Prior to last year, iHobby Expo had been held for many years in
Rosemont, Illinois. The new location features free parking and
easy access to the I-355 and I-90 expressways. It is 12 miles from
O’Hare International Airport and is connected to the four-star
Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel. For additional information visit
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Freight Car Trucks
A helpful new guide that includes an invaluable summary of
HO trucks has been posted by freight car historian Richard
Hendrickson. The 14-page 22 MB pdf file can be accessed
at
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New 4750 C-Hop
No details are available yet, but we’ve learned that Accurail is
currently preparing tooling for an HO scale Pullman-Standard
4750 cu ft three-bay covered grain hopper ...
Alpine Division Flooded
Alpine Division Scale Models is recovering from a serious flood
that inundated their Los Angeles office and factory. Owner
Michael De Ghetto arrived at work one recent morning to find
water from a broken water main in his parking lot was shooting
15 feet in the air. He said their recovery is complete but there
will be some delays in production schedules ...
Tank Cars and More
Tony Thompson maintains an interesting blog on a variety of
modeling subjects, his most recent being about rust on freight car
roofs. Among my favorites is an earlier posting on modeling tank
cars. Check out Tony’s blog at
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Santa Barbara Hobby Store Closed
Sad to report that after 67 years in the same location, Hobby
Central of Santa Barbara, California, closed its door on the 19th
of January. Known originally as Atkins Hobbies, the popular
store was founded in 1946 by Tom and Vern Atkins. The cur-
rent owner, Vern Morseman, began as an employee at the
store many years ago. Closing the Santa Barbara store does not
effect Ventura Hobbies which Morseman will continue to oper-
ate in nearby Ventura, California ...
Rapido Relocated
Rapido Trains has moved into a new facility which, not sur-
prisingly, is adjacent to an active railroad line, in this case
the York Subdivision of the Canadian National Railway.
Effective immediately the new mailing address is Rapido
Trains Inc., PO Box 30059, RPO New Westminster, Thornhill,
Ontario, L4J 0C6 Canada. The phone number remains 905-
738-6445. The FAX (which will not be operational until
February 6) will be 905-738-6265 …
NEW PRODUCTS FOR ALL SCALES
Morning Sun Books
) has released
three new picture books of interest to both railfans and model
railroad hobbyists. All are priced at $59.95 each.
February News column - 2
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