More August news from Train Trax UK - Unique Opportunity inside!
I’ve been away for a few days, including a trip to The Greatest Gathering event with my junior modeller. Among other things, we spotted 66004 — soon to be available from Kato Europe in 1:160 scale.
Over the summer my internal calendar tends to go a bit haywire, so this email is going out a little earlier than usual. I’ll be following up early next week with extra news, so it’s not all bundled into one giant update.
One month to go until The International N Gauge Show! We’ve been approached by Kato-san for a bit of help:
“Could you kindly select a few customers from your store who might be interested in building a Mini Diorama for the TINGS show? I would like your store to offer each participant one straight or curved Mini Diorama Base free of charge. They can be beginners or experienced modellers, children or adults — anyone who would enjoy taking part. Would you then please bring their works to TINGS on the setup day and return them to your customers after the show?”
So, who fancies a free Mini Diorama? Drop us an email at help@traintrax.co.uk as soon as possible if you’d like to take part. [Offer now closed 19/8/25]
It’s really not long now until TINGS. We’ll be there with our Train Trax stand and The Model Tree Shop, and we’re looking forward to seeing both familiar faces and new ones. If there’s something you’d like us to bring for you to see or purchase, just let us know.
New arrivals We’ve unpacked plenty of new stock in the last few days, including:
P42s from VIA Rail, plus more Amtrak liveried versions (DC and DCC fitted)
Sound-fitted SD70Ms (CSX/UP)
C44-9Ws in KCS and two different BNSF schemes (DCC and DCC Sound fitted)
From Japan, we have:
Seibu Railway items
Retro packaged LOCAL-SEN trains
Cassiopeia sets and the Rainbow loco
Series 1000 Sendai Colour sets
Series 0 Shinkansen basic sets
Shikoku 8000 series trains
Take a look at our Just Arrived pages — but be quick, many popular items are in short supply.
Dropping in to see us
We do love to meet the customers, but we’re not set up as a walk-in shop (yet...), so we can’t accommodate unplanned visits. Most of the time we’re busy packing orders or up to our elbows in stock! If you’d like to see something in person or collect an order, just get in touch to arrange a time — we’ll be happy to welcome you by appointment.
New stuff
Earlier this month there were more announcements from Kato USA and KATO Japan. We’re still processing those, and I’ll share details in next week’s email.
PS: It’s still holiday season and we’re a small team. Over the next few weeks there may be occasional delays with dispatches and replies to emails while we take a few well-earned breaks. One of us will still be around, doing our best to keep on top of things, but your patience is appreciated.
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