RMT by Aristo-Craft
A press release from Ready Made Trains/RMT….
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In case you missed it…
- Did you read about the “inadvertent inaccuracy” made by Lionel? Read it here.
- You can check out the 2010 MTH Ready To Run catalog on-line here.
- Rumors that Lionel’s 2010 catalog is due mid March.
- Black Diamond Railway Part II DVD available here. Part I was fantastic and I’m reading that Part II is just as good.
- Check out the new signs from Miller Engineering.
- Toy train show to benefit food pantry.
Liven Up The Walls of Your Train Room with a Pixel Poster
How cool would it be to have a wall size poster of your favorite locomotive hanging in your train room or anywhere else in your house? Since Fathead doesn’t offer train locomotive Fatheads you’ll need to get creative and make your own using a service called Block Posters.
Block Posters is a website that allows you to upload any image up to 1 Mb in size then enlarge it by choosing how many ’slices’ of paper wide it will be. The slices can be A4 or Letter sized pieces of paper in portrait or landscape. Once you size it, download the slices in the form of a PDF and print them. Assemble the slices on the wall and, voila, you have a wall poster of your favorite locomotive. The best part is the service is FREE. Now the resulting poster won’t be photo quality, it will be pixelated and you may need to trim the border of the slices depending on your printer but the results are great. Visit the Block Posters Image Gallery for some examples. Oh, be sure your ink cartridges are topped off because you’ll burn a lot of ink.
Bachmann All Scales Catalog Available…..for $8
Bachmann’s new 2010 catalog which includes its Williams by Bachmann O gauge products is available for purchase for $8 and free shipping. Charging for a catalog is a great way to keep it out of the hands of potential new customers. Oh, and not posting it online makes a lot of sense too. If you have $8 burning a hole in your pocket you can order the 2010 catalog from Bachman here.
Lionel showing interest in Märklin
Model Retailer Magazine is reporting that a German newspaper Südwest Presse reported…
a delegation from U.S. toy train manufacturer Lionel has visited Märklin’s production facilities in Göppingen in Germany and Györ in Hungary, presumably with interest in purchasing the company.
Märklin, a German toy and model train manufacturer that was founded in 1891, is about to emerge from an early 2009 bankruptcy. The company is turning a profit and apparently Lionel is showing interest in purchasing the company. Märklin’s trains are unique because they are powered by a hidden 3rd rail in the middle of the track.
Read the entire Model Retailer article here.
In case you missed it…
- Model Retailer Magazine’s top stories of 2009 includes a story about the World Greatest Hobby Show held in Philadelphia in January 2009. The article indicate that the show “drew possibly the largest crowd ever to attend a model train show in the U.S.: just over 40,000 in two days”. Read the “Top Stories” article here.
- This next tidbit is very old news but I just discovered it and it was news to me. The host of the DIY network series Workin’ on the Railroad, Chris Chianelli, died in January of 2009 of natural causes at age 55.
- Atlas is offering a free look at their Golden Spike Club newsletter. You can download it here (pdf).