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stonysmith - Thu 22 Sep - 22:37

Caboose Hobbies is saying there will be another announcement soon.

rvn2001 - Tue 20 Sep - 12:21

Ellen's Mother passed away a little before 9am E.D.T. this morning.

shamoo737 - Fri 2 Sep - 14:49

The prices I see are higher then ebay

soccrdad30 - Fri 2 Sep - 08:00

Caboose Hobbies are now at 50% off!!! The Z and other items are going quick! Caboose Hobbies

stonysmith - Thu 25 Aug - 21:45

Thanks!

t.edmunds - Thu 25 Aug - 09:39

Happy Birthday Stony :p

ejshelton - Wed 17 Aug - 20:13

Very sad news :(

soccrdad30 - Tue 16 Aug - 21:29

Caboose Hobbies, is closing and it is official. Caboose Hobbies Closing

markm - Tue 9 Aug - 19:08

Not really news:http://www.njbiz.com/article/20160106/NJBIZ01/160109902/atlas-model-railroad-co-acquires-blma-models-inc

soccrdad30 - Mon 8 Aug - 21:29

Holly Cow! Maybe Atlas is getting serious about Z?

HoboTim - Mon 8 Aug - 17:00

Breaking News! ATLAS acquires BLMA!!!

HoboTim - Mon 8 Aug - 16:58

DAMN!!!!!!!I had the opportunity to visit Caboose Hobbies once. WOW!!! It all blew me away! Especially their kit brass!

soccrdad30 - Sun 17 Jul - 13:17

I don't think they are planning to close. They want to clear as much out so they don't have to move it all.

ejshelton - Sun 17 Jul - 12:44

That is sad.....Caboose Hobbies was one of the reasons I love Denver

stonysmith - Sat 16 Jul - 20:09

It really stinks about Caboose Hobbies. I really enjoyed visiting that shop.

soccrdad30 - Sat 16 Jul - 12:21

Here is a link to Caboose Hobbies 25% off sale. They lost their lease and have 90 days to move out. Caboosehobbies

soccrdad30 - Thu 14 Jul - 06:53

Here is a link for Atlas's Z scale flex track WooHoo!

BillMock - Wed 13 Jul - 00:18

Cuz! What's up with you?

shamoo737 - Tue 12 Jul - 00:07

HI cousin

southernnscale - Tue 5 Jul - 18:59

Looks like fourth of July went out here with a big Bang!!!

soccrdad30 - Sun 3 Jul - 17:13

Southern Pacific Island Mountain Tunnel Fire: Railroad Recovery Operation - From Archive.org

soccrdad30 - Sun 19 Jun - 12:52

Happy Father's Day!

shamoo737 - Mon 13 Jun - 18:21

I want one Tim length track, plus a Atlas length track, and another Tim length track.

HoboTim - Sun 12 Jun - 22:16

24"? ? ? That literally bites. I was hoping for 36". 36" flex track would give a person so much more Freedom when laying track. I hope they make wood and concrete ties.

Catt - Mon 6 Jun - 12:40

The new ATLAS flex track will be code 55 and 24" long.Got that news this am. :)

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A personal history of Z layout building So what for the future? Republic Steel is still being developed and I've been concentrating on adding more lighting effects and tidying up the wiring underneath. It has quite a few booking and will appear at Zedex in British Rail 'Railblue' guise in...
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