I am currently tying to start Blue Vixen Trains, a medium to high end toy train company. Anyone have some suggestions for locomotives, railroad cars-(DO NOT EXPECT THIS COMPANY TO BE SUCCESSFUL-I DO NOT KNOW IF IT WILL EVEN EXIST)
Are you thinking of producing trains or just selling them???
I had that dream myself but it is a tough time to start a business of anykind,I had toyed with the idea of casting and molding detail parts and even car kits ect…
What scale trains are you thinking about? HO is a crowded market where as O gauge and S gauge has some gaps in what is available mostly modern rolling stock and locos in S.
Tooling costs are not too bad but you have to make a large run of product to make back the cost of tooling and then there are other engineering costs such as motors and electronics(if any)
If I were you and realy want to give it a try try buying existing tooling from someone who is nolonger in business.
I would find another name for the company as it does not relate to trains(just my opinion)