There will not be any Behind The Counter / News and Updates the next two weeks.
It will return October 4th.

Walthers SceneMaster HO Semi Trailers Keep Sales Trucking Along

The 40' Trailmobile Trailer was a standard intermodal trailer used for railroad intermodal service as well as for highway trucking from coast to coast. The new SceneMaster 40' 1970s-style Trailmobile Dry Van 2-Packs is ideal for modelers of the 1970s and 1980s. They'll use them for vintage trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC) service and HO highways. Additionally, in the modern era many of these trailers have gone on to second lives in railroad
maintenance service, short-haul delivery service and private business storage, so they'll appeal to modern-era modelers too. In the modern era many of these trailers have gone on to second lives in railroad maintenance service, short-haul delivery service and private  business storage, so they'll appeal to modern-era modelers too.

  CLICK HERE TO ORDER TRAILMOBILE TRAILERS 

Broadway Limited Announces New HO Cab Forwards & PRR P70s

The 4-8-8-2 Cab Forward was one of Southern Pacific's trademark steam locomotives that's a must-have for steam-era modelers. With the cab in front, these "backwards" engines allowed crews better visibility and crews enjoyed a relatively smoke-free run through the SP's many tunnels in California and Oregon. New Cab Forwards
are coming with Paragon3(R) sound and DCC, compatible with Rolling Thunder(R) sound systems. They'll also run on standard DC systems with limited sound function. AC4 and AC5 versions are available for preorder now for delivery later this fall. The Pennsylvania Railroad is one of the most modeled railroads in North America, and for steam and early-diesel-era modelers the heavyweight P70 coach is a must-have since they operated in most PRR passenger trains. A new run of these super-popular cars has been announced with cars available individually and in two-packs.
In addition, several fantasy/what-if schemes and a Christmas car have also been announced. The fantasy cars are actually decorated for railroads which operated very similar coaches, so these will appeal to customers looking for high-end heavyweight cars. The Christmas car complements other holiday locomotives produced by
Broadway Limited in recent years. All of these models are limited run - reserve Cab Forwards by September 10th and P70s by September 17th

  CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE CAB FORWARD 

  CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE P70C COACHES 

  CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE 6,000 TANKER CARS 

Denver, Front Range & Rocky Mountain Railroad

Here is your first view of my freelanced DFR&RMRR track plan for the main level.



This level is 38" above the floor and represents Denver and Union Station, the yard area's north of the station, as well as Coors Brewery in Golden, CO and the Moffat Road to the Moffat Tunnel helix to the upper level west of the Continental Divide as well as the helix down to the Cheyenne and Kansas City staging on the lower level north of the northern yard area and to the south of Denver the Joint Line to Palmer Lake.

The main level also features a future N Scale freelanced European Layout over the stairwell entry area.

The green, blue, teal and pink lines are the estimated pre construction frame work locations

Layout Stats:

Room Size 30' x 40' (1,200sf) No windows or columns.
Background painted on sheet rock
Three Levels:
Lower Level 24" (staging below Coors)
Main Level 38" to 42"
Upper Level 54" to 60"
Control System: Digitrax DCC (to be run via computer control)
Track: Atlas Flex and Sectional, Peco and
Walthers Shinohara Turnouts
Minimum Radius 24" (Upper Level Mine)
Minimum Radius 3O"

More to come!

08/30/20

No Update Last Week

Sorry for the lack of News and Update last week. I had friends in from out of town for the week so there was no time to create the email.

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Busy Week At BRH!

Last week was busy at BRH with Ed finishing up the inventory in the front of the retail store and along with a lot of back orders arriving that have been shipped with more coming in each day.

Also, I had some friendss come in from Maryland during the week for a visit so I did take some time in the afternoons to visit with them.

All in all all orders that arrived from the wholesalers shipped if all shippable items in each order where in stock to ship the orders to you.

This past Friday late in the day more of the Walthers Steel Mill series buildings have arrived. This shipment will still have to be checked in and sorted but should leave BRH by the end of next week barring an issues.

Sales where good this past week though a bit slow despite the Labor Day Sale with All In Stock Items on sale.

Also, for the next couple of months I will be back working alone as Ed will be out for a least 3 months due to ankle surgery.  He should be back for the Holiday Season.

Low Inventories

It seems that, as I predicated several months ago, model railroad inventories are dwindling at the warehouses and with the manufacturers due to Covid-19 delays. Hopefully this will resolve itself before the Holiday Season.
So, if you need something that is currently not in stock, we recommend doing the advance reservation or back order to ensure you get what you need.

For example, a lot of the Peco items that arrived did not go into inventory, they went to filling back orders so the Peco track availability is a little thin again. Use the back order process to get what you need. They are not having production issues, the delay is due to timing and they are catching up with shipping. In the UK, where Peco is made, the government ok'd everyone to go back to work! So this will help.

I've Been Working On My Railroad

Since 2010 I have been working on my new layout the
Denver, Front Range and Rocky Mountain Railroad(TM) (DFR&RMRR(TM)).

This new layout replaces my 30' x 40' N scale European Layout that I was constructing. Due to lack of product availability back in the 2008-2010 it was going to be hard to fill the 1200sf room. So in 2010 I decided to change to HO scale and model Denver where I lived for some 15 years back in the 80's and 90's before moving to Greenville, SC where I built an outbuilding for my new layouts.

The 'train building' has no windows except two venting skylights and no columns! You walk up to the second floor train room from the garage and workshop first floor and enter in the middle of the space.

The layout features Denver's Union Station and to the north the Northern Yards leading to the Moffat Road to Moffat Tunnel East and West Portals, Cheyenne to the north and Kansas City to the East via lower level staging. There is a 30ft long version of the Coors Brewery in Golden as well. South from Denver there is the Joint Line to Palmer Lake. All on the main and lower levels. Moffat Tunnel is the connection point to the upper level via a 7ft wide helix. Exiting the West Portal there will be a representation of Winter Park Ski Resort and the Continental Divide with the railroad along Colorado River to Dotsero. At Dotsero the railroad splits to go either west to Glenwood Canyon and the upper level staging that represents Salt Lake City or goes Southeast through Royal Gorge to eventually reconnect with the Joint Line.

This is a massive project that got slowed down for 7 years due to my involvement as Chairman and General Manager of the Miniature World of Trains(TM) starting in 2010. I still hope to have that project back up and functional with Phase I by Christmas 2021 since we can not open this year due to Covid-19.

So with a lot of free time away from MWOT(TM),  so I can work of the DFR&RMRR(TM).

As time permits I will share some images of what I am up to. It takes time as I am the only one working on this 1,200sf layout. Sometimes the going is slow.

Anyway, look for updates as time permits for the DFR&RMRR(TM)

Upcoming Order Deadlines

August 31: Intermountain Preorders
August 31: Broadway Limited Preorders
August 31: Bluford Shops Preorders
August 31: Micro-Trains Preorders
August 31: Walthers Preorders
September 15: Bowser Preorders
September 15: Rapido Trains Preorders

Atlas Makes New Products Announcements for Fall

Atlas has announced new Atlas HO and N; Trainman(R) HO and N; and AtlasO(R) O/O-27 Scale products for early fall. New HO products include the all-new Canadian Slab-Side Covered Hopper and new road names and road numbers on the popular GE U33B and U36Bdiesels. New N Scale models include new schemes on the popular Trainman EMD GP15-1 locomotive and new schemes for the Atlas PS-1 40' Boxcars, PS-4000 Covered Hoppers and Cushion Coil Cars.
 O Scale modelers will love the new 40' Reefer Container as well as Trainman Bay Window Cabooses. All of these models will be in big demand as traditional modeling season approaches, so reserve now.

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!