Hello Everyone! I just picked up this unusual,marvelous passenger station manufactured by ACE Trains.
Does anyone know what year they produced these?,or how many were made? As I understand it,Ace Trains is a maker of High End O Gauge Trains in England.(Hence the look of the station I found!)
If anyone knows more about this company or this station,any info would be highly appreciated.I just thought it was so unique,I had to buy it. I think it would look great on Any layout!-Kenny
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Kenny,
They are great looking train sheds(canopies). They were actually manufactured for Ace Trains(I believe out of business) by Darstaedt(still in business-they have a website) and were sold through Weaver Trains here in the states. I believe this was maybe 7-10 years ago(not sure on this). I had been looking for a couple of these myself some time ago and quit looking as they don't come up for sale that often
Nick
Darstaedt shows them as sold out, so the secondary market is the best bet to pick one up now.
machinist posted:Kenny,
They are great looking train sheds(canopies). They were actually manufactured for Ace Trains(I believe out of business) by Darstaedt(still in business-they have a website) and were sold through Weaver Trains here in the states. I believe this was maybe 7-10 years ago(not sure on this). I had been looking for a couple of these myself some time ago and quit looking as they don't come up for sale that often
Nick
Nick, Ace Trains are in business.
http://www.acetrainslondon.com/
Regards
Nick
Kenny B:
That is a really nice station/canopie. I don't remember all the detail from the ads that you show in your pictures. I will start looking for a copy.
Thanks for sharing.
Charlie
Nick12DMC posted:machinist posted:Kenny,
They are great looking train sheds(canopies). They were actually manufactured for Ace Trains(I believe out of business) by Darstaedt(still in business-they have a website) and were sold through Weaver Trains here in the states. I believe this was maybe 7-10 years ago(not sure on this). I had been looking for a couple of these myself some time ago and quit looking as they don't come up for sale that often
Nick
Nick, Ace Trains are in business.
http://www.acetrainslondon.com/
Regards
Nick
I didn't realize that Ace Trains was still in business. I remember some type of legal battle between Ace and Darstaedt, but never really followed it. I had emailed Darstaedt some time back about possibly doing another run of the passenger canopies, and they indicated that they were not planning to do so but that nothing was impossible. Anyway, thanks for the Ace information.
Nick
I purchased a box of canopy parts from Weaver models closeout last year plus a complete kit from an estate. I herd from someone who built mnay of the kits to retap the screw holes as they do NOT reach far into the die cast metal.
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