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Hi Folks,

Check out our Specials page for great deals.

ESU - LokSound ECoS is here! This command station may be the ultimate DCC system on the market today.

Big News: Intermountain has finally announced their AC-12 Cab Forward Steam loco in N Scale! First time this loco has been run in Ready to Run non Brass. Order your today. This will surely be a sell out.

Clearance Sale on all PCM E7 locos. Most with LokSound!

GS-4 owners click here to read the DCC notice from Kato. Also note that if you purchased a GS-4 from us with DCC or DCC-Sound we corrcted this issue in our modification. You can run your loco and enjoy the sounds and enhanced Mars light now and not have to wait for a fix from Kato. If you have a GS-4 that you purchased from another retailer we can still install the Sound and Mars light enhancement and correct the shorting DCC problem. Click here for more information in our Sound equipped GS-4 listing.

TophobbyTrains will be participating in the GS4 shorting issue remediation. Please email us if you have a GS4 that requires the upgrade. If you are on Staten Island you can drop your loco to us and we will do the upgrade at no charge. If you wish to send us the loco there will be a return shipping charge. The customer is responsible to get the loco to us. In all cases we need to have the number of upgrades to order the parts from Kato. So please email us if you are planning to have the upgrade done by us. We will let you know when the parts have come in.

We will Meet or Beat any verifiable competitor's price on items that we have in stock or have listed for pre-order.

TopHobbyTrains has updated the new Kato N Scale GS4 with full DCC and SoundTraxx Sound. We have reworked the loco wiring to allow the SoundTraxx Hyperlighing effects to work, replacing the stock blinking Mars light. Read about all the changes at the GS4 with DCC & Sound installed page on our site.

News: Kato has announced the release of their new N Scale Pennsylvania GG1. Tentative MSRP is $139.00. Our standard Pre-Order discount will apply. We confirmed the price today 3/19/2008. For those who have prepaid on their credit card we will be adjusting the final price on your orders and giving a refund for the difference. That is what we call price protection! Take a look at the Kato PRR Broadway Limited listing on TopHobbyTrains.com. No pictures or details yet but check out our price by putting the items in your shopping cart then view your cart.

News: The HO version of the M10000 from con-Cor is being shipped to us shortly. All preorder will ship as soon as it get to us. We have been advised that Con-Cor will not be producing the sound decoder as previously announced. We will be installing a couple of M10000's with sound once we get a look inside

The Con-Cor AreoTrain in HO Scale is in stock. Click here for info on adding DCC and Sound to your HO AeroTrain.

Check out our DCC installed locomotives now we have some with Sound installed by TopHobbyTrains. Are you looking to install DCC into your locomotives or see an engine on our site that you would like but want it in DCC? We have the expertise to do the installation for you. Send us an email with your needs. TopHobby is an authorized Digitrax, TCS, Loksound & Soundtraxx dealer.

Kato: Will release in May 2008 the Southern Pacific GS4 #4453. This will be a great addition to the GS4 SP #4449 due out March/April 2008. If interested in getting this new numbered loco please email us.

Southern Pacific #4449 Morning Daylight 4-8-4 GS4 with matching passenger cars. UPDATED Release Dates: GS4 #4449 and 10 car passenger sets are in stock.

Digitrax Note: The DZ123 is replaced by the DZ125. We have them in stock. The new tiny decoder has many enhanced properties. The list price is $24.99. TopHobby price is $19.75.

New Products at TopHobbyTrains:

** New Manufacturer: NGineering. TopHobby is proud to announce that we will be carrying the full NGineering line of products. We have their White LED's and Mars light simulators coming into the shop. If you are interested in obtaining any of the NGineering products please drop us an Email.

** New Manufacturer: ESU LocSound. TopHobby is an authorized dealer for the LocSound family of products. These are from the same great sound decoder family that are installed in the Precision Craft Models. We have many of their brand new Micro decoders and programming kits in stock. These are great sounding decoders. they come with an ESU speaker.

** New Manufacturer: Intermountain Railway. TopHobby is an authorized dealer for Intermountain Railway. Visit our Intermountain page for some great deals. F7 A&B's CN are in stock.

Intermountain does a lot of pre-ordering so if you see something on the Intermountain site that is coming up pre-order it. Intermountain offers top quality locos and rolling stock. We have stopped taking orders for already released items. We continue to take Pre-Orders for upcoming items.

** New Publication** TopHobbyTrains stocks N Scale Magazine. This is another great N Scale specific bimonthly publication. N Scale Magazine features many hands on projects and great articles focused on the N Scale Railroad hobby. Get a copy for yourself.

CMX: The Clean Machine. Wow this has to be one of the best track cleaning products on the market today! N & HO in Stock.

AERO Track cleaning fluids in stock. This is a very high quality line of track cleaning fluids that will enhance your locomotive performance. It is perfect for DCC as well as analog DC operations. It works with all track cleaning cars.

Bachmann. Take a look at our Bachmann Page for low prices on in stock items

Micro-Trains Z Scale. We have the Micro-Trains Z Scale line of Micro-Track in stock. This is a very nice line of molded track. As MT dealers we carry their entire line.

Walthers/Life-Like We have a few left of the new 2-8-4 Berkshires at great pricing.

We are model railroaders serving the N Scale model railroad community. TopHobbyTrains stocks Atlas, Kato, Life-Like, LBF, Model Power, Micro-Trains, Classic Metal Works, Mini Metals, Bachmann, Spectrum and more. If you don't see it on the site please drop us an email. We may be able to get it for you. If you let us know your favorite road names we can stock them for you. We give personalized service to each of our valued customers.
Join our Micro-Trains customers Car club and receive an additional 4% discount all Micro-Trains products. Email us for details.
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Kato institutes Minimum Advertised Pricing for all Kato items being shipped after 2/7/2008. This impacts the way you view your purchase price on our site. We will only be able to advertise the Kato Manufacturer Suggested Retail (List) Price in our product listings. To view the actual purchase price the product will have to be added to your shopping cart. We regret this added step but as a Kato dealer we have to abide by their dealer rules. This will apply to all Kato products delivered after February 7, 2008 and does not impact the majority of Kato products already on the site. We will be updating our site over the next several days to comply with Kato's policy. Please rest assured that our selling price policy has not changed.

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