LGB ("Lehmann Gross Bahn" or "Lehmann's Big Train") originated the large-scale garden railroading industry. Eberhard and Wolfgang Richter unveiled LGB in 1968, a product of the Nürnberg, Germany, company Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk. The extensive LGB program focuses on a cohesive whole rather than strict adherence to scale, to the irritation of many modelers. Most of our rolling stock is made by LGB, and we have both American and European models. We also have some models under the LGB TOYTRAIN brand, a less-detailed and less-expensive line aimed at children.

In 2006, Lehmann became insolvent and its assets were sold to Märklin, another German model train manufacturer. LGB of America, which was founded in 1987 as an LGB subsidiary and became an independent company in 2006, had previously provided distribution and service in North America. They were replaced by Walthers in late 2008 after a long trademark dispute between Märklin and LGB of America.

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