llc founded 2001 founder anton wenzel bob zimet and robert grubba headquarters ormond beach fl key people bob grubba president ceo ken silvestri vp of sales products model railroad locomotives and rolling stock revenue 10 million est. number of employees 12 us 350 korea website broadway limited imports llc broadway limited imports llc bli designs and manufactures limited run ho scale and n scale model railroad locomotives and rolling stock . bli products produced in extremely limited quantities are equipped with digital command control decoders and the ability to reproduce the recorded sounds of actual trains . 1 the company was founded in 2001 by anton wenzel bob zimet and robert grubba . in 2004 grubba bought out the interest of his partners moving the company to ormond beach florida the following year . on april 8 2007 bli combined their website with precision craft models inc. . 1 the company expanded its offering in 2007 with the addition of its blueline product line . the blueline ho scale train models offer digital sound systems but lack the dcc remote control and sell for about half the price of the company s paragon series models . the purchaser can add the remote control later with a plug in decoder module . in 2009 the offered product line expanded again . the new paragon2 line utilizes an integrated dcc decoder that can be operated on dc track as well as well as dcc sound capability and steam generating units on many locomotives . 2 the launch of the paragon2 line also resulted in bli being sued by another model train company mike s train house inc. for perceived violation of its patents related to model train sound systems a claim which bli vehemently denied . broadway limited won this lawsuit in a summary judgement in 2011 . 3 in 2015 the company introduced rolling thunder us patent 7 634 411 a system that transmits the low frequency bass sounds from a locomotive to a subwoofer located beneath the model train layout . the bass sounds play in synchronization with the audio as it plays through the on board speakers housed in the locomotive . notes edit a b brown tom . amid recession woes model train company expanding . retrieved 26 march 2011 . products . broadway limited imports . retrieved 26 march 2011 . mth files another lawsuit october 23 2009 . broadway limited imports . retrieved 26 march 2011 . external links edit broadway limited imports llc blueline video retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title broadway limited imports & oldid 719985907 categories model railroad manufacturersmanufacturing companies established in 2001companies based in volusia county florida 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 13 may 2016 at 01 03 . 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