Hungarian Model Trains

[Anonymous]

Hi All,
I have been a member for all of 5 minutes and I am already delighted with the site. I Have missed it for far too long.
I come to join you in search of the answer to a problem.
A very good friend has asked me to do some research. Although we live in England I work in Romania and therefore have to pass through Hungary.
His question is the name of a Company making model trains in Hungary. They are believed to be based in the city of GYOR.
Can anybody help me??
Thanks if you can.
Valentine:
[e-mail] gets me when the telephone line works!!!

[dwiemer]

Hello and welcome to the forum. While I don't have the answer to your question, I am sure they can help you here. Daan on this site seems to be the most in touch with the european market. Good luck and look forward to seeing your posts.
Dennis

[cnw1995]

Valentine, you may want to check out ETS - which makes beautiful tinplate trains in the Czech Republic. Their North American website is http://www.ets-trains.com/

[Frank53]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Valentine

Although we live in England I work in Romania and therefore have to pass through Hungary.

welcome to the forum. that is one heckuva commute you have there.

[pbjwilson]

As Groucho might have said, " You can keep the trains , I'll take the Hungarian model."

Bad joke. Welcome to the forum. Don't know about Hungary, but ETS trains are in Czech Republic, as Doug mentioned.

[daan]

Hi Valentine, I don't know of any hungarian model train manufacturer, I know ETS, but it's not what you mean I guess. May be it's in the h0 scale where I've heard of some models from hungary modelling russian trains, but I can't help you with that..

[Anonymous]

Hello Valentine,
You wouldn't be thinking of Merkur would you? I'm not sure where it made. They make metal constrution sets and offer a limited 3 rail 0 scale tin plate line.
Here is a web site to a Hugarian hobby shop. http://www.modellkitonline.com
Good luck. Would you please post the name of the maker if you find it. I'd like to know myself.
Welcome to the forum,
Dave

[Anonymous]

I saw a segment on T.V. before Christmas showing ETS O guage and it was pretty neat.
I cant remember the ame of the show.It was about marketing products from europe in the U.S. and it had the owner showing off his company and engines.

[Anonymous]

There was definitely a company in Hungary that made O gauge tinplate toy trains. I believe that the name of the company was Peve. These trains were made in the postwar era, but I suppose they could have also been made before WWII. I have seen these items on ebay a couple of times and they have sold for quite high prices. Sorry I couldn't give you any more information.