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[quote user="Ignatosky"]The Hornby lists four companies on the packaging. Lima, Rivarossi, Jouef and Electrotren. I will do some research on these. I've heard of Rivarossi but not the others. [/quote] Lima and Rivarossi are both Italian brands.Both companies more or less collapsed a few years ago and Hornby bought the name and some of the patterns. Lima and Rivarossi products are no longer made in the UK, but in China. Lima used to be of the cheap train set quality, but has seen a step-up improvement to be par with the market average. Lima as well as Rivarossi have mainly Italian prototype models, but also a few German locos and cars. Jouef is  a former French make, bought by Hornby. Jouef´s range of products is mainly following French prototype. Manufacturing is also done in China. Electrotren is a traditional Spanish company, which was also bought by Hornby, who moved the production to China. Electrotren markets mainly Spanish prototype locos and rolling stock. Hornby also owns the name of Arnold for their N scale range of products, which has been supplemented with TT scale just recently. Hornby switches follow European geometry and tie arrangement, so they are not really suited for a US prototype layout. Peco code 83 is the better track.
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