Lenhardt is a very welcome addition to the dedicated range of Shamrock Trains gauge O die-cast and tinplate model railway products. Whilst the company is very active in its home markets it is relatively unknown in the UK and overseas so Lehnhardt is a name that many people may not be too familiar with. They specialise in providing an extensive range of new tinplate-style O gauge continental tram cars, freight wagons, track and accessories that many collectors and model railway operators have yet to fully appreciate.

Located in the Saxony region of eastern Germany, Lehnhardt produces an interesting and rapidly expanding range of tramway products that sit comfortably alongside O gauge diecast and tinplate-style model railways. It is the perfect opportunity to add tramways, roads and sheet-metal inspired buildings to your layout. Given the ever expanding range of continental gauge O model railway products now available from a variety of manufacturers, this is the perfect way to enhance your model railway collection with an accompanying tram and roadway system. Lehnhardt O gauge products are extremely well manufactured and very robust; lithographic printing is of a first class quality providing a clear and crisp definition. Trams, trailers and buildings carry a superb range of detail and clarity that certainly captures the atmosphere, elegance and style that echo the first part of the 20th Century Europe.

Lehnhardt uses a common grey plastic roadway track system with ETS of the Czech Republic – a name that will be very familiar to many O gauge European model railway operators as they produce a diverse range of railway products. The roadway track comes with a cobbled-stone effect incorporating steel profiled rails to a coarse scale standard. Lehnhardt and ETS use straight track formations that are common to both companies.

Larger radius track curves are used by Lehnhardt but when combined with ETS’s tighter curves it is possible to create a parallel double track roadway. ETS also produce a limited number of smaller O gauge length trams that can be run on both the ETS and Lehnhardt curved track whilst Lehnhardt’s longer wheel base trams and trailers are restricted to their specially designed outer curved track. Running Lehnhardt and ETS trams and roadways together with O gauge trains really creates the basis of a fully integrated model railway and roadway system.

Lehnhardt manufacturers an extensive range of passenger and freight trams and trailers that pulsate with first half of 20th Century urban life; to borrow from the continental model railway fraternity, they cover the three main eras of Epoch I 1900 to 1921, Epoch II 1921 to 1945 and Epoch III 1945 to 1968. O gauge tinplate trams sport liveries from many well-known German cities including Berlin, Munich, Cologne and Dresden. Lehnhardt also produces trams from an earlier era that includes a horse drawn tram together with two versions of steam-powered trams.

In order to get you going Lehnhardt produces a wide variety of passenger and freight car sets together with a circuit of track. The set also contains a simple European style power unit operating at 230v but any other 12v DC British power unit can be used.

Lehnhardt’s range of continental tram cars, freight wagons, track and accessories is too extensive to list here. A full product listing is to found within the self explanatory accompanying brochure. Simply download your own eight page brochure copy together with the Shamrock Trains price list which details the complete Lehnhardt range. We’re sure that that such a diverse range of tinplate style products will whet your appetite. Shamrock Trains will be more than happy to answer any questions that you may have.

ETS’s more limited range of continental gauge O tram and road vehicle products is also contained within the tramway section of their latest model railway brochure. Full details of ETS’s complimentary tram and track products can be found within the following section of the brochure together with price list. Again simply download the brochure section to browse what is currently available. Likewise any questions you may have simply contact Shamrock Trains and your fully integrated model railway and roadway system will be up and running in no time at all.