059 #1478 — Heritage Scheme price. GP15-1s looked like 35 Series 920-35060 #1496 — Patch Scheme engines, but had a single 48" fan Burlington Northern (Feb. Delivery) and “tunnel motor” air intake. Later White Front, Internal Air Filters 920-35061 #1385 versions included the GP15-1AC 920-35062 #1386 CR California Northern † with an alternator and the GP15T, a Undecorated Not Shown Chicago & North Western turbocharged AC model. Nearly 370 (Feb. Delivery) Traditional Yellow & Green, were built between 1976 and 1983, Internal Air Filters and many are still going strong. 920-35063 #4404 920-35064 #4409 • New Drive California Northern (Feb. Delivery) • 14:1 Gear Ratio for Easy Forest Green & White, Internal Air Filters Multiple-Unit Operations 920-35065 #108 920-35066 #112 • Helical Gears for Ultra-Quiet & Smooth Running Undecorated 920-35050 Farr Air Filters • Five-Pole, Skew-Wound, 920-35070 Internal Air Filters High Torque, High Efficiency Can Motor

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GP9M - Standard DC EMD SD24 - Standard DC HO ® HO Walthers Trainline IHC Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 - 931-101 BN #1709 (green, white) 348-3800 ATSF #960 HO † Standard DC 931-102 UP #289 (yellow, gray, red) 348-3802 ACL PROTO 2000® from Walthers™. This detailed 931-105 CSX (blue, gray, yellow) 348-3803 B&O transition-era switcher features a five-pole skew- 931-130 PRR 348-3820 Long Island Railroad wound motor with dual flywheels and comes Reg. Price: $41.98 Sale: $29.98 348-3834 Royal American Shows equipped with a DCC decoder socket for easy Reg. Price: $34.98 Sale: $29.98 conversion (decoder sold separately). 920-47785 NKP #126 (black, Dulux Gold w/Scare Stripes) Price: $179.98

HO Track Cleaner Locomotive Chassis EMD GP38-2 High-Nose - Standard DC Only - Standard DC HO ™ Life-Like from Walthers JAM Solutions. Great for any HO layout, this 433-8067 ATSF unpowered locomotive chassis (without shell) Reg. Price: $41.98 Sale: $25.98 includes spring-loaded abrasive track cleaning pads HO USRA Heavy 2-10-2 - that polish the rails as the chassis is pulled or Sound & DCC Equipped pushed around the layout. PROTO 2000 Heritage Steam Collection from 343-1070 Fits Athearn GP40-2, GP50 & GP60 Walthers. These workhorses have all the Shell (sold separately). performance features you expect from PROTO steam Reg. Price: $89.00 Sale: $76.98 locos including a five-pole, skew-wound motor, and they’re loaded with applied details. This model comes equipped with a Quantum® sound and DCC decoder and runs just fine on DCC or standard DC HO 0-4-0 w/Tender - Standard DC Faster Check-Out Options layouts with no modifications. Life-Like from Walthers 920-60005 Erie #4213 - Southern Valve Gear 433-8343 PRR (black) at www.walthers.com! Reg. Price: $469.98 Sale: $209.98 Reg. Price: $39.98 Sale: $23.98

HO USRA Heavy 2-10-2 - Standard DC HO 2-6-2 Prairie w/Smoke - Standard DC PROTO 2000 Heritage Steam Collection from Bachmann. Ready-to-run loco features HO EMD F2A - Standard DC Walthers. Perfect for your WWI and later freights, prepainted and lettered plastic body, operating Model Power these workhorses feature five-pole, skew-wound headlight and E-Z Mate® knuckle couplers. 490-96800 ATSF motor and plenty of applied details. 160-51501 UP 490-96804 SP 920-60002 PRR #8263 - Southern Valve Gear 160-51504 SOU (green) 490-96805 BN 920-60003 PRR #8360 - Southern Valve Gear 160-51511 B&O 490-96806 Amtrak 920-60006 Erie #4214 - Southern Valve Gear 160-51517 DRGW (Flying Rio Grande Lettering) 490-96807 CR 920-60007 Erie #4224 - Southern Valve Gear 160-51520 NYC Reg. Price: $42.98 Sale: $34.98 Reg. Price: $359.98 Sale: $169.98 Reg. Price: $95.00 Sale: $69.98

HO 2-10-2 Santa Fe - Standard DC IHC. These impressive models feature applied HO USRA 0-8-0 - Sound & DCC Equipped PROTO 2000 Heritage Steam Collection from body details, extra pick-ups in the tenders, working Walthers. Great for post-WWI railroads, these knuckle couplers and metal handrails. Models come equipped with an 8-pin DCC socket for easy detailed engines feature traction tires for maximum HO Porter Hustler - Standard DC pulling power and loco and tender electrical pickup addition of a DCC decoder (sold separately). Model Power for reliability during slow-speed switching 348-23402 B&O 490-96706 BN operations. Equipped with a Quantum sound and 348-23403 Erie 490-96707 SOU DCC decoder, they’re also well suited for operation 348-23409 PRR 490-96708 SP on standard DC layouts. 348-23411 SOU 490-96709 PRR 920-60105 NKP #207 348-23417 WM 490-96710 Chessie 920-60108 Pere Marquette #1401 Reg. Price: $149.98 Sale: $129.98 490-96711 Amtrak 920-60109 Pere Marquette #1406 Also Available w/Vanderbilt Tender! 490-96712 CN Reg. Price: $379.98 Sale: $289.98 348-23404 GN Reg. Price: $35.98 Sale: $29.98 348-23412 UP 348-23416 SP †Union Pacific licensed product Reg. Price: $149.98 Sale: $129.98

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MÄRKLIN & TRIX TRAINS – GET YOURS AT WALTHERS™ !

DISCOVER THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF MÄRKLIN & TRIX TRAINS Märklin trains offer exciting railroad action with European flair. From colorful, reliable locomotives loaded with detail and performance features like Märklin Digital control to easy-to-use C Track complete with built-in roadbed for setup anywhere, the Märklin model railroad system is a great start in the hobby. Trix trains by Märklin offer many of the same great features for two-rail DC systems.

Deluxe American Starter Set Z Märklin. Includes 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive with tender, GN boxcar, SAL boxcar, CNW gondola, CB&Q caboose, 12 sections straight track, 12 sections curved track, 2 electric turnouts, three typical American buildings, rerailer, control box, distribution strip, wire, plugs, sockets, power pack and track plan brochure. 441-81466 CB&Q Reg. $589.99 Sale: $499.98 HO Crude Iron Slag Car Set Trix. These cars are used to move slag from furnaces to a slag dump. The models have die cast metal frames, a realistic matte finish, different car numbers and close couplers. 739-24413 Crude Iron Slag Car Set pkg(3) Price: $129.99 Steam Freight Starter Set Z Märklin. This starter set includes a 4-6-2 steam locomotive, one GN gondola, one SP&S gondola, and one NP caboose, an oval of track and power pack. 441-81535 NP Reg. $299.99 Sale: $259.98

HO Torpedo Ladle Car Trix. Ideal for moving hot molten metal from the blast furnace to a cast house in a steel works. Ready-to-run model has a metal body and span bolsters, NEM coupler pockets and a close couplers. 739-24405 German Railroad Inc. Price: $119.99 HO Class B VI Loco - Sound & Digital Equipped Trix. Detailed, limited-edition replica features a DCC/Selectrix sound and DCC decoder and features traction tires for maximum pulling power. Other features include close coupling between the loco and tender and plenty of HO Steel Mill Hot Blast Stoves - Kit applied details. Trix. Prototype heat blast towers are an 739-22184 Royal Wurttemberg State Railroad (Orlando di Lasso) indispensable part of a blast furnace installation. Price: $689.99 They’re typically located right next to the blast furnaces at prototype steel mills. This detailed kit includes heat blast pipes, dome, gas lines, platforms, railings and stairwells. Plastic and laser-cut card kit measures: 17-1/2 x 9-3/4 x 21-3/8" 44.5 x 24.8 x 54.2cm HO Digital Freight Train Starter Set - Digital Equipped 739-66166 Steel Mill Hot Blast Stoves Märklin. This Era III set includes a German Federal Railroad (DB) Price: $439.99 class 86 2-8-2T steam locomotive with directional headlights and Telex couplers for remote-controlled uncoupling. It pulls a low-side gondola with stakes, boxcar, gondola, tank car and a baggage car, all equipped with Relex couplers. The train runs on a 73 x 34" 184 x 84cm oval of C Track with one passing siding and one stub-end siding. The set also includes a Märklin Digital Mobile Station for multi-train operation, power pack and an illustrated instruction book with many tips and ideas. 441-29532 Digital Freight Train Starter Set Price: $449.99

HO My Start w/Märklin Set - Digital Equipped Märklin. This fine set includes everything your need to get started with Märklin trains. Included is a powerful Era III German Federal Railroad (DB) Class 81 0-8-0T steam locomotive with directional headlights, a DB type El-u 061 HO gondola, a DB type Kbs low-sided gondola with stakes and a Haribo type chus-u High-Tension 377 reefer. The train runs on a 45 x 30" 112 x 76cm oval of C Track. The set Mast also includes a Märklin Digital controller for multi-train operation (up to four Märklin trains simultaneously) and a power pack. HO Track Planning Book 441-74733 441-29160 My Start w/Märklin Set Märklin High-Tension Mast Price: $199.99 441-7451 C Track/English Edition Price: $29.99 Reg. Price: $44.99 Sale: $39.98 Faster Check-Out Options at www.walthers.com!

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HO Chassis w/LokSound for Stewart F3, F7 & F9 - Sound & DCC Equipped Stewart Hobbies. Replacment chassis for F units HO TurboTrain Set - DCC Equipped makes it easy to add sound and DCC to new or older Rapido Trains. Model North America’s fastest train with this set. Features include interiors, lighting units. Each includes a high quality digital decoder effects, car name and number decals, roadname-specific details, a historical boooklet and more. The set with motor control and a digital sound module on includes two power cars and one intermediate car (other intermediate cars sold separately). Power cars are one circuit board. Can be used on DC layouts with a equipped with factory-installed sound and DCC decoder that is great for operation on standard DC layouts too. Precision Craft DCMaster #588-1001 Analog 606-200001 NH: PDC-28 #UAC-1, PDC-29 #UAC-1, IC-29 No Car Number Control Module (sold separately). 606-200004 Amtrak (Late): PDC-28 #52, PDC-29 #53, IC-29 #74 691-1207 A Unit Powered w/Silver Sideframes Reg. Price: $499.95 Sale: $429.98 Reg. Price: $199.95 Sale: $179.98 FT Chassis Also Available! 691-1210 A Powered w/Black Sideframes Reg. Price: $199.95 Sale: $179.98 HO SCALE R TRAIN SETS R TRAIN SET ACCESSORIES

HO Diesel Freight Set - Standard DC Atlas Trainman®. This hobby-quality set includes an Alco RS-36 loco with a smooth-running, DCC-ready mechanism, four cars, 4 x 3' oval of Railroad Corral Expander ® HO Digital Commander Diesel HO Scene Maker Expander HO Atlas True Track , power pack, Train Set - DCC Equipped Set - Kit Set - Kit instructions, warranty card, Atlas CD Bachmann E-Z Command®. This Life-Like from Walthers™. This set Life-Like from Walthers. Detailing your catalog and a Blueprints for Ten action-packed set features two locos makes going from train set to layout layout has never been easier! A True-Track Layouts book. for two-train fun. Includes EMD GP40 easy. It includes trees, a building kit, complete railroad setting in one box 751-40 D&H and EMD FT-A locomotives, three cars, passenger station, utility poles and from structures to rolling stock, from Reg. Price: $175.00 Sale: $139.98 a 56 x 38" oval of E-Z Track® with vehicles. figures to vehicles! siding, a magnetic uncoupler with 433-1739 Scene Maker Expander Set 433-1743 Railroad Corral Expander brakeman figure, E-Z Command Reg. Price: $41.98 Sale: $25.98 Set instruction video DVD and an Reg. Price: $39.98 Sale: $23.98 illustrated instruction manual. 160-501 ATSF Reg. Price: $290.00 Sale: $209.98 HO SCALE R PASSENGER CARS

HO 75' Auto Carrier Walthers Rolling Stock 60' Streamlined Diner w/Interior Light ® HO 932-6221 Amtrak - Phase III (Short Ladders, 50' GACX Wood Express Reefer w/GSC Life-Like from Walthers HO Optional Roofwalk) Trucks 433-8056 ATSF Reg. Price: $24.98 Sale: $16.98 Walthers Rolling Stock 433-8093 B&O 932-5479 DRGW† Reg. Price: $18.98 Sale: $11.98 932-5485 REA #3 932-5486 Union Refrigerator Transit (orange) 932-5489 KCS 932-5490 MKT† 932-5491 REA (White Lettering Large Logo) 932-5499 Undecorated Reg. Price: $27.98 Sale: $14.98 HO Pullman-Standard SP†-Style Bilevel Commuter Car Limited-Run 2-Packs Also Available! 932-25491 REA (Hunter Green, Large Logo) 60' Vista Dome w/Interior Light Walthers Rolling Stock HO † 932-25493 REA (Pullman Green, Gold Lettering) Life-Like from Walthers 932-5972 SP (gray) 932-25494 PFE† #3 433-8094 B&O Reg. Price: $39.98 Sale: $23.98 932-25495 URTX Reg. Price: $18.98 Sale: $11.98 Reg. Price: $49.98 Sale: $22.98

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By late 1954, Union Pacific was Modeling this exciting era is a snap Product Features: unhappy with how long-time partner with Walthers latest HO releases, • Matches Equipment used Chicago & North Western handled UP featuring 13 different cars factory- passenger trains between Omaha and finished in yellow and gray. In addition 1955-1971 Chicago. Work to find a new route to specific skirting and trucks, select • Correct “UP† Streamliner Scheme” began, and on September 20, 1955, cars include modeler-applied parts for Armour Yellow, Harbor Mist Gray & Milwaukee Road president John P. folded (pre-1963) or fixed (post-1963) Red Kiley announced that they would steps — shown below — to model handle UP’s trains, including the early and later versions! • Modernized Ends flagship City of Los Angeles, starting • Correct Later-Style Diaphragms & October 30. Build select cars with Lift Rings UP required cars in the Cities pool to folded steps (pre-1963)... wear Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist • Build with Folded (pre-1963) or Gray. Milwaukee planned to paint Fixed (post-1963) Car Steps – Both nearly 40 cars for the five trains, but Styles Included as Appropriate quickly found the UP scheme less • Notched or Straight Side Sills as expensive to apply and more durable than its own. Starting in 1956, all non- Appropriate commuter passenger cars and locos • 8' Nystrom Trucks w/Disc or Clasp began receiving the new colors, which ... Or Install the fixed steps Brakes as Appropriate would remain the standard until (post-1963)! ™ Amtrak took over in 1971. • Die Cast PROTO-Max Knuckle Couplers • Modeler-Applied Wire Grab Irons FIND A HOBBY SHOP • Winter 2008-2009 Delivery* – NEAR YOU! Reserve Yours Today! VISIT WALTHERS.COM • Price $54.98 each (Unless Noted) OR CALL 1-800-487-2467

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