Freight Cars 

Does your railroad cupboard look like this? 

Turn your boxes into show piece models like the ones in the video to the right→.  We custom build and paint your HO scale freight cars, passenger cars, and cabooses.  We will save you time.  We will free up more time for running your trains, for attending train shows and model railroad clubs, and for building your dream layout. 

Click on the freight car pictures below to choose which models you would like to have custom built for your collection.

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Freight Cars, Passenger Cars, Cabooses

 

Our products page lists manufacturers where we purchase freight car kits, HO scale passenger car kits, and HO scale cabooses.  If you do not see a specific manufacturer or product listed, please contact us.  We can find most products that you may be interested in.

 

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Meet the Builders

In the Meet the Builders section you will find information on the builders that will assemble and finish your freight cars.  This section includes years of experience, types of cars built, and areas of expertise. 

This will help you get to know us and what to expect from us.  Send your freight cars to us today.  Whether you display your models or run them on your own layout, your model railroad dreams will be well on their way.

Manufacturers

 

The following are a list of manufacturers of freight cars that we can build for you.  For more information on the kit manufacturers, please click on the name: 

 

Accurail

Ambroid

Athearn

Bowser

Branchline

Des Plaines

Funero and Camerlengo

Inter Mountain

Modeler’s Choice

Pacific Mountain Scale

Pocohantas Models

Railyard Models

Red Caboose

Roundhouse

Speedwich Media

Sunshine Model Kits

Tiger Valley

West Shoreline

Westerfield

Wright Trak

 

The Building Process

 

Whether you purchase your freight cars thru us or send us your own freight cars, the building process is the same.  Once the freight cars are received, the parts are carefully separated and professionally cleaned.  The main bodies of the freight cars are assembled.  Weights are added to NMRA specifications.  Then couplers and trucks are added.  Couplers are set to correct height.  Detail parts are added as per prototype.  The bodies are professionally painted and decals are added.  Weathering is optional as per your specifications.

Shipping

 

All kits that are return shipped to our customers are insured.  We want to make sure you receive your kits back safely.  We will contact you shortly after you receive your package to ensure that the work we completed on your freight cars meet your standards, and you are happy with the end result.  Please see our policies page for more information.

 

Additional Information

 

 

Other freight cars that we can build for you include brass, styrene, and plastic.  We do engine and kit repairs.  We assemble buildings.  If you are interested in having a building kit assembled, please contact us for more details. 

 

Events

 

We hold two events per week.  On Wednesdays we have a model railroad night where we work on our HO layout, The Dover Subdivision.  On Saturdays we work on building HO freight cars, passenger cars, and cabooses.  Please see our events page for dates and times.

 

Travel

 

Our travel section includes photos of train related places we visited.  We enjoy visiting railroads to take photos of scenery, buildings, and trains to use in our modeling.  We find that the more we experience the "real" thing, the more realistic our modeling becomes.