page_title: Rail transport modelling
section_title: Model railway manufacturers
hierarchical_section_title: Rail transport modelling / Model railway manufacturers
caption_attribution_description: English: An O-gauge model railway. Photograph by John Catsoulis, johncatsoulis@gmail.com. Español: Un modelo de ferrocarril en escala 0. Fotografía de John Ctsoulis, johncatsoulis@gmail.com.
context_page_description: Railway modelling or model railroading is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale.
  The scale models include locomotives, rolling stock, streetcars, tracks, signalling and landscapes including: countryside, roads, bridges, buildings, vehicles, urban landscape, model figures, lights, and features such as rivers, hills, tunnels, and canyons.
  The earliest model railways were the 'carpet railways' in the 1840s. Electric trains appeared around the start of the 20th century, but these were crude likenesses. Model trains today are more realistic, in addition to being much more technologically advanced. Today modellers create model railway layouts, often recreating real locations and periods throughout history. The world's oldest working model railway is a model designed to train signalmen on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It is located in the National Railway Museum, York, England and dates back to 1912. It remained in use until 1995. The model was built as a training exercise by apprentices of the company's Horwich works and supplied with rolling stock by Bassett-Lowke.
context_section_description: Accurail
  Accurascale
  Airfix
  Acme
  American Flyer
  American Z Lines
  Aristo-Craft Trains
  AR Kits
  Arnold
  Associated Hobby Manufacters (AHM) (defunct)
  Athearn
  Atlas Model Railroad
  Auhagen
  Ausicison
  Austrains
  Austrains NEO
  Bachmann Industries
  Bassett-Lowke
  Bavaria
  BEMO
  Bing
  Bowser Manufacturing
  Bachmann
  Broadway Limited Imports (BLI)
  Con-Cor
  Dapol
  Darstaed
  Doepke (defunct)
  DJH Models and Kits
  DJ Models Ltd
  Exley
  Eggerbahn
  ExactRail
  Eureka Models
  Faller
  Ferris (defunct)
  Fleischmann
  Frateschi
  Fulgurex
  G .& R. Wrenn Ltd
  Golden Age Models Limited
  Graham Farish ("Grafar")
  Great West Models
  Gützold
  HAG
  Hartlan Locomotive Works
  Haskell
  Heljan
  Herpa
  Hornby Railways
  Ibertren
  Intermountain
  International Hobby Corp.
  Irish Railway Models
  Ives Manufacturing Company (defunct 1928)
  Jouef
  Kadee
  Kato Precision Railroad Models
  Kemtron Corporation (defunct 1964)
  Klein Modellbahn
  Kleinbahn
  Kres (model railway)
  Kuehn-modell
  Lego train
  Lemaco
  Lemke
  Lenz
  Lesney (Matchbox)
  Lehmann Gross Bahn
  Life-Like
  Liliput
  Lima
  Lionel, LLC
  LS Models
  Marx
  Mainline
  Mantua, later Tyco Toys (both defunct by 2001)
  Märklin
  Mehano
  Merkur (toy)
  Merten (model railway)
  Micro-Trains Line
  Minitrains
  Mistral Train Models
  Model Power
  Modemo (Hasegawa)
  MTH Electric Trains
  Noch
  Norsk Modelljernbane (NMJ)
  Oxford Rail
  Peco
  Piko
  Playcraft (defunct)
  Playmobil
  Powerline model railway
  Rapido
  Rapido Trains (Canada)
  REE Modèles
  Rio Grande Models, Ltd.
  Rivarossi
  Roco
  Rokal
  Rokuhan
  Scaletrains
  Slater's Plastikard
  Seven
  Southern Rail Models
  SDS Models
  SceneryScapers
  Stewart Hobbies
  Tenmille
  Tenshodo
  Tomix
  Touch Rail (鐵支路模型有限公司)
  Tillig
  Bob's Hobbies and Models (Trainorama)
  Tri-ang Railways
  Trix/Minitrix
  USA Trains
  Varney
  Viessmann
  Vitrains
  Vollmer
  Von Stetina Artworks
  Wiking
  Walthers
  Williams
  Woodland Scenics
  Worsley Works
  Wuiske
caption: An O-scale Australian model railway
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