Welcome to Green River Hobbies

Waiting for the Easter Bunny! So, we will be closed on Easter Sunday while the dogs anxiously wait for their Easter Egg hunt.

Welcome to Spring in Illinois! In the event of a severe weather: To keep our staff safe and allow them to head for a safe space in the case of predicted severe weather – please call the shop 309-944-2620 to confirm that we are open. All of our staff drive in from outside of town and even though Scout believes that we should go to the bank every day for his “biscuit run” sometimes the smart move is to head home and wait out the storm.

  • Store Hours beginning March 1
    • Wed-Fri -12-5
    • Sat 10-4
    • Sun -12-4
    • Mon & Tues – CLOSED
    • Closed Easter Sunday & Memorial Day

Bif’s Bulletin

Walther’s Catalogs are here! Come pick up yours today!

New In!

Bowser HO scale U25Bs

Lionel Legacy Quad City Rocket set only 1 left!

Legacy CB&Q GP-20s

Lionel Santa Fe Super Chief 75th Anniversary boxcars

Walther’s Mainline HO scale chop-nose GP9’s, 72′ Refrigerated boxcars, and Tri-level Open Auto Racks

Scout says… The new Rapido E8 Amtrak is here!

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2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Amtrak, the US national passenger network. Amtrak has defied all the odds to reach this incredible milestone, and it’s important that we celebrate this tremendous achievement.

In celebration, Rapido is has produced a special LIMITED EDITION model of Amtrak #4316, the first E-8 that Amtrak painted in what would become a one-off paint scheme. The E8 was the backbone of Amtrak’s early locomotive fleet, and what better way is there to celebrate America’s national passenger railroad?

The sound-equipped model of 4316 is packaged in an engraved wood presentation box and includes a unique enamel pin as well as a numbered certificate of authenticity signed by Rapido president Jason Shron and Amtrak’s Matt Donnelly. This model will not be reproduced in the future – the initial run was 500 units. You’ve got one chance to get yours.

On-line shopping

Good news!  We have finally finished recreating the inventory in our point-of-sale system after literally melting the new hard drive earlier this summer.  (A piece of advice – when your IT professional says check your backups – LISTEN TO THEM.  It has been an extremely painful lesson for us to learn… so we now have redundant backups.)   Now that we can refresh our lists, we are updating the website with our more popular inventory items under the Products dropdown.  It is a continual work-in-progress, but you can check the lists for item descriptions, model numbers and availability. Please keep in mind that the people in charge of updating the lists (Lynn and Carya) have jobs outside of the shop and always make sure to check the ‘last updated’ date. Please send us an email or give us a call to confirm availability and place your order.  We are always happy to ship orders – we are noticing delivery date estimates from our shippers are slowly becoming longer and longer so plan ahead.