| ACE O Gauge Trains have almost single-handedly | | | | any means match the size of other, older |
| rekindled interest in the European 3 rail model | | | | established model railway companies working in |
| railway market with their covetable lines of | | | | the O Gauge range, such as Hornby, Marklin, Bing |
| tinplate coaches, tank wagons and beautiful die | | | | and Bassett Lowke, the Ace products are a good |
| cast locomotives. For collectors, Ace Trains have | | | | match for any of them. They have a charisma, |
| a special appeal because of their unusual policy | | | | quality and an indefinable characteristic that makes |
| towards the longevity of each production model. | | | | an item collectible. So now they have one of the |
| Their policy is to make various types of | | | | most famous lines of large scale trains ever |
| locomotive in one batch and then move onto the | | | | produced, with many items never having been |
| next series. So, as each type is produced it is | | | | attempted by other makers. |
| then unlikely that any further runs of the same | | | | As pioneers of reviving vintage style O gauge |
| item will ever be made again, thus eventually | | | | trains, ACE are the only producers of coaching |
| building an automatic scarcity into the collectors' | | | | stock using tin printing techniques and have |
| market. That's not necessarily their motive for | | | | offered a greater range of passenger cars than |
| doing so though, although the second hand | | | | any of the forebears. Their Tanker range is also |
| market must surely help to build their brand | | | | the most comprehensive ever produced. |
| awareness, it's more likely that the knowledgeable | | | | ACE O Gauge trains are produced in carefully |
| people involved with ACE production and | | | | measured quantities to ensure that for those who |
| promotion have such a passion for tinplate trains | | | | missed items on their initial introduction can acquire |
| that they need to keep moving on in order to | | | | ACE stock on the very active secondary market |
| keep widening their expertise and interest. They | | | | via E Bay, other auctions such as Bonham's and |
| certainly do seem to be totally concerned with | | | | Vectis who still hold physical sales and of course |
| absolute quality, almost to a point of obsession! | | | | private sales. |
| Although ACE Trains as a company does not by | | | | |