| The collectors of brass HO trains are always on | | | | Sweden, Italian locomotives, North American or |
| the look out for the trains and where to buy | | | | European railways. HO scale passenger |
| them. The companies that involve themselves in | | | | equipments available in the market are made of |
| supplying these collectibles can be classified as | | | | brass, wood, plastic or nickel silver. |
| manufacturers, importers and distributors. | | | | Importers take pains to find the right kind of |
| Most of the companies that manufacture HO | | | | manufacturing companies overseas and get them |
| model trains sell them online or in their own retail | | | | make available in their own countries. Most of |
| showrooms. Some of them import from China | | | | them also import accessories like detail parts, |
| and Korea and sell them directly or are the | | | | scratchbuilding supplies, rolling stock, scenery flats, |
| distributors of the HO brass model trains. Many | | | | buildings, etc in the various scales apart from the |
| companies not only sell the trains, but also tracks, | | | | model trains. These would be suitable for both |
| bridges, HO scale passenger equipment kits and | | | | collectors or operators. |
| locomotive HO. They also have model trains of | | | | The distribution system is usually a network |
| other scales like O, HOn3, On3, G, N, etc. | | | | across several states and countries, bringing up |
| Some of the manufacturers have come out with | | | | several kinds of model trains. The retailers obtain |
| fine detail models in white metal and etched brass. | | | | all kinds of models from these distributors and are |
| Handcrafted brass model HO trains, Brass O scale | | | | the mediators to get them to the collector. The |
| steam locomotives, freight cars and girder | | | | Lionel HO trains, Bachmann HO trains, Atheran HO |
| bridges, etc are manufactured by some | | | | trains, Marklin HO trains, etc are all well-known |
| companies. Some manufacturers cater to the | | | | versions of the various model HO trains. |
| British railway modelers in 4mm or 7 mm gauges | | | | Online suppliers add up their stock with newer |
| which have prototypes of early 19th century | | | | versions of trains and also new models of steam, |
| carriages. Manufacturing is also done in some | | | | passenger and freight trains. Most of them also |
| European countries like France, Germany and | | | | buy the model trains if the collector or others |
| United Kingdom. Some manufacturers attend to | | | | wish to trade or dispose them for some reason. |
| the special needs of the collectors and create | | | | Internet is an ocean of information for the |
| custom-made versions of trains exclusively for | | | | collectors for the latest items and display |
| them. | | | | methods and models. Various kinds of electrical, |
| 2-rail and 3-rail models are the models that are | | | | electronic and digital layout planning and |
| the classification system used according to the | | | | equipments are available for displaying running |
| tracks and most of them are 2-rail models. The | | | | models of the precious Brass HO trains. |
| prototypes that can be found in the market are | | | | |