Manufacturers of Z-scale Products

These manufacturers are known to specifically produce Z-scale products, or products that can be used with Z-scale. Contact the specific manufacturer, or see Where to Buy for information on obtaining these products. Please keep in mind that I've put all I know on this page; I don't have any additional information. Feel free to write me if you have any additions or corrections to this page.

Company	Postal Address	Description	More Info
3RWorks	Kurt Lück Gutenbergstraße 5A D-88677 Markdorf, GERMANY ThreeRWorks@aol.com	modern American tank cars
Alan Curtis Models	38 Whitehouse Road Ruskington, Sleaford, Lincs. NG34 9TP United Kingdom info@alancurtismodels.com		You'll need two #956 & three #953 couplers for the 48ft 5-unit All-Purpose Spine Car kit
American Z Lines	c/o ZTrack Magazine Ltd. 6142 Northcliff Blvd Dublin, OH, 43016, USA 614-764-1703	All-brass American locomotives, incl. the C44-9W, Alco PA, E8/9, SD45, SD40-2, and a GS-3	My review Formerly Rogue Lines / Rogue Locomotive Works)
AMI Instant Roadbed		synthetic rubber roadbed
Arrowhead Scale Models	P.O.Box 53, Randsburg, CA 93554	cast buildings and vehicles	Now marketed as Randy Brown
Artitec		cast ships and buildings
Aztec		track cleaning car	American-Z review
Bahls Modelleisenbahnen	Bahls@t-online.de	locomotives and accessories	My review
BL Products	P.O.Box 1311 Jacksonville, OR 97530, USA	telephone poles, car loads
Blair Line	P.O.Box 1136 Carthage, MO 64836, USA	laser-cut structures and billboards	unique shotgun house
BLMA		etched metal trackside accessories
Busch		signals, lights, trees
Chicago Railcar		plastic rolling stock	now defunct
D. Beier Modellbahntechnik		signals, outdoor furniture, props
Digirail		electronics
Downtown Deco		3-story brownstone (their only z-scale product) is now being made by Nansen Street Models
Duha		freight loads
Eichhorn Modellbau	Werner Eichhorn Siemensstrasse 6 D - 82110 Germering 0049 (0) 89 / 84 67 54 werner.eichhorn@eipo-modelle.de	loads, accessories
eXact Modellbau	Ronald Schulz Am Fuchsberg 56 18209 Bad Doberan (M/V), Germany schulz@exact-messebau.de	custom European locomotives
Faller		structures	Z220 review
Father Nature	P.O.Box 161 Hershey, PA 17033, USA	34' wooden reefers, car loads, trackside details	available from Micron Art
Freudenreich Feinwerktechnik (FR)	Schwarzer Weg 1 b D-18190 Sanitz/Meckl, Germany +49-38209-49160 (fax +49-38209-49161)	brass locomotives & rolling stock, signals, kits	My review Action-Z review Z220 review 1 Z220 review 2
GCLaser Innovations	PO Box 621 Genoa City, WI 53128 815-354-6627 (fax 262-279-6627)	laser-cut wood structures, details
Halwa Feinmodellbau	Postfach 710147 70607 Stuttfart, Germany +0711-441-416923	turnouts, trackside structures	Z220 review 2
Hay Bros Garage	Gilbert, Arizona, USA	cast loads for pennzee, Marklin, and Micro-Trains gondolas and hoppers	available direct, and from Zscale Monster Trains
Heckl Kleinserien	Weserstr. 15 44807 Bochum, Germany +49-234-503096 (fax +49-234-504096)	locomotives and rolling stock	Action-Z review
Heico	Steinschrotweg 7 96450 Coburg, Germany +09563/5036-0 (fax +09563/307124)	brass trackside structures, freight loads	recent catalog at LokShop
Hightech Modellbahnen		constant lighting drop-in replacements for Marklin locomotives	Available through ZTrack
Homabed		foam roadbed (alternative to cork)	They make Z-scale roadbed, but it's not on their website
Hugwa & wiygN		etched brass scenery & accessories
In Service Miniatures	P.O.Box 510 Lakewood, CA 90714-0510, USA	vehicles
Ingrid Lindig		vehicles
Itty Bitty Lines		cork roadbed
JTT Microscale	8251 Westminster Blvd. Ste. 100 Westminster CA 92683 1-866-JTT-4488	trees
Kibri	Postfach 1540 71005 Böblingen, Germany +07-031-25078 (fax +07-031-226789)	structures	American-Z review Z220 review 1 Z220 review 2
Krüger	Finkenstrasse 10 35232 Dautphetal, Germany +49-6466-80104 (fax +49-6466-80104) krueger.modellbau@gmx.de	locomotives, rolling stock, structures	Old Catalog Newer Catalog Action-Z review
KTD/HHB	Postfach 2364 D- 41554 Büttgen, Germany +49-2131-516310 (fax +49-2131-958303)	rolling stock
LayoutsNBridges		custom bridges
Live Miniaturen		vehicles	available at Z und Meer
Luetke Modellbahn	Zugspitzstrasse 8 82140 Olching, Germany +49-8142-18384 (fax +49-8142-40727)	structures and bridges
Mark 4 Design	New Zealand	high cube waffle side boxcar kit
Märklin, Inc.		everything!	German website has more information & photos For a comprehensive photo catalog, see zscale.de
Marsilius-Line	Industriestr.18, 47803 Krefeld, Germany 02151-363430 (fax 02151-761247)	85ft Passenger Cars, smooth side, ACF & Pullman
Micro Structures	Miller Engineering LLC PO Box 282 New Canaan, CT 06840-0282, USA 203-595-0619 (fax 203-322-6116)	brass structures (incl. Victorian houses), lighting kits
MicroMo		US distributor for Faulhaber coreless motors	The 8mm and 10mm motors are used by Freudenreich, Railex, and others
Micron Art	8400 Washita Drive Austin, TX 78749-3908, USA 512-292-7065 (fax 512-291-0704)	brass structures, 'Model T' automobiles
Micro-Trains	351 Rogue River Parkway P.O. Box 1200 Talent, OR 97540-1200, USA 541-535-1755 (fax 541-5355-1932)	locomotives, rolling stock, Kadee couplers	Unofficial MT Release Report
Mikkelsen International		custom paint jobs and shells for Marklin locomotives and rolling stock
Minitrix		N-scale locomotive wheel cleaner	subsidiary of Marklin
Mo-Miniatur Online		Tractors and work vehicles
Monroe Models		Country Road Bridge (not shown on website), custom models
Mountaineer Precision Products	6166 Ridgewood Court Florence, KY 41042, USA 859-283-5186	laser-cut wood structures
MZZ	Hohenstoffelstr. 19 CH-8207 Schaffhausen, Switzerland	vehicles	partial catalog
Nansen Street Models	P.O. Box 98 Carlisle, PA 17013, USA 717-448-1804 jsbart@comcast.net	cast-structures
Ngineering	20024 NE Bridlewood Road Battle Ground, WA 98604 USA 360-687-6224	LED lighting products and photo-etched details
Noch		scenery, vehicles, pre-formed layouts	American-Z review Z220 review
The Other Lionel		handmade, one-of-a-kind structures and dioramas	often for sale on eBay
Paper Creek Model Works	P.O. Box 6863 Frazier Park, CA 93222-6863 USA 661-242-2421	lazer-cut paper structures
Peco	Peco, Beer, Nr. Seaton Devon EX12 3NA, England +44 (0)1297 20580 (fax +44 (0)1297 20229)	flex track, foam roadbed	no mention of Z on their website; check catalogue
Pennzee	1333 Crums Mill Road Harrisburg, PA 17112, USA	American rolling stock, cardstock structures	My review American-Z review
Petau Modellbau		street signs, etched track and turnouts
Portland Railcar		brass rolling stock	now defunct
Preiser		figures
Railex Modellbahnen	Danneckerstr. 7 D-70182 Stuttgart, Germany fax: ++49-711-2 23 82 82	locomotives and rolling stock - rare!	My review Action-Z review
Randy Brown Models	P.O.Box 53, Randsburg, CA 93554	cast buildings and vehicles	Previously marketed as Arrowhead Scale Models
Robert Ray		laser-cut wood kits: 24' NP and 30' NYC cabooses, centerbeam cars, buildings	available at Feather River Trains and Zscale Monster Trains
Rogue Locomotive Works	See American Z Lines, above.		My article Z220 review
Scale Train	Alain Pelletier 15 21E Avenue Edmundston NB E3V 2B8, Canada fax 506-739-0757	trackside details
Schiffer Design	Weyerstraße 4 D-50170 Kerpen (02273) 95 92-0 / fax (02273) 95 92 32 Mail@Schiffer-Design.de	trackside details
Schmidt Modelleisenbahn	Klagesweg 6 31787 Hameln, Germany +49-5151-98760 (fax +49-5151-67541)	locomotives, ghost wagons, rolling stock, accessories	Production ceased; contact Michael Bahls Action-Z review
Searails		ships, industrial structures
Shire Scenes		scenery accessories	pictures at Scale Link
Small Scale Logistics	6990 Vance Road Kernersville, NC 27284 info@smallscalelogistics.com	accessories
Smokey Mountain Miniatures		freight car loads
SMZ Sondermodelle Z	smz@gmx.at	custom paint jobs and shells for Marklin locomotives and rolling stock
Stammtisch Untereschbach		accessories
Swiss Z Lines	c/o ZTrack Magazine Ltd. 6142 Northcliff Blvd Dublin, OH, 43016, USA 614-764-1703	Swiss locomotives and rolling stock	Swiss leg of American Z Lines
System Jörger		details & accessories	Designer of the Marklin 86501 track cleaning car
TeeterTotterTreeStuff	100 Lily Court Allen TX 75002 glen@teetertottertreestuff.com	WheelWipers for MTL locomotives, model railroad tables	Details in Improving Locomotive Power Pickup
Thonfeld	Tueckinger Hoehe 28 58135 Hagen, Germany +49-02331-44518	locomotives and rolling stock	Action-Z review
Uncle Will's "Full Throttle"	128 Burma Island Rd. Lessburg, FL 34788	spectacular cylindrical hopper, custom PennZee & FR hopper releases	news
Velmo		drop-in DCC decoders for Marklin Z
Viessmann		detailed signals and lights
Vollmer		plastic structures	Z220 review
Westmodel	Kannenhoferweg 68a 41066 Mönchengladbach, Germany +49-2161-663583	locomotives and rolling stock	Action-Z review
Woodland Scenics		scenery
Wright Turnouts	Peter Wright Boston, England	hand-laid, live frog, Marklin-compatible turnouts	see my turnout article
z-modellbau	Dr. Andreas Scheibe Zschopauer Str. 198 i, 09126 Chemnitz tel/fax +49-371-561 33 77 service@z-modellbau.de	the first powered Kof II
Zclub (GB)		accessories
Zthek	olaj@verizon.net	trees (excellent), landscaping scenes, switching locomotives, vehicles, display cases	available through Micron Art and occasionally on eBay

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