founded 1987 founder charles ro sr. headquarters 662 cross street malden massachusetts united states key people charles ro jr. products model trains revenue 2.5 to 5 million number of employees 5 to 9 parent charles ro supply company website http www.usatrains.com footnotes references 1 usa trains is a manufacturer of g scale model railroad products that started out as charles ro manufacturing company . 2 they offer two different scale sizes of trains that use the same track ; the ultimate series which is 1 29 scale and the american and work trains series which is 1 24 scale . usa trains claims to have the largest collection of g scale rolling stock in the world . 1 usa trains was established in 1987 . 3 contents 1 charles ro supply company 1.1 lionel 1.2 garden trains 2 awards recognition 3 references 4 external links charles ro supply company edit usa trains started out as part of charles ro supply company the biggest train store as well as america s largest lionel dealer . usa trains is a family run business started by father and son charles ro senior and junior . lionel edit charles ro supply company was established in and it started out as a beauty shop business of 4 salons with sixty hairdressers but moved into the hobby business when charles ro sr. began selling used lionel trains at one of the storefronts in everett massachusetts . in 1972 ro started purchasing directly from lionel to sell them mail order . by 1980 ro had completed lionel s first million dollar order . also at this time the company moved to a new location in malden massachusetts into an old supermarket building . 4 garden trains edit in 1982 lionel moved production to mexico not producing model trains for 9 months . to make up for this ro began selling german made large scale model trains that were suitable for outdoor use . realizing their popularity ro began making his own large scale model trains under the name charles ro manufacturing company . in 1989 business was moved into a new building its current location in malden massachusetts with 3 stories and over 50 000 square feet 4 600 m2 of area . until 1995 when manufacturing was moved offshore usa trains were manufactured at this new location which also served as the store . awards recognition edit in 1998 the gp 7 9 locomotive won model railroader s reader s choice award the ultimate series line introduced in 1999 won four reader s choice awards in 2003 usa train s jle hudson won the 2003 reader s choice award usa trains claims to have the world s largest selection of g scale rolling stock references edit http www.manta.com coms2 dnbcompany 69ry3x http www.charlesro.com pdf aboutus.pdf http www.manta.com coms2 dnbcompany 69ry3x http www.charlesro.com pdf aboutus.pdf external links edit the history of garden trains official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title usa trains & oldid 717927398 categories companies established in 1987toy train manufacturersmodel railroad manufacturerscompanies based in middlesex county massachusetts navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 april 2016 at 15 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view