25th Annual Model Railroad Garage Sale–This Weekend

Here is a friendly reminder that the 25th Annual Model Railroad Garage Sale happens this Saturday, September 6th running from 9am to 1pm.  There are quite a few vendors signed up and a different mix of items that you will see this year.  A bunch of new items have shown up just in time for the event in the depot as well. There will also be a number of in-store specials and draws.

Come on out, find some bargains, meet some fellow modellers, have a good time. Watch our Facebook page this week for a few little hints of what a few of the deals might be.  Don’t have Facebook?  Go to our site and you can see the posts there as well.  We hope that the weather will co-operate with us this year to make this one of the best Garage sales ever.  This year we have around 60 vendor tables signed up. There should be lots of treasures to find. Come join us Saturday for this fine Modellers-for-Modellers event of 2025 (remember, the event goes on, rain or shine).  All the tents have been set up already to keep everyone covered.

Please note, this is a free event and donations received from each year’s event are put back into improving the next year’s event. If you have ideas that you would like to see put into place for upcoming events please share them with us—we want to continue improving this event to ensure it remains something you don’t want to miss.

Hope to see you Saturday!

25th Annual Model Railroad Garage Sale

The 25th annual Model Railroad Garage sale is coming up fast. Mark September 6, 2025 on your calendar as you will not want to miss this wonderful event. It is a terrific way for those just starting in the hobby to find some items, meet others in the hobby, gain ideas, and share in discussions. Many have also found that sought-after treasure on someone’s table that was just what they needed to bring some life to their own layout.

This event is hosted FREE of charge for both vendors and customers. It is put on as a modellers-for-modellers day to help spread the word that Model Railroading is a fun and fulfilling hobby for all ages. While this event only lasts 4 hours, many hours are spent on the planning and set up of the event. As long as the interest to attend is strong we will continue to put this event on. It runs from 9am - 1pm with vendors allowed to start setting up as early as 6:30am.

Many have already signed up to be vendors, and spaces are filling up quickly. We will be taking reservations for vendors until August 30, 2025 so if you wish to attend this year as a vendor please let us know ASAP.

Also this year, we will again have the community table. For those that are not familiar with how the table works, it is a way for people to bring just a few things and leave them for sale at the event. If you wish to bring items for the community table we ask that they be brought into the store already priced no later than August 17, 2025 to have them tagged and set up for the sale. All remaining items and money from the items sold are to be picked up by the end of September. If you wish more info on putting items on the table please feel free to contact me via phone at 519-807-2345 or email carol@countylinecaboose.ca, or send a private message through Facebook.

Get out your pen and circle September 6th on your calendars and come on out to share in the fun and excitement of the 25th Annual Model Railroad Garage Sale.

Please note, the donations received from each year’s event are put back into improving the next year’s event. If you have ideas that you would like to see put into place for upcoming events please share them with us—we want to continue improving this event to ensure it remains something you don’t want to miss.

This event is hosted in the big garage next door as well as tents that are brought in for the event—the event goes ahead rain or shine.

Wow 30 Years

Well 2025 marks our 30th year.  Many things have changed since we opened in 1995, but the one thing that remains the same is we are a full service Model Train only store that is here to help our fellow modellers. 

We have had a full journey of changes, from being able to order the same products over and over to the pre-order model that is now the norm. 

A lot of the Canadian manufacturers that we once had access to (some great products I may add) have since disappeared for many different reasons – leaving some holes in the Canadian market.

DCC has evolved since 1995 in ways that no one would have thought when it was first more massively introduced so many years ago.  This is an area that still to this day evolves and keeps getting better.

Key dates from our journey so far:

1995 - Open in the caboose with half ice cream and half model train store

2000 - out grow caboose and move train store to the yellow building we are in today

2018 - add the Depot (estates and consignment) store to the business in the big white and green building beside the store

2025 - 30 years of serving the model railroad community and looking forward to many more – watch for a customer appreciation weekend to be announced for the fall

Seniors’ Day

We now have a Seniors’ Day the last Friday of every month.  For those 60+ enjoy 10% off your purchases both in the new store and the depot.  Items that are excluded from this are magazines, special order items, repairs, decoders and decoder systems, anything that is already on a reduced special.

Here are a list of the Seniors’ Days for 2025:

August – Friday August 29, 2025

September – Friday September 26, 2025

October – Friday October 31, 2025

November – Friday November 28, 2025

December – Closed for Boxing Day

Coming soon

Watch for the following new products that should be arriving in the store. If there is something that interests you, contact us and we will set it aside for you when it arrives. If there is a new product not on the list that you know is coming out and would like to reserve, please drop us a line and we will be happy to order it for you.

• Canadian Trains 2026 Wall Calendar (CAL-2026)
• Restocking of T-shirts in sizes S to 3XL
• Kato N GE P42 Standard DC VIA Rail Canada #901 (381-176-6042)
• Kato N GE P42 VIA Rail Canada #917 (381-176-6043)
• Walthers Proto HO Scale Test Car – Canadian National #52258 (920-105302)

Still lots of Summer Left

With the ice cream side of operations in high gear our train store hours are also extended.  Take advantage of these longer hours as you are out on your travels this summer.

Our summer hours as follows:

Monday	Closed, but available by appointment
Tuesday	Closed, but available by appointment
Wednesday	3pm – 8pm
Thursday	3pm – 8pm
Friday	Noon – 8pm
Saturday	9am – 8pm
Sunday	10am – 8pm

Everyday Low Prices

We always try to keep our prices competitive while keeping a good selection of new stock flowing in.  Here are some of the everyday items that you need to keep your layout maintained and your projects flowing:

• Kadee #5 Couplers (380-5) $7.39
• Testors Plastic Cement Tube of Glue (704-3501) $4.00
• Atlas code 100 flex track (150-168B) box of 25 $189.99
• Xuron track cutters (XUR-90028) $28.79
• Midwest cork road bed HO (472-3013B) $63.99
• NCE Power Cab (524-25) $264.99

Keeping on track faster

You can get all the up-to-date pre-order and new release info from our Facebook page, or if you are not a Facebook follower you can always log on to our website to see the feed of info there.  Check often as I am constantly posting items that will be coming and those that are arriving.

Special orders not a problem

Did you know that we do a lot of special orders?  Special orders are easy to place: just send us the product number and the description and we will order it for you.  There is no need for a deposit at the time the order is placed.  We will order it in and let you know when it arrives and you can pick it up.

Pre-orders are the same policy: see a product that is announced for future release that you want, just need to order it—no deposit needed for most items.

Grey Central Railway Club Model Train Show—This Saturday, September 21, 2024

With the onset of fall comes the train shows and this weekend there is one close to our customers in the Grey/Bruce Area. The Grey Central Railway Club will be hosting their Annual Train Show this Saturday, September 21, 2024 from 10am to 4pm. This year it will be hosted at the Grey Highlands Kinplex, 2 Highland Drive in Flesherton, ON.

For those that do not want to drive down to the cities where the majority of the shows are happening this is a great way to take in a train show close to home.

This event will feature a few running layouts, and a selection of vendors selling railway items and supplies.

So come on out, meet the group, and support a local train show.

Customer Appreciation Weekend

Fall will be here before we know it.  Soon the time will be perfect for you to be in the warmth working on your projects and layouts.

We invite you to join us for a Customer Appreciation weekend:

Saturday November 2, 2024 from 10am to 5pm
Sunday November 3, 2024 from 10am to 5pm

Come out and enjoy the following:

• In-store specials (will be posting a few to Facebook the week or two before the event)
• Depot specials
• A customer appreciation draw
• Hot drinks and goodies

This year we have been in business for 29 years, we hope to see you at this event so that we can say thank you.

24th Annual Model Railroad Garage Sale a Success

Saturday, September 7th marked our 24th Annual Model Railroad Garage sale.  While the weather did not work well with us this year, it did not dampen the spirits of those that attended the event.

We did as much as possible to ensure that if the weather was not the best the event would still go on.

There was a record attendance this year and people made new friends, found some treasures and enjoyed what the event offered.

We want to take the time to thank everyone that helped support the 24th Annual Model Railroad Garage Sale.

If you have ideas that you would like to see put into place for upcoming events please share them with us—we want to continue improving this event to ensure it remains something you don’t want to miss.

Don’t forget next year’s 25th Annual event is happening on September 6.  More details to follow, closer to the date.

It’s Easy to See What is New

Just a reminder that we try to keep you in the loop by posting to Facebook regularly.

You will find:

• announcements for pre-order product
• new products that have arrived
• special events that we are hosting
• clearance and sale items

If you don’t have Facebook, no problem, log onto our website and follow the posts on the home page.

24th Annual Model Railroad Garage Sale–This Weekend

Here is a friendly reminder that the 24th Annual Model Railroad Garage Sale happens this Saturday, September 7th running from 9am to 1pm.  There are quite a few vendors signed up and a different mix of items that you will see this year.  A bunch of new items have shown up just in time for the event in the depot as well. There will also be a number of in-store specials and draws.

Come on out, find some bargains, meet some fellow modellers, have a good time. Watch our Facebook page this week for a few little hints of what a few of the deals might be.  Don’t have Facebook go to our site and you can see the posts there as well.  We hope that the weather will co-operate with us this year to make this one of the best Garage sales ever.  This year we have around 65 vendor tables signed up. There should be lots of treasures to find. Come join us Saturday for this fine Modellers-for-Modellers event of 2024 (remember, the event goes on, rain or shine).  All the tents have been set up already to keep everyone covered.

Please note, this is a free event and donations received from each year’s event are put back into improving the next year’s event. If you have ideas that you would like to see put into place for upcoming events please share them with us—we want to continue improving this event to ensure it remains something you don’t want to miss.

24th Annual Model Railroad Garage Sale

The 24th annual Model Railroad Garage sale is coming up fast. Mark September 7, 2024 on your calendar as you will not want to miss this wonderful event. It is a terrific way for those just starting in the hobby to find some items, meet others in the hobby, gain ideas, and share in discussions. Many have also found that sought-after treasure on someone’s table that was just what they needed to bring some life to their own layout.

This event is hosted FREE of charge for both vendors and customers. It is put on as a modellers-for-modellers day to help spread the word that Model Railroading is a fun and fulfilling hobby for all ages. While this event only lasts 4 hours, many hours are spent on the planning and set up of the event. As long as the interest to attend is strong we will continue to put this event on. It runs from 9am - 1pm with vendors allowed to start setting up as early as 6:30am.

Many have already signed up to be vendors, and spaces are filling up quickly. We will be taking reservations for vendors until August 20, 2024 so if you wish to attend this year as a vendor please let us know ASAP.

Also this year, we will again have the community table. For those that are not familiar with how the table works, it is a way for people to bring just a few things and leave them for sale at the event. If you wish to bring items for the community table we ask that they be brought into the store already priced no later than August 18, 2024 to have them tagged and set up for the sale. All remaining items and money from the items sold are to be picked up by the end of September. If you wish more info on putting items on the table please feel free to contact me via phone at 519-807-2345 or email carol@countylinecaboose.ca, or send a private message through Facebook.

Get out your pen and circle September 7th on your calendars and come on out to share in the fun and excitement of the 24th Annual Model Railroad Garage Sale.

Please note, the donations received from each year’s event are put back into improving the next year’s event. If you have ideas that you would like to see put into place for upcoming events please share them with us—we want to continue improving this event to ensure it remains something you don’t want to miss.

This event is hosted in the big garage next door as well as tents that are brought in for the event—the event goes ahead rain or shine.