Trainz Acquires H&R Trains, Brasseur Electric Trains
Trainz, an e-commerce model train company, recently purchased Brasseurs Trains Saginaw, MI, and H&R Trains Pinellas Park, FL. Terms of the sales were not disclosed.
Brasseur Electric Trains has been an iconic model train store in Saginaw since its founding in 1970 by Robert (Bob) Brasseur. The business began performing train repairs in the basement of the family’s home and became a Lionel Authorized Service Station in 1974.
Brasseur Electric Trains moved to a brick-and-mortar storefront after continued growth, offering train parts and a wide variety of model train products.
In 2006 after K-Line went out of business, Brasseur Electric Trains acquired all of the available unassembled K-Line parts and cataloged and sold them online for years. The store also had a large inventory of Lionel parts.
In 2023, Trainz acquired the store’s inventory and is making parts available online in conjunction with interactive exploded parts diagrams.
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H&R Trains, which operated for 47 years, was run by model train enthusiasts for model train enthusiasts. The store carried a wide range of products and shipped to customers around the globe from their instantly recognizable Pinellas Park building that featured a mural of locomotives.
After the lease expired, operations ended May 19, 2024. Rather than move to a new location, Alice, Dennis, and Jimmy Morris decided to sell their inventory to Trainz and retire.
Trainz acquired H&R Trains’ store inventory and moved it all in a 53-foot truck and a 26-foot truck in a single trip. Trainz staff packed up everything and loaded it on pallets into the trucks.
Trainz.com currently ships to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. We are adding new countries on a regular basis.