All Aboard The Micro Engineering Express

By Donna Turner


This was a company that first got started in 1964, and its original name was Rail Craft Products. Robert Rands started off with a lifelong passion for model trains, but in the beginning, it was nothing more than a hobby for him. As he continued with this hobby, it soon became his passion, and from that passion sprang a business called Micro Engineering Company that brings the joy of model railroading to people all over the world.

The narrow gauge track that this company first offered was something that was specially designed by Bob Rands himself. He started to notice that HOn3 trains needed a different prototype of track both so that the trains could run better and so the track was a better representation of the actual track that it is modeled after. This company was the first one ever to manufacture this product, and this was also the first product that the company offered.

In the early days of Rail Craft Products, there were only a few products to choose from. However, their product range quickly grew and grew, starting off with the creation and manufacturing of the popular Code 55 rail. This led to many other sizes of tracks being offered, finally coming to the Flex-Trak, a very popular line, and eventually led to the company changing its name to represent a more diverse range of products.

It is clear that Bob passed his love of model trains on down to his children. Ron Rands, one of his sons, brought his own passion to the company in 1972. In 1981, Richard, another of Bob's sons, also decided to join, but he would later leave in 1997 to pursue other business ventures. Many of the products he developed can still be bought.

This company moved into a bigger building in 1984. This was so they could develop new products and offer the wide range that they do today. Their new tool and die shop contains equipment like CNC milling machines, tooling, and injection molding machines.

It is always a great bringer of confidence when trying to decide which company to go with to buy these kinds of products from when they have been around for a long time and clearly have a passion for model trains. This particular company celebrated their 50-year anniversary in 2014. Bob Rands and his company is still just as enthusiastic about model railroading as he ever was.

Many people are benefitting from the act of building, setting up, and designing these types of models. One of the big things that people notice when working on these small trains is that their fine motor skills are honed in on, which can lead to having better handwriting and less prone to knocking things over. There are also very few things that are quite as relaxing as taking the time to build up a beautiful scale model country landscape.

No matter how much a person adds to their model railroad, there is no limit to the possibilities that a person has. There are so many accessories such as businesses both big and small, modern and rustic, that can give a railroad any kind of theme or feel that the creator wants it to have. Nothing is more fun than building on an old model design to see what it slowly becomes, much like Bob Rand's business itself.




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