Rolling Stock Library

LGB ("Lehmann Gross Bahn" or "Lehmann's Big Train") originated the large-scale garden railroading industry. Eberhard and Wolfgang Richter unveiled LGB in 1968, a product of the Nürnberg, Germany, company Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk. The extensive LGB program focuses on a cohesive whole rather than strict adherence to scale, to the irritation of many modelers. Most of our rolling stock is made by LGB, and we have both American and European models. We also have some models under the LGB TOYTRAIN brand, a less-detailed and less-expensive line aimed at children.

LGB of America provides distribution and service in North America. In 2006, Lehmann became insolvent and its assets were sold to Märklin, another German model train manufacturer. LGB of America, now an independent company, continues in its distribution and servicing of LGB products.

www.lgboa.com

Aristo-Craft, based in New Jersey, USA, started producing model trains in the late 1980s under the direction of the Polk family. Their catalog, made up of American prototypes, is smaller than LGB's but pays much closer attention to scale.

We are quite happy with our Aristo-Craft rolling stock and its high level of detail and comparatively inexpensiveness has made it the second-best represented manufacturer on our layout.

www.aristocraft.com

Bachmann, based in Hong Kong, entered the large-scale train market in 1990. Like Aristo-Craft, Bachmann makes American models. We have only one piece of Bachmann rolling stock, but it is one of our favorites.

www.bachmanntrains.com

We do have a few pieces of rolling stock that we don't know the manufacturers of.