American Models Tooling back in Michigan

I wonder if that tooling is compatible with Weaver's machinery?!?!?!

I saw that news posted on YaHoo. I was wondering what was going on with AM after the SK fiasco.

Rusty

Very good news for AM and for the hobby

A "Made in USA" sticker on the boxes might be an added selling point and boost interest in S

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Originally posted by Brady Burdge:
Very good news for AM and for the hobby

A "Made in USA" sticker on the boxes might be an added selling point and boost interest in S

I'll second that...

Mark in Oregon

I collect the postwar Flyer, but would buy new S scale that's made in the US.

All of American Models production DID NOT go to China. Most of what I have recently ordered and receive from them were made in the USA. That includes locomotives, freight and passenger cars.

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Originally posted by Major:
All of American Models production DID NOT go to China. Most of what I have recently ordered and receive from them were made in the USA. That includes locomotives, freight and passenger cars.

It's rather confusing when looking at the boxes.

I've got a set of scale Burlington U25B's clearly marked "made in China" while the box for a set of New Haven AC compatible U25B's have no such marking. Same thing with the E8's. My Texas Special E8 box is marked "made in China" while the box for my Burlington E's aren't. (Both sets scale.)

The Northern's boxes are marked "made in China," while the Pacific's aren't.

So... What does all this mean???

It means regardless of where these and my other AM locomotives were made, they all have been trouble-free. As long as AM keeps the quality up, they've got a customer in me.

(But, given the current climate, it might behoove AM to tout their Made in America products.)

Rusty

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Ron from American Models was at our club meeting Sunday and advised that he has finally obtained his tooling back from China.

Excellent news for the S gauge community and for the hobby as a whole. I wish them the very best in their future ventures.

Might be time for a generic US vendor that can make trains/models/toys for varying companies.

Wow! that's great. there something about buying a train and turning it over

and seeing " Made In The U.S."

 

 

Tin

That's good to hear. Somebody needs to make some new product in S. I like the personal touch that S provides, but if Ron and Don decided to pack it in where would S be? I love the scale, but I really hope it can recover from this China deal. If I had to bet I would put my money on Lionel becoming the leader.