please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is about the model railway manufacturer . for other uses see peco disambiguation . peco group of companies type private industry hobbies founded 1946 headquarters beer seaton devon united kingdom area served worldwide products model railway products setrack streamline and individualay modular track components model scenery website peco uk.com peco is a uk based manufacturer of model railway accessories especially trackwork based at pecorama beer in south devon england . 1 peco is the collective name for the pritchard patent product company ltd peco publications and publicity ltd and pecorama . citation needed founded in 1946 in a small cottage peco now distributes worldwide . contents 1 products 1.1 track systems 2 wholly owned subsidiaries 3 publications 4 pecorama 5 references 6 external links products edit the company supplies products for z gauge n gauge 00 gauge h0 gauge 0 gauge gauge 1 and narrow gauge products for n6 .5 nn3 oo9 h0m o16 .5 sm32 and g scale . citation needed the primary product ranges are its track systems . other product lines include peco trackside building kits and scenic items in gauges o oo and n and a small range of rolling stock and locomotives both kits and ready to run for gauges n and oo9 . citation needed track systems edit there are two main types of peco track system peco set track and peco streamline . citation needed set track consists of a range of rigid curves straights crossings and points turnouts made to the standard british geometry . it is similar to the track components supplied with train sets and is designed for the needs of less experienced modellers or those experienced modellers who do not want to spend a lot of time building trackwork . however where part of a desired layout can not be built using set track parts streamline components can be utilised as required . peco streamline is for the more experienced modeller . citation needed the range includes a wider variety of points and crossings at different radii . most of these are available with live metal or insulating plastic frogs . the electrofrog points require more complex wiring to avoid short circuits but are designed to give more reliable operation of locomotives . there are no other rigid track components . plain track is supplied in 3 foot 914 mm lengths 2 foot for z gauge to be cut to length as required . it is flexible laterally allowing the modeller to use it for straight track or any radius curve to suit the needs of the model . the streamline range is supplied with different types of rail identified by code numbers indicating the height of the rail in thousands of an inch . for 00 h0 track code 100 rail is the original type and is designed for older ready to run models . code 83 is designed to be compatible with north american track systems . code 75 is designed for fine scale models with smaller wheel flanges to give a more scale appearance . n gauge streamline track comes in code 80 and code 55 . the 00 h0 track is scaled for h0 ; this is commercially understandable as the product range is supplied to the smaller uk market mainly 00 and larger european us markets mainly h0 . citation needed the sleeper length sleeper spacing and set track 6 foot way is not correct for modeling uk track in 00 gauge and this can exaggerate the error in the gauge when running 00 models . to support the track systems pecolectrics is the company brand name for peco s range of electronic control systems point motors and switches . citation needed wholly owned subsidiaries edit peco as a company owns several other well known model companies citation needed ratio k & m trees wills modelscene formerly merit publications edit peco publications and publicity ltd publishes the monthly magazines railway modeller and continental modeller as well as a large range of booklets explaining wiring scenics baseboard construction outdoor railways and similar topics . pecorama edit main article pecorama pecorama is a tourist attraction and includes a display of many model railways a shop and the beer heights light railway . it is located in the village of beer devon . 2 references edit british manufacturers peco . tela design . retrieved 26 august 2014 . pecorama . seaton bay . retrieved 26 august 2014 . external links edit peco website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title peco & oldid 728127027 categories 1946 establishments in the united kingdomcompanies established in 1946companies based in devonmodel railroad manufacturersbritish brandshidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2014all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2014 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 fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 3 july 2016 at 11 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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