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The Pemco Railway System HO-scale trains enjoys one of the shortest lives of any model train product line offered in the U.S.
Pemco stood for Precision Engineered Models Company.
Investigation into the origin of Pemco finds that it was conceived as a product line that would be aimed at the "toy train"
buyer, but made to a level somewhat higher than the standard TYCO quality popular in that category around 1980.
Pemco's line featured a number of offerings that were and continue to be unique tool & die work in the HO-scale R-T-R (ready-to-run)
marketplace. Down the left column, you'll find a listing of the items in Pemco's line. Click on any item listed and you'll
be taken to a page providing details, images, and information regarding each product in Pemco's line.
There is only one known Pemco product catalog, which is undated, and contains color images of most of what is known to exist.
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Pemco did promote its line with some magazine advertising, as demonstrated
by the December 1980 ad seen above. This ad ran in Model Railroader magazine.
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AURORA HO-Scale
Model Trains?
One story often told relating to the origin of the Pemco
line is that Aurora was planning entry into the HO-scale R-T-R train market in the late 1970s. Aurora is well known
for its various model kits, slot cars, and offered a line of N-scale model trains in the late 1960s. The company
has in the past offered HO-scale accessories in the form of building kits, but has never offered HO-scale trains in the U.S.
Apparently, Aurora decided against entering the American HO-scale
train market or was in the midst of some financial situation that prevented this expansion into HO-trains. Though
HO-scale trains boxed in the black-and-gold packaging that you find Pemco trains has been found bearing the Aurora name and
logo. These items also carrying both English and French labeling and are known to have been sold in Canada around the
same time the Pemco line arrived in America.
Research indicates Pemco may have had a marketing arrangement
with Aurora for distribution of the Pemco train line in Canada and the items were packaged with Aurora's Aurora name.
See the accompanying page illustrating Aurora items on this website.
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REGARDING AN HO-SCALE MODEL TRAIN PRODUCT LINE
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