York weathered cars question

Steve Chorazak

His website

www.theweatheringstation.com

seems to be inactive

http://dawhois.com/site/weatheringstation.com.html

 That was not me in the Orange hall. I took the website down last year and only weather for a few customers.

David,

I believe the Dealer you are inquiring about is Hobby Station located in Elizabethtown Kentucky. I have their business card from the past October York Meet. The contact name is Timothy Coyle. The phone number on the card is 270-737-2000.

I'll agreed, he does excellent work in the weathering of cars. His display of weathered AtlasO and MTH cars in the Orange Hall at York is impressive, IMO.

Hope this information is the dealer/person you're inquiring about.

I would second that conclusion.  he is also at Trainfest Milwaukee in Nov..  I and my friends have bought quite a few cars from him.  He was across from the dealer that does the military vehicles and cars.

Buzz

Sorry, Steve.  I wasn't aware that you had changed your business policy.  I was impressed with your work.

    Thanks Arthur.

That was the problem though, it wasn't a business for me it was a hobby. No matter how much you tell people that they still wanted their stuff done yesterday.  I still weather for friends and folks that understand it's not the highest priority in the world to have a train weathered. Thanks again for your kind comment.

The seller I am looking for had Ross switches behind him.

Buzz,

Were you at York, I usually spot you, but I didn't this time. 

I was talking to this guy for a bit about the show, and he told me his sales are best in April. Advance orders from Weaver and JD's Trains helped me out, as traffic was light where I was.

Don

I think CSX Jim has it right in his post above.  TNC Enterprises has had that booth for many years now,  and I recall they once had tons of Atlas-O reefers and other scale rolling stock on display -- as offered by the importers years ago (i.e., no weathering).

It's interesting to watch how various vendors differentiate themselves over time in what is essentially a sea of sellers vying for an even larger sea of potential buyers at York.  So a big kudos to the folks at TNC Enterprises for displaying an entire booth of weathered rolling stock to catch folks' attention.  It's a niche market.  But given the propensity of operators to go the "scale route" nowadays, the weathered look is a natural offering for that crowd.

David

Definitely Hobby Station, which has moved in Elizabethtown, from its long time location.

Look at the thread 110 York pictures. There is a clear copy of that table there. He did not post all 110 pics so you will find it easily.

David,

Yes, the Dealer I mentioned in my previous response had the Ross booth behind him. If you look at the pictures that Michael alludes to in his post, there is a picture where the Ross turntables are just to the back of the picture.

Also, Rocky Mountaineer mentions in his post TNC Enterprises. That business name is on the business card I have for Hobby Station as well. The card actually states "Hobby Station Home of TNC Enterprises". I neglected to mention that in my previous post.

Give Tim a call, he is the gentleman you are looking for.

TNC Enterprises, I bought some Weathered Atlas cars from him on Friday and they look great and at 79.00 each a steal, i will be contacting also

Here is a really bad picture of some of what i bought, 3 Covered hoppers and one log carrier. 79.00 each on the hoppers, 69.00 on the log carrier.

All 110 are on the Flickr link  But I know the image

It was right across from the OGR booth, RowBB. If you get the Orange Hall vendor list from the EDTCA website it should have their info