News and What's New to the Store

This is a list of some of the things that are new to the store and news of import.
It is updated as and IF time permits.
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Please note that items are put on this web page when they ARRIVE. There is no guarantee that they will in stock the day after they are added. Please call for availability.

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Date	Item		Canadian Price
November 26, 2021
Magazines	Vol 20-4 issue 77 of CN Lines has arrived. Vol 46, No. 3 issue 183 of The Sandhouse has arrived.
November 23, 2021
Magazines	The June-September 2021 issue of WCRA News has arrived. The Classic Trains Special Issue Burlington'S Zephyrs has arrived. The 2021 Special Issue 2021 Contest Cars has arrived.
November 19, 2021
Magazines	The December 2021 issue of Model Railroad News has arrived. The issue 2012-4 # 289 of Passenger Train Journal has arrived. The 2021 Annual issue 2021 Railroads illustrated Annual has arrived.
November 13 2021
Books	New from White River: The Shay Locomotive: An Illustrated History. A new book on Shays. New information in the 20+ years since the Koch books.		$ 129.99 CDN
Books	New from Kalmbach The Model Railroader's guide to Bridges & Trestles by Jeff Wilson. Not sure if this is a replacement for - Model Railroad Bridges & Trestles: Volume 2		$ 28.60 CDN
Books	New from Kalmbach in their Layout Design and Planning Series - Building the Right-Sized Layout by Tom Klimoski.		$ 28.59 CDN
Books	New from Kalmbach in their Layout Design and Planning Series - How to Design a Model Railroad by Lance Mindheim.		$ 32.50 CDN
November 9, 2021
Magazines	The December 2021 issue of Trains magazine has arrived. The November/December 20212 issue of Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazeete has arrived.
HO
	New from Bluford Shops in N-Scale CPR Woodchip Car conversion from 3-Bay Hopper
	CP Rail Woodchip Car Conversion from 3-Bay Hopper
	CNR Woodchip Car Conversion from 3-Bay Hopper
	All available in singles, two-packs and three-packs.
Books	New from the Revelstoke Heritage Railway Society: Canadian Pacific Railway on the Revelstoke Division Volume 5 by Douglas R. Mayer		$ 25.00 CDN
Books	New from Morning Sun SOO Line Power in Color Volume 1: Swithcers & Covered Wagons New from Morning Sun Electric Railways of North America Volume 1.
	November 2, 2021
Magazines	The December 2021 issue of Model Railroader magazine has arrived. The December 2022 issue of Classic Toy Trains has arrived. The 2021 Classic Toy Trains Special issue Toy Train Layouts for Small Spaces has arrived.
Magazines	The November/December issue of Live Stean & Outdoor Railroading has arrived. Issue #83 October 2021 of Narrow Gauge Downunder has arrived.
October 30 2021
HO
	New from Atlas in their Trainman Line: an HO Scale: Halloween Car
	New from Kadee in HO Scale: a 2021 Christmas Car
October 23, 2021
Books	New from Walthers: the Walthers 2022 HO-N-Z Catalog.		$ 24.99 CDN
N-Scale	New from F & M Models in N-Scale CP Rail Wide Vision Caboose kit. 3d Printed with additional details.		$ 49.99 CDN
	A finished Model
DCC	Back in stock after a long absence The: Fleischmann/Roco Z21 Digital system. Stuck at the border for over a year as the company that distributes it, would not ship to Canada.
October 22, 2021
Magazines	The November 2021 issue of Railfan & Railroad magazine has arrived.
October 21, 2021
Magazines	The 4th Quarter 2021 issue of Canadian Rail magazine has arrived. The 2022 issue of Great Model Railroads has arrived. The November/December 2021 issue of N-Scale has arrived.
Magazines	The missing issue, April 2021 issue of Model Railroad News has arrived. The missing issue, May 2021 issue of Model Railroad News has arrived. The November 2021 issue of Model Railroad News has arrived.
Magazines	The November 2021 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman has arrived. The missing issue, March/April 2021 issue of Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette has arrived. The 4th Quarter 2021 issue of HO Collector has arrived.
October 20, 2021
Calendars	2022 Model Railroader and 2022 Trains Calendars. $ 17.50 Cdn$ each.
Calendars	A small selection of McMillan Publications Calendars have arrived BNSF Santa Fe Union Pacific Rio Grande All are $ 22.75 Cdn$.
Books	New from Morning Sun Business Cars Volume 2: CG - FEC New from Morning Sun Circus and Carnival Trains in Color .
	New from Carstens: Railfan for Life The Photography of Hal Carstens.
October 9, 2021
HO
	New from Kato in HO Scale: Ninja Cats
N
	New from Kato in N-Scale Kato 10-1700 Series 0-2000 Shinkansen 'Hikari/ Kodama' 8 Cars Set (N scale)
	New from Kato in N-Scale Kato 10-1701 Series 0-2000 Shinkansen 'Hikari/ Kodama' 8 Cars Add-on Set (N scale)
October 7, 2021
Magazines	The November 2021 issue of Model Railroader magazine has arrived. The November 2021 issue of Trains has arrived. The November 2021 issue of Classic Toy Trains has arrived.
October 5, 2021
Magazines	The 2021 Garden Trains Annual magazine has arrived.
Books	New from Morning Sun Business Cars Volume 1: A&WP - C&BQ New from Morning Sun Rio Grande in Color Volume 7 FRONT RANGE.
Books	New from Morning Sun Canadian National Power in Color Volume 3: Covered Wagons (Passenger & Freight).
HO
	New from American Limited Models ATSF GATC Tank Car as Delivered.
N-Scale	From Broadway Limited in N-Scale GE AC6000CW - Sound & DCC - Paragon3 -- CSX 610 and 676 (blue, yellow, Boxcar Logo)		$ 321.99 CDN
October 1, 2021
Magazines	The October 2021 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine has arrived. The October 2021 issue of Railfan & Railroad has arrived. The September /October 2021 issue of The Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette has arrived.
Magazines	The September/October 2021 issue of Branchline has arrived.
September 16, 2021
Magazines	The September 2021 issue of Railfan & Railroad magazine has arrived. The 1st Quarter 2021 issue of The Milwaukee Railroader has arrived. The 2nd Quarter 2021 issue of The Milwaukee Railroader has arrived.
Magazines	The 3rd Quarter 2021 issue of Trains & Railroads of the Past has arrived.
September 14, 2021
Magazines	The October 2021 issue of Model Railroader magazine has arrived. The October 2021 issue of Trains has arrived. The 2021 Trains Annual Special Issue Locomotive has arrived.
Magazines	The September/October 2021 issue of Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading has arrived.
September 11, 2021
Books	We have a restock of the White River Book by Jerry D. Day Rio Grande K-36 Locomotives and The Kalmbach 'Trains' Book Guide to North American Cabooses .
September 9, 2021
Magazines	The 2021 issue 15-3 of CP tracks has arrived.
September 2, 2021
Magazines	The Summer 2021 issue of The Sandhouse magazine has arrived.
August 28, 2021
HO
	New from Walthers in their Proto brand: CP Rail GP9. Two road numbers, DC or DCC and Sound.
HO	New HO Scale Bus from IR (Iconic Replica) of Bolt Bus New HO Scale Bus from IR (Iconic Replica) of Canadian Coach Lines		$ 56.50 Cdn$ Each
August 26, 2021
HOe Narrow Gauge	We have a stock of European Bemo HOe models.
	We have a stock of European Liliput HOe and and some standard gauge models as well.
HO European	We now have a small stock of European Saschen Models in stock.
Glue	After a long absence Testors Liquid Plastic Cement is available again.		$ 6.35 Cdn$
August 18, 2021
Magazines	The September 2021 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine has arrived. The Fall 2021 issue of Classic Trains has arrived.
HO
	New from Walthers in their Mainline brand: BNSF 40-Trall Rebuilt Well Cars. Also in Santa Fe Leasing (SFLC)
August 18, 2021
Magazines	The September 2021 issue of Model Railroad News magazine has arrived. The September/October 2021 issue of N-Scale has arrived. The July 2021 issue of Narrow Gauge Downunder has arrived.
Magazines	The September 2021 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine has arrived. The September 2021 issue of Trains magazine has arrived. The September 2021 issue of Model Railroader has arrived.
Magazines	The 2021-3 Issue 288 of Passenger train Journal has arrived. The May/June 2021 issue of Canadian Rail magazine has arrived.
July 28, 2021
Magazines	The August 2021 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine has arrived. The August 2021 issue of Railfan & Railroad has arrived. The July/August 2021 issue of Branchline has arrived.
July 19, 2021
Books	New: Canadian Railways - Tales of the Silver Lady by David Maiers.	$ 20.00 Cdn$
July 17, 2021
Magazines	The August 2021 issue of Model Railroader News magazine has arrived.
HO
	New from Bachmann a 52' BC Rail Center Beam Flat Car. Close to what BC Rail had.	$ 44.65
HO
	New from Bowser - Wood Chip Cars. Black, lettered Data Only Car Black, Ribbed Side, Data Only Car CN Brown Wood Chip Car CP Rail Wood Chip Car GT Wood Chip Car	$ 35.99
Paint
	Since Testors and Humbrol Enamel paints are hard to get, we decided to bring in the Tamiya Enamel Paint Rack	$ 3.35
July 16, 2021
Magazines	The August 2021 issue of Model Railroader magazine has arrived. The August 2021 issue of Trains has arrived. The Classic Trains Special #2 2021 issue Steams Lost Empire has arrived.
Magazines	The 3rd Quarter 2021 issue of HO Collector magazine has arrived. The July/August 2021 issue of Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading magazine has arrived.
July 13, 2021
Magazines	The July/August 2021 issue of Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette has arrived.
July 3, 2021
Magazines	The July 2021 issue of The Dispatcher's Office has arrived. The July 2021 issue of On30 Annual has arrived.
June 29, 2021
Shows	All 2021 Local Train Shows have cancelled. Hopefully things will be back to normal in 2022.
Books	New from Morning Sun Canadian Pacific power in Color Vol 2: First Generation Roadswitchers.	$ 89.99 Cdn$
Decals	Due to medical reasons, Daly Design Decals is not producing any product this year. I have updated our web page to show what we have in stock.
June 22, 2021
Magazines	The July 2021 issue of Model Railroader magazine has arrived. The July 2021 issue of Trains has arrived. The July 2021 issue of Classic Toy Trains has arrived.
Magazines	The July 2021 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine has arrived.
June 22, 2021
Magazines	The July/August 2021 issue of N-Scale magazine has arrived. The July 2021 issue of Railfan & Railroad has arrived.
June 23 2021
N-Scale	From Broadway Limited in N-Scale Christmas Stock Car Single car with Holiday Sounds, or two-pack without sound.	$ 81.25 Sound $74.99 Two-Pack
N-Scale	From Broadway Limited in N-Scale Holiday Stock Car Single car with Holiday Sounds, or two-pack without sound.	$ 81.25 Sound $74.99 Two-Pack
June 12, 2021
DCC
	We have received a restock of Digitrax products: BDL168, DS-52s, UT6s, UT6Ds and Zephyrs.
Magazines	The May/June 2021 issue of Branchline has arrived. The March/April 2021 issue of Canadian Rail has arrived. The July 2021 issue of Model Rail News has arrived.
Books	New from Trains Guide to North American Cabooses. From Trains Guide to North American Diesel Locomotives .
N-Scale	The N-Scale Pike Stuff panel has been restocked and cleaned up.
HO Scale	We have a selection of American Limited Tank Cars.
June 11 2021
N-Scale	From Broadway Limited in N-Scale CPR Light Pacific DCC and Sound. Rd#s 2317 and 2318.	$ 464.50 Cdn$
June 2 2021
The 2022 Steamscenes Calendars have arrived CANADIAN TRAINS Through the Years, UNION PACIFIC Then and Now, BNSF & Its Heritage, SEASONS OF STEAM on Britain's Railways, Nils Huxtable's NARROW GAUGE Memories, The 'Friendly' SOUTHERN PACIFIC, Nils Huxtable's PASSING TRAINS, and Nils Huxtable's WORLD OF STEAM. All are $ 16.95 Cdn$ and in stock now.
June 1 2021
The Central Hobbies Social Event of 2021 has passed. Inventory went very well Saturday evening. Despite the short crew, most of the store was counted. We are now working on finishing the job. A Great Thank You to all our helpers: Gord, Don, Colin, John S., Nick, Fred, Paul, Jake, The Carrs, Kathy(2), Fernando and Nathaniel.
May 22 2021
Magazines	The June 2021 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman has arrived. The June 2021 issue of Railfan & Railroad has arrived. Issue #25 2nd Quarter of Trains & Railroads of the Past has arrived.
May 20 2021
Inventory 2021	The 2021 Inventory is fast approaching. Please pick up your holds before May 29th.
Magazines	The May/June 2021 issue of Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette has arrived. The Summer 2021 issue of Classic Trains has arrived.
May 18 2021
Magazines	The June 2021 issue of Model Railroad News has arrived. The Vol 20 No 3 issue of CN Lines has arrived. The 2021-2 issue of Passenger Train Journal has arrived.
May 17, 2021
Magazines	The June 2021 issue of Model Railroader has arrived. The June 2021 issue of Trains has arrived. The May/June 2021 issue of Live Steam & Ouitdoor Railroading has arrived.
Magazines	Issue #81 (April 2021) of Narrow Gauge Downunder has arrived.
Books	The Model Railroader 2021 Best of Industries has arrived.	$ 27.99 Cdn$
May 11 2021
Books	The Canadian Tackside Guide 2021 has arrived.	$ 28.95 Cdn$
N-Scale	The Rapido Trains N-Scale 10-Car Canadian Sets have arrived. We have two sets left: 550005VIA Rail Canada (Original) 10-Car Set and 550006 VIA Rail Canada (HEP/Canada Scheme) 10-Car Set. Both $ 699.99 Cnd a set.
May 7, 2021
Magazines	The April 2021 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman has arrived. The April 2021 issue of Railfan and Railroad has arrived.
May 1, 2021
Magazines	The April/May 2021 issue of WCRA News has arrived.
April 2, 2021
Misc	Many updates to the 2021 Collection Pages Roco, Liliput, Bemo, Brawa, and many more.
April 20, 2021
Magazines	The May/June 2021 issue of N Scale Magazine has arrived.
April 14, 2021
Magazines	The May 2021 issue of Model Railroader has arrived. The May 2021 issue of Trains has arrived. The May 2021 issue of Classic Toy Trains has arrived.
Magazines	The Trains Special Issue Steaming the Last Baldwin Mallet has arrived.
April 8, 2021
Magazines	We have received a restock of the February 2021 issue of Railfan & Railroad . The all Canadian Issue.
April 06, 2021
Magazines	The Jan/Feb 2021 issue of Canadian Rail has arrived. The March/April 2021 issue of Branchline has arrived.
March 31, 2021
Books	New to the store from Morning Sun Candian Pacific Power in Color Vol 1: Swithcers. .	$ 97.95 Cnd$
March 23, 2021
Various	New items from an Large Collection are being listed here: 2021 Collection Page
March 17, 2021
N-Scale	New from Kato in N-Scale: Thalys PBA New Colour Train The Thalys PBA(Paris-Brussels-Antwerp) is a European high-speed train that connects France, the Netherlands and Belgium.
N-Scale	New from Kato in N-Scale: Hayabusa Shinkansen - Basic Set Hayabusa Shinkansen - Three Car Add-on Set Hayabusa Shinkansen - Four Car Add-on Set The Series E5 Shinkansen is a high-speed electric multiple unit used on the Tohoku Shinkansen and Hokkaido Shinkansen services.
March 13, 2021
Books	New to the store from the White River Publications Rio Grande Narrow Gauge K-36 Locomotives .	$ 91.65 Cnd$
March 05, 2021
Magazines	The April 2021 issue of Model Railroader has arrived. The April 2021 issue of Trains has arrived. The March/April 2021 Volume 55 No. 2 issue of Live Steam has arrived.
Magazines	The January 2021 issue of Narrow Guage Downunder has arrived.
March 4, 2021
Books	New to the store from the Revelstoke Railway Museum CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY on the REVELSTOKE Division Volume 4 . The fourth Volume from Doug Mayer.	$ 24.00 Cnd$
March 3, 2021
Magazines	Issue 15-2 of CP Tracks has arrived. The March 2021 issue of Railfan & Railroad The Sandhouse has arrived.
February 26, 2021
Magazines	Issue #180, the Winter 2020/21 issue of The Sandhouse has arrived.
February 23, 2021
Books	New to the store from Kalmbach in their Guide to Industries Series: Iron Ore Railroads .	$ 28.75 Cnd$
February 19, 2021
Magazines	The 1st Quarter 2021 issue of Trains & Railroad of the Past has arrived.
February 18, 2021
Magazines	The January/February 2021 issue of Branchline has arrived. The March 2021 issue of Classic Toy Trains has arrived. The March/April 2021 issue of N-Scale has arrived.
Paint	In Store Special on Rapido PROTO PAINT. A price we cannot put on the net.
February 9, 2021
Magazines	2021-1 issue 286 Passenger Train Journal has arrived. The March 2021 issue of Model Railroad News has arrived.
February 6, 2021
Details	Coming soon to Central Hobbies: CPR Switch Stands in several scales. The ruler at the bottom is in mm. A raw casting for a CPR Switch Stand in TT scale.
Magazines	The 2020 Annual issue of the Passenger Train Annaul has arrived. The 2020 Railroads Illustrated Annual has arrived. The November/December 2020 Canadian Rail has arrived.
February 2, 2021
DVDs	The Model Railroad Planning 25-Year Special Issue Archive 1955-2019 has arrived. 25 years of Model Railroad Planning.
January 28, 2021
Magazines	The February 2021 issue of Railfan & Railroad has arrived.
January 22, 2021
HO Scale	You can't find Atlas HO Scale Code 100/83 railjoiners anywhere. We dug in our boxes of stuff and found Model Power Railjoiners .	$ 1.99 a package of 24
January 20, 2021
Magazines	The February 2021 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman has arrived.
January 12, 2021
Magazines	The January 2021 issue of Railfan and Railroad has arrived.
Miscellaneous	The Central Hobbies 2021 Magnetic Calendar has arrived.
Magazines	The February 2021 issue of Model Railroad News has arrived. The 1st Quarter 2021 issue of HO Collector has arrived. The January/February 2021 issue of The Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette has arrived.
Magazines	The January/February 2021 issue of Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading has arrived. The February 2021 issue of Trains has arrived. The February 2021 issue of Classic Toy Trains has arrived.
Magazines	The February 2021 issue of Model Railroader has arrived. The 2021 issue of Model Railroad Planning has arrived.
January 7, 2021
Magazines	The January 2021 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman has arrived. The January/February 2021 issue of N-Scale Magazine has arrived.
Books	New to the store from Kalmbach Modeling Cities & Towns .	$ 29.75 Cnd$
Books	New to the store from Kalmbach Build Your First Layout .	$ 29.75 Cnd$
January 5, 2021
Magazines	The January 2021 issue of Model Railroad News has arrived. The January 2021 issue of The Dispatcher's Office has arrived.

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