RailTrain Hobbies

06/13/2026

More popsicles in different flavors! While we did the art for the new B-100-39 kit from Keystone Prototype Models now being sold through Lines West Products, we're also offering the decal sets as stand-alone items here on the RailTrain Hobbies website. Available now, you can find them here:

https://railtrainhobbies.com/collections/b-100-39-popsicle-stick-boxcars

These kits do a great job of capturing the prototype look of these unique cars, and many people have wanted models of the "popsicle stick" cars for years. Here's your chance! Check them out today. You can see more on the kits over on the Lines West Products website:

https://lineswestproducts.com/product/southern-pacific-b-100-39/

06/12/2026

Who wants a popsicle?? Kits are available now! CAD by Keystone Prototype Models, decals by RailTrain hobbies. Separate decal sets going live later today on the RailTrain Hobbies website.

06/06/2026

Coming soon from Rapido! These look really nice and are a much-requested car amongst the Espee crowd. Looking forward to these!

05/26/2026

While we're talking 3D efforts at Lines West, check out this Espee 53' bulkhead flat car in work. The design work on this car is beautiful - check out those weathered decks! We'll have decals for these cars too, both an option for the kits and a master Espee 53' (and 40'!) flat car set. More on these soon!

05/26/2026

Almost there…. Test decals - well, most of them, anyway - are in place on the pending Lines West SP B-100-39 “popsicle” 3D-printed boxcar kit in HO scale. Things mostly fit as intended, but the art required a few adjustments to fit better over the side posts and waffles.

With adjustments to the art now in place, the decals are ready to go for production printing this week.

This car won’t be an “easy” one to decal given the nature of the car design, but it can be done, and the effort should be worth it. More pictures to come!

05/21/2026

An important update re: location for the BAPM event this year.

Building

04/28/2026

We've been a bit quiet on the social front lately, but there's a lot going on behind the scenes. There's lots of new 3D printed projects underway, and among other things, we're working on decals to support them.

Here's a case in point - Lines West Products is working on a 3D printed model of the Espee's B-100-39 "popsicle stick" PCF 60' 100-ton boxcar in HO scale. We have an early copy so we can finalize decal sizing and get sets printed to support this release.

We'll have four schemes to choose from, including SP as-delivered, SP UP repainted scheme, Golden West Service cars, and that single Conrail repaint car decked out in the can opener scheme.

You can learn more about this Lines West offering here: https://www.facebook.com/lineswestproducts

Once these are done, there's a lot more coming. More details here in due time....

04/01/2026

Coming soon! Numbered and unnumbered versions will be available!

The order deadline for our all-new HO Scale Southern Pacific C-40-3 Caboose is April 15, 2026!

All new from the ground up, our C-40-3 Caboose is available in numerous detail and paint variations to cover their service lives from 1940 right into the 1980s!

Some of the features of our C-40-3 Caboose includes:
• Multiple window styles based on the era
• Multiple roofwalk configurations based on the era
• Two styles of Vulcan caboose trucks
• Working roof marker lights where appropriate
• Full, painted interior
• Operating track powered interior lights with capacitor
• Multiple optional parts based on era
• Full underframe details
• Factory-installed semi-scale couplers

See your dealer or order direct today!

US Orders: https://buff.ly/VcE5mUS
Canadian/International Orders: https://buff.ly/5eq9vSs

03/05/2026

We're fully restocked on most all decals, and all outstanding orders have shipped! Thank you to everyone for the strong demand for the recent batch of decal sets.

We'd love to see some pictures of your models - as you put those decals to work and finish some projects, send us some images that we can share here and on the website.

And if you were waiting for a restock to order your own sets, get them while they're here and ready to ship! Brows the collection here:

https://railtrainhobbies.com/collections/decals?filter.v.price.gte=&filter.v.price.lte=&sort_by=created-descending

More new decals are coming, but it will be April at the earliest due to other priority projects that are currently underway. There is new Rapido rolling stock on the way, too - stay tuned for more.

02/22/2026

Hey Pacific Northwest modelers (and Western Canada too!), come see us at the United Northwest Model Railroad Show at the Monroe State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA. We have our full line of decals and new models for sale. We don’t do many live shows, but this one is a “regular” given it is in our backyard. We are here ‘til 4:00PM today.