THE BERKSHIRE CAR SHOP

                                    Model Trolley Car Specialists                 Sept / Oct 2005

505 Mourning Dove Road Audubon, PA 19403-1807                                berkshirecarshop@comcast.net 610-631-9751


Many new St. Petersburg Tram Collection Models are now available or are coming out soon.  Reserve now:

Philadelphia PTC 2031 & 2501 series PCC’s                                 Philadelphia PTC 2081 & 2581 series PCC’s

Boston 3197-3221 all-electric PCC’s               Johnstown PCC’s                  Illinois Terminal double end PCC’s

Kansas City 701-724 PCC’s     West Penn 700 series center entrance        San Francisco MUNI Type D PCC

Birmingham Pullman Standard PCC’s          Los Angeles Type P PCC       PE DE PCC’s in Patriotic Lettering

PRCo 1600 PCC     PRCo 1200 PCC’s     PRCo Jones cars    Detroit 102-140&141-180 PCC’s       LVT 1030

Why buy a St. Petersburg or any model or kit from us?  We have been a factory direct representative for St Petersburg since they first offered models for sale.  A recent customer satisfaction survey indicated fair and honest dealings and the most competitive prices.  All models ordered by customers were delivered as soon as they were manufactured with some being in stock.  We have been in business for almost 25 years selling only model trolley supplies.  We are also trolley modelers, and we appreciate your business. 


The Illinois Terminal, the Road of Personalized Services

By Dale Jenkins  is NOW AVAILABLE.  328 pages, 140 color pages, printed on 100-lb. gloss paper.  Hardbound with full color dust jacket.  Detailed text, maps roster data.  Sections include: The Interurban Era, The Expansion Era, The Transition Era, The Diesel Era. From the very beginning through the very end.  This is the definitive work on the IT.   One of the best books ever!!                                     $69.95 Retail.  SPECIAL $56.

PITTSBURGH RAILWAYS VOLUME TWO by Ron Beal will be available before Christmas.  Hardbound $80 /Special $64.  Softbound $65 / Special $52.  

If you did not purchase Volume One, very few are available.  Now is the time to purchase a copy! $64 hard / $52 soft.   If you act quickly, your can include a copy of McKeesport Trolleys by Beal for $25 (reg. $40 retail )!

OREGON ELECTRIC, SPOKANE & INLAND EMPIRE, UNITED RAILWAYS

are covered in The SP&S, Volume 2 by Grande.  This is one of the finest books ever researched, written and published.  We are selling the remaining copies at a loss to help settle an estate.  The publisher’s cost for this hardbound book was almost $70 a copy!!  Grab one of the last copies for a super special price of $55.


IMPERIAL HO SCALE BODIES

1949 Pittsburgh Railways 1700 series PCC trolley body shell        $45      

1946-47 Kansas City Public Service PCC trolley body shell           $45

Pre-War PCC air car body shell kit.  Contains extra doors and details to make most body variations.            $130

Bowser drives & poles available.

Ask about the body, drive & pole combination SPECIAL PRICE

LIMITED QUANTITIES

NEW HO & O SCALE BRASS!!

Oregon Electric Railway Cars

These will be painted and powered.

#64-66 Combine passenger/baggage

#120, 124, 130, 138&140 Motor coach

#113-119 Trailer coach.

The development of these models and future models is dependent upon your reservations.  Future releases include freight motors, sleepers, observation  car and others.  The Oregon Electric cars have epitomized the classic arch window interurban.  These long cars operated in multiple cars trains as the traversed the countryside.  We have waited for these cars for a long time!  SO RESERVE NOW!!

O SCALE SINGLE POINT TURNOUT

Each kit contains the point and mate castings.  They match code 125 NS rail and include the access box detail.

LH or RH set                             $19.00

O SCALE KITS

MacGregor epoxy  kits

LaBelle  wood kits

Copetown & Ashland cast metal

Imperial Kansas City & Philadelphia PCC one-piece epoxy bodies

Clouser epoxy bodies

Ken Kidder brass bodies.

CAR WORKS brass models.

CORGI  PCC’s  & Birneys

NEW MORNING SUN ALL COLOR BOOKS AT 20% OFF RETAIL

We stock all the overhead fittings and wire.  Frogs, straight and curved hangers, adjustable crossovers, pantograph hangers, bracket arm castings, poles, full & half pantographs.

Q CAR, CURRENT LINE & WAGNER PARTS & TRUCKS ARE IN STOCK.  WE DO HAVE THE LARGEST SUPPLY OF PARTS, KITS AND MODELS OF ANY MODEL TROLLEY RETAILER.


SELL OR TRADE US YOUR MODELS. OVER 20 YEARS OF RELIABLE CONTINUOUS SERVICE