By Allen Levy - Published by New Cavendish Books - 2005Hardback - 136 pages - 232mm x 250mm
Over 200 Colour Photographs & Diagrams
The Story of ACE Trains is as much the story of the result of a chance meeting between two eccentrics as a carefully co-ordinated plan to resurrect a moribund market in ready to run Gauge 0 electric trains. In ten years via many twists and turns and some bad fortune ACE Trains has become a byword for Gauge 0 locomotives and rolling stock of the highest imagination and quality. While echoing the style of their illustrious forebears they have have produced a range of equipment which the majority of enthusiasts thought would never be seen again.
From the first offering a 4-4-4 TANK Locomotive based on a 1920's Hornby design through over 100 original designs of their own ACE dominates a niche but rapidly growing market. The story told by one of the co-founders details all the relevant stages of this utterly unique little company. Fully illustrated with over 200 photos and drawings, the majority in colour plus a full listing of all ACE Manufactured Items this is a story of carrying and idea beyond the notion of 'if only'.