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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Founder | Irv Athearn |
| Headquarters | Carson, California, United States |
| Industry | Toys and hobbies |
| Products | Model trains and accessories |
| Parent | Horizon Hobby, Inc. The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways first referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations and second Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An entrepreneur is a person who has possession over a company enterprise, or Venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome Carson is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. |
| Website | www.athearn.com |
Athearn is an United States manufacturer of model railroad equipment, produced and distributed by American hobby manufacturer Horizon Hobby, Inc. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Model railroading (US or Railway modelling (UK Australia and Canada is a Hobby in which Rail transport systems are modeled at a reduced scale of Champaign, Illinois, USA. Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States.
History
The company's history began in 1938, when its founder-to-be, Irv Athearn, started an elaborate O scale layout in his mother's house. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 0 scale (or 0 gauge) is a scale commonly used for Toy trains and model railroading. After placing an ad selling the layout, and receiving much response to it, Irv decided that selling model railroads would be a good living. He sold train products out of his mother's house through most of the 1940s. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be After becoming a full-time retailer in 1946, Irv opened a separate facility in Hawthorne, California in 1948, and that same year he branched into HO scale models for the first time. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hawthorne is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County California. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Athearn acquired the Globe Models product line and improved upon it, introducing a comprehensive array of locomotive, passenger and freight car models. Improvements included all-wheel drive and electrical contact. One innovation was the "Hi-F" drive mechanism, employing small rubber bands to transfer motion from the motor spindle to the wheels. Another was the double-ended ring magnet motor, which permitted easy connection to all wheel drive assemblies. Athearn was also able to incorporate flywheels into double-ended drives.
Irv Athearn died in 1991. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. New owners took control in 1994, but continued to follow Athearn's commitment to high-quality products at reasonable prices. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)
Athearn was bought in 2004 by Horizon Hobby. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Athearn was then moved from its facility in Compton to a new facility in Carson, California. Compton is a city located in Southern Los Angeles County California, USA, south-southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Carson is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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