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Walthers May 2019 Flyer lyerlyer MAY 2019 BACK & BETTER THAN EVER FROM HO TWIN CITIES SALE ENDS 6-15-19 Find a Hobby Shop Near You! Visit walthers.com or call 1-800-487-2467 May2019 Flyer Cover.indd 1 4/2/19 3:46 PM WELCOME CONTENTS STOP - LOOK - TRAINS PASS 100MPH Celebrate dads and grads with a great selection of gift WalthersProto Twin Cities Hiawawtha Pages 4-7 Playground baseball games, bike rides, camping trips, catching ideas, new products and special savings, all in this issue Walthers Flyer First Products Pages 8-10 fireflies… those are just some of what makes summer vacation of Walthers Flyer! New from Walthers Pages 11-13 so much fun. But for kids lucky enough to live along the Don’t be left at the station, make your reservation by Model Railroad Essentials Pages 14 & 15 Milwaukee Road’s main line, the highlight of every summer May 31, 2019 with your participating dealer as day is the passage of the famed Twin Cities Hiawatha! Kicking WalthersProto® rolls out the Twin Cities Hiawatha in HO. New From Our Partners Pages 16 & 17 up dust in the shimmering heat waves, there’s just time for a Check out all the exciting upgrades and new products The Bargain Depot Pages 18 & 19 quick wave to the engineer as the train storms past, nudging the starting on page 4! HO Scale Pages 20-33, 36-46 century mark and leaving behind memories that last a lifetime. Bring a new level of realism to steam, transition and early Start your summer on the right track at your participating dealer N Scale Pages 46-52 ® diesel freight operations in HO with the newly-tooled to reserve your WalthersProto Twin Cities Hiawatha! Available O Scale, Any & All Scales Pages 53-66 WalthersMainline® classic 40' Boxcars and Reefers, in classic orange and maroon as well as the later yellow and making their debut starting on page 8 in this issue! Walthers Spotlight - HO ML-8 Diesels Page 67 gray, the series includes nine authentic HO Scale cars with a Featured Online Products Pages 67a-67e host of exciting new details – plus all-new releases including A major part of hopper fleets from 1996 to the present two railroad-ready Hiawatha Deluxe Edition consists, a special comes to HO with the all-new 60' NSC 5150 Cubic Foot edition of Trains 12/23 “The Cannonball,” and Milwaukee FP7 3-Bay Covered Hopper from WalthersMainline. Turn to ON THE COVER diesels in three versions! Your journey begins on page 4 inside. page 10 for your first look at this brand-new car and complete details! “Milwaukee, passengers for Milwaukee, next stop!” NEW HO WalthersProto 85' Milwaukee Road Detail a modern HO street scene in minutes with the It feels like you’ve barely settled into your comfortable Skytop Lounge Rapids Series newest member of the SceneMaster™ fleet, the UPS® seat as the train slows for the sweeping curve, and glides October 2020 Delivery • $94.98 each 920-9088 Standard w/Decals Delivery Van! Features and photos of this licensed replica to a halt alongside the Milwaukee’s venerable Everett are on page 10 in this issue. Street Station. The odd cadence of an F-M switcher pulls you away from your morning paper, not that it would really NEW HO WalthersProto 85' Milwaukee Road Find our more about these new models at walthers.com, by take a lot to distract you… before drifting by in reverse 30-Seat Parlor Car Valley Series calling us at 1-800-487-2467 or visit your participating with a cut of cars headed for the Post Office. Looks like September 2020 Delivery • $84.98 each hobby shop to reserve any new product in this issue. a typical busy Monday morning, as fellow executives and 920-9087 Standard w/Decals Happy modeling! salesmen board quickly, heading for favorite seats, or the diner and a leisurely breakfast. Air brakes release, and the NEW HO WalthersProto 85' Pullman-Standard Twin Cities Hiawatha begins its dash north to its namesake Super Dome July 2020 Delivery • $94.98 each city once more. Hiawatha returns to the rails with exciting 920-9085 Standard w/Decals new features that define WalthersProto HO models, and in two authentic paint schemes to model morning or afternoon service from the 1950s to 1970s. Check out the complete selection of cars and accessories - including the all-new Deluxe Edition Hiawatha and trains 12/23 “The Cannonball” consists and FP7 diesel power inside! 2 May2019 ONLINE TOC.indd 2 4/4/19 12:30 PM CONTENTS STOP - LOOK - TRAINS PASS 100MPH WHAT’S INSIDE WalthersProto Twin Cities Hiawawtha Pages 4-7 Playground baseball games, bike rides, camping trips, catching Walthers Flyer First Products Pages 8-10 fireflies… those are just some of what makes summer vacation New from Walthers Pages 11-13 so much fun. But for kids lucky enough to live along the Model Railroad Essentials Pages 14 & 15 Milwaukee Road’s main line, the highlight of every summer day is the passage of the famed Twin Cities Hiawatha! Kicking New From Our Partners Pages 16 & 17 up dust in the shimmering heat waves, there’s just time for a The Bargain Depot Pages 18 & 19 quick wave to the engineer as the train storms past, nudging the HO Scale Pages 20-33, 36-46 century mark and leaving behind memories that last a lifetime. Start your summer on the right track at your participating dealer N Scale Pages 46-52 to reserve your WalthersProto® Twin Cities Hiawatha! Available O Scale, Any & All Scales Pages 53-66 in classic orange and maroon as well as the later yellow and HO WalthersMainline® 40' Early Reefer pg 9 Walthers Spotlight - HO ML-8 Diesels Page 67 gray, the series includes nine authentic HO Scale cars with a Featured Online Products ONLINE ONLY host of exciting new details – plus all-new releases including two railroad-ready Hiawatha Deluxe Edition consists, a special edition of Trains 12/23 “The Cannonball,” and Milwaukee FP7 diesels in three versions! Your journey begins on page 4 inside. “Milwaukee, passengers for Milwaukee, next stop!” NEW HO WalthersProto 85' Milwaukee Road It feels like you’ve barely settled into your comfortable Skytop Lounge Rapids Series seat as the train slows for the sweeping curve, and glides October 2020 Delivery • $94.98 each to a halt alongside the Milwaukee’s venerable Everett 920-9088 Standard w/Decals Street Station. The odd cadence of an F-M switcher pulls you away from your morning paper, not that it would really NEW HO WalthersProto 85' Milwaukee Road take a lot to distract you… before drifting by in reverse 30-Seat Parlor Car Valley Series September 2020 Delivery • $84.98 each HO WalthersMainline 60' NSC with a cut of cars headed for the Post Office. Looks like 5150 Cubic Foot 3-Bay Covered Hopper pg 10 a typical busy Monday morning, as fellow executives and 920-9087 Standard w/Decals salesmen board quickly, heading for favorite seats, or the diner and a leisurely breakfast. Air brakes release, and the NEW HO WalthersProto 85' Pullman-Standard Twin Cities Hiawatha begins its dash north to its namesake Super Dome July 2020 Delivery • $94.98 each city once more. Hiawatha returns to the rails with exciting 920-9085 Standard w/Decals new features that define WalthersProto HO models, and in two authentic paint schemes to model morning or afternoon service from the 1950s to 1970s. Check out the complete selection of cars and accessories - including the all-new Deluxe Edition Hiawatha and trains 12/23 “The Cannonball” consists and FP7 diesel power inside! @waltherstrains HO SceneMaster™ UPS® Delivery Van pg 10 3 May2019 Front Pages p. 2-15.indd 3 4/3/19 12:59 PM BACK & BETTER THAN EVER FROM YOUR PREORDERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO PRODUCTION! HO TWIN CITIES Reserve your complete Twin Cities Hiawatha by May 31, 2019 • Two distinct passenger car schemes as used from the 1950s to 1971 • Authentic details for each era • Available with factory-printed or decal names & numbers Racing business travelers from downtown Chicago to the heart of Minneapolis/St. Paul in speed and luxury, no other train defined Milwaukee Road’s flawless service better than • Prototypically the Twin Cities Hiawatha. Model an authentic consist of passenger cars updated with tinted windows new and better details, pulled behind all-new FP7 diesel power in your choice of three with gaskets as paint schemes. These superb replicas will be the star of your HO operations or collection. appropriate • Factory-applied 1952-55 Early Maroon & Orange w/Skirts & Hiawatha Nose Logo grab irons ALL-NEW Modified Orange WALTHERSPROTO FP7-F7B Sets • Modeler-installed EMD FP7 LokSound 5 DCC $549.98 ea extended drawbars • Completely new 920-42502 #98A, 98B for 22" radius tooling to match 920-42503 #103A, 103B curves included prototype’s Standard DC $369.98 ea extended body 920-49502 #99A, 99B & frame • Superbly detailed 920-49503 #103A, 103B inside & out • Three Milwaukee Matching A Units Road versions with authentic LokSound 5 DCC $279.98 ea paint & era- 920-42508 #99C Prototype photo by William Echternacht, Morning Sun Books Orange & Maroon specific details 920-42509 #102C Collection, used with permission of Morning Sun Books Inc. Scheme Details • NEW - Available Standard DC $189.98 ea Late Maroon & Orange - No Skirts & Cab Side Heralds with ESU 920-49508 #98C • Black trucks LokSound 5 920-49509 #103C Sound & DCC • Clasp brakes 1956-71 Yellow • Straight side sills 1950-53 FP7-F7B Sets • Folded car steps As-Delivered Orange LokSound 5 DCC $549.98 ea 920-42504 #101A, 100B • Original ends, FP7-F7B Sets Prototype photo by D.
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