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The Shops at South Hills
1239 Buck Jones Road
Raleigh, NC 27606

Phone: 919-388-7246
Fax: 919-388-8611

Store Hours
Monday–Saturday: 10am–6pm
Closed Sunday

Email:
tomstrains@clearwire.net

N Scale Products

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Tom's Train Station stocks N Scale products from the following manufacturers. We can also obtain any desired available items from other manufacturers, and take advance reservations for newly announced products.
 

Special note on Couplers
Since N Scale was first introduced almost 40 years ago the standard coupler supplied with locomotives, freight and passenger cars has been the Rapido coupler from Arnold. Beginning about 10 years ago there has been a steady trend to the use of knuckle-type couplers, such as those made by Micro-Trains, Accumate, Kato and others. Most equipment today is equipped with knuckle couplers and Rapido couplers are being eliminated. Replacement Rapido couplers are becoming difficult to obtain. Modelers are strongly encouraged to adopt knuckle couplers as their standard coupler.
 

Product Category

Manufacturers
 

Train Sets

Athearn, Atlas, Bachmann, InterMountain, Kato, Micro-Trains, Walthers (Life-Like)
 

Locomotives

Arnold-Rivarossi, Athearn, Atlas, Bachmann, Con-Cor, InterMountain, Kato, Life-Like, Micro-Trains, Model Power, Precision Craft Models

Special note on Locomotive DCC Terminology

DCC Equipped

Locomotive has factory-installed decoder with default programming.
 

DCC Ready

Decoder can be easily installed either by replacing the existing circuit board in the locomotive, or by plugging the decoder into a socket in the locomotive.
 

DCC Capable

A decoder can be wired into the locomotive. Soldering of wires is required. Some frame modification may be required to provide space for the decoder and/or channels for the decoder wires.
 

Classic

Locomotive not designed for DCC. Decoder installation is more difficult and will require milling of the frame and soldering wires.
 

Freight & Passenger Cars

American Limited Models, American Model Builders (LaserKit), Arnold-Rivarossi, Athearn, Atlas, Bachmann, Con-Cor, deLuxe Innovations, E-R Models, Industrial Rail, InterMountain, Kato, Micro-Trains, Model Power, Rapido Trains, Red Caboose, Roundhouse (MDC), Walthers (Life-Like), Wheels-Of-Time.
 

Trucks/Couplers/Wheels

Athearn, Atlas, InterMountain, Kato, Micro-Trains, North West Shortline, Red Caboose (Unimate), Rix
 

Structures & Signs

American Model Builders (LaserKit), Atlas, Bachmann, Bar Mills, Blair Line, Campbell Scale Models, Design Preservation Models (DPM), Dimi-Trains, Faller, Kibri, Life-Like, Micro Engineering, Model Power, NuComp Miniatures, Piko, Plasticville, Pola, Vollmer, Walthers Cornerstone
 

Track Products

Atlas (Code 80, Code 55, Snap-Track), Bachmann E-Z Track System, Caboose Industries, Circuitron Tortoise, Kato Unitrack, Midwest Cork Roadbed, Minitrix Wheel Cleaner, Peco (Code 80, Code 55), Woodland Scenics TrackBed
 

Power Packs

Aristo, MRC. Also see Digital Command Control on the All Scales page.
 

Figures

Model Power, Preiser, Woodland Scenics Figures
 

Decals

Blair Line, Decal Setting Solutions (Microset, Microsol, Solvaset), Microscale, Walthers Note: Tom's Train Station is in the process of acquiring a full complement of available Microscale Decals.
 

Scenery

MRC – JTT Scenic Products, Instant Horizons, Noch, Scenic Express, Woodland Scenics
 

If we don't have it, and it is available, we can get it.


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MRC – JTT Scenic Products

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Last updated: Saturday November 26, 2011

 

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