RAPIDO TRAINS F9B Units

The F9B units have arrived - most of them. One box of Sound Equipped chassis and one VIA unit was not shipped. Rapido will ship that box to us this week. We are contacting people on our reservation lists now.

Yes we are Open

Despite the city digging up the sidewalk in front of the store Central Hobbies is open. We hope they will be finished in a day or two.

Easter Hours

Central Hobbies will be open short hours on Good Friday. We will be open from 11AM to 6 PM.

NANAIMO Spring Meet

Central Hobbies will be at the Nanaimo Spring Meet, Sunday April 27, 2014. If there is anything you want brought over please contact us by Friday the 25th.

True-Line Trains Pointe St. Charles Caboose

True-Line Trains has announced an HO Scale CNR Point Ste. Charles caboose. - MSPR - $ 84.99 Cdn$ - Delivery October 2014 CNR Red with Noodle (four road numbers) - International Service Scheme (four road numbers) - Ontario Lifesaver Scheme (three road numbers) . Algoma Central Rd# 9604 - Alaska Railroad Rd# 1091 and a Kit. Special Provincial Pack: - Ontario Hydro No. 79640, Southern New Brunswick No. 79635, Central Manitoba Railway CEMR No. 2000001, Cape Breton / Nova Scotia No. 1000, Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway No. 1360 and CN Noodle - Workman Special run from Central Hobbies - Rd#s 78191, 78192 All $ 84.99 Cdn$. We are accepting reservations for these models now. Images from Marc Simpson Railway Photographs - Used with permission. Full details as to road numbers and pricing on the: Pointe St. Charles section of Our True Line Trains web page.

RAPIDO TRAINS Product Availability

Not all Rapido Products are available to all stores. Some are made as special runs for specific companies. Central Hobbies will stock all Rapido Trains Canadian Models that we have access to. Selected US models will be stocked. All US models will be available by order. We will endeavour to acquire Exclusive Release models for sale to our customers but that is controlled by the company who sponsored the model.

RAPIDO TRAINS N-Scale GMD-1

New Model - Rapido Trains N-Scale GMD-1, six paint schemes plus undecorated.. Orders by June 2014 for delivery late 2014. Click on the images for a larger view. We are taking reservations for these models.

RAPIDO TRAINS Models

The GMD-1 model information is on the GMD-1 section of Our Rapido trains locomotives web page. These locomotives will be available in the CNR 54 Scheme(good looking green scheme), CNR 61 Scheme, CNR Bloody Nose; in A-1-A or B-B trucks. NAR in A-1-A Tucks. Undecorated in either A-1-A or B-B trucks. DC or DCC and ESU LokSound. As we have ordered extra models for store stock we are still accepting reservations for most of these models.

The Canadian 52'6" Gondola model information is on the Canadian Gondola section of Our Rapido trains freight cars and cabooses web page. Canadian Pacific, CP Rail, British Columbia Railway, TH&B, Algoma Central and Undecorated have arrived. CNR and PGE models yet to be released..

Parking is available at the West end of the building and behind the building. You may use spots 1 through 20. If you do not want to drive in Vancouver traffic don't forget you can get here easily by Skytrain.

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