Mike's Trains

This is the truth!! 😂 Come on Santa! 🎅🏻

This giving season, we will be a drop-off location for Toys for Tots. Come by anytime Monday through Saturday, 10 AM to 6 PM, to donate new/unused toys for children this Christmas!

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BLACK FRIDAY SAVINGS….We will be open on Friday, November 24, from 9:00 to 5:00. The shop will have all kinds of deals going on!

- 10% off most items already discounted, including consignment
- Buy one get one 25% off select items already discounted
- Athearn Ready to Roll engines buy one get one 50% off
- Lionel Trains sets $70-$100 off retail price.

Mohawk Design will also be here selling shirts, hats, hoodies, etc. Make sure to stop in!! 🎅🏻

Few new HO items from Athearn and Walthers we got in today!

Thank you to all the Veterans for your sacrifice for our freedom.

All set up at the Raleigh Fairgrounds train show! See all of you tomorrow!

The store will be closed tomorrow, November 3rd and Saturday, November 4th, because we will be set up at the train show in Raleigh. It’s always a great show with a lot of vendors and train layouts. Make sure you stop by and see us!

You can NEVER have enough trains!!!

My husband and I want to thank everyone for your patience and prayers over the past 9 months with the store having to close at various times for doctors appointments, chemo treatments, etc. He is completely done with chemo and his scans came back clear. Hopefully, we can get back to normal. We appreciate all of you!! Thanks, Jackie and John

Come out tomorrow from 11:00 to 2:00 pm for Downtown Thomasville Trick or Treat! We are on the list for handing out candy!

We can’t wait to see you! Please see the list for participating businesses:
*if you are a downtown business and you are not on this list but want to participate, please let us know and we will add you to the list!*

Thomasville Emporium
BL makers market
Main Street cone and coffee
Jj’s Side street deli
Your song sound exchange
Southern magnolias
Mimi’s
Trexlers
Old north state candy co
Out of the box
Rocket Roy’s
Copper Still
The Depot
Cross Ties
Dilligaf
Mikes Trains
*several of the vendors at the Thomasville Emporium outdoor market will be giving out candy as well!*

The store probably won’t be open until around 3:00 today. We have an appointment early this afternoon. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you!

The store will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, October 24th. Thank you!

Also received some nice G scale cars in. Stop by and check everything out!!

All you N scalers….we got a great collection of engines, rolling stock, buildings, Kato track and switches, Woodland Scenic lights, crossings, vehicles and Digitrax system accessories.

Received in some nice HO DC engines and O scale MTH rolling stock!

Looking for some MTH Proto 3 engines and rolling stock….we have some nice ones that just arrived at the store today, along with some we received a few weeks ago. Stop in and check them out!

The newly painted NS 1069 Virginian leading 24X this afternoon. Photo credits to one of the nice rail fans standing trackside in front of the shop!

We are happy to announce we are now partnering with Class One Model Works and will be stocking their awesome products in the shop.

In today are a couple collections of nice O scale, HO and N scale cars, engines and accessories.

We get this all the time in the store.

Rapido is proud to announce our first release of the the EMD/GMD GP40 locomotive in HO Scale! The GP40 series were considered the gold standard of four-axle locomotives, with over 1,000 examples built for 30 different railroads in North America. EMD began production in late 1965 with an order for the New York Central with the final locomotive in the series rolling off the line in 1971 for the Chesapeake & Ohio. After 1971, production would continue on with the successor: the GP40-2.

Our first run includes many never-produced-in-plastic variations, such as: nose and Gyra/Mars lights, stepwell variations, Canadian versions and slugs. The Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) Railroad converted a heavily-damaged GP40 into a unique one of-a-kind road slug, number 501 and we will be producing 501 in both MKT and Union Pacific - complete with working motor. Every DCC/Sound locomotive comes with the Mo-Power capacitor, which will end most interruptions to track power. A win for all!

First release road names include:

• Canadian National (Large Noodle/GMD) 1967+
• Canadian National (Stripes/GMD) 1978+
• Illinois Central (GP40R) Mid 90s
• Canadian National/IC (GP40R) 2012+
• MKT - Single Loco (Green/Yellow) 1982+
• MKT - GP40 and Slug Set (Green/Yellow) 1982+
• RF&P (Block Scheme) 1989+
• SSW/Cotton Belt - 1966+
• Union Pacific - 1997+
• Union Pacific - GP40 and Slug Set- 1997+
• Wisconsin Central - 1994+
• Western Pacific (Silver/Orange) 1970+

Remember, this is just the first GP40 release. Future runs will include additional roads! 3D renders shown are also preliminary. Paint and design details are subject to revisions.

The GP40 Locomotive features:

• Road-specific details for each model
• Rapido’s innovative dead straight metal side handrails with plastic stanchions
• Incredible underframe detail including traction motor cables, air filters and separately-applied parts
• Slug is fully powered with motor tucked into frame and body
• Appropriate cab or nose headlights
• Multiple truck sideframes tooled
• Multiple dynamic-brake hatches
• Mo-Power capacitor
• DC/Silent (21-pin DCC Ready) or DC/DCC/Sound - ESU LokSound V5 Decoder
• Road-specific battery box doors
• Separate grab irons and handrails installed at the factory
• Operating headlights, rear lights, white class lights, ditch lights and beacons (where appropriate)
• Highly detailed cab interior
• Correct fuel tank sizes per road number
• Multiple styles of stepwells
• See-through, etched steps
• Separately applied wire grabs

See your dealer or visit our website to reserve! More info and a complete list of road names are available on our website: https://rapidotrains.com/ho-scale/diesel-locomotives/gp40.html

Order deadline and delivery are TBA. Preliminary CAD renders shown. Details are subject to revisions.