Atlas Model Railroad Co. has announced the acquisition of “substantially all assets” of Micro-Trains Line Co., a manufacturer of N and Z scale model trains and couplers based in Talent, Ore. This acquisition, announced on Nov. 19, 2025, marks a significant development in the U.S. hobby industry.
As part of the agreement, Atlas assumes ownership of Micro-Trains’ molds, tooling, and associated intellectual property, ensuring the ongoing production of the brand’s unique products.
The production of Micro-Trains products will transition to Atlas’s global manufacturing and supply network. “Micro-Trains by Atlas” is set to resume production in 2026 following a brief transition period.
Jarrett Haedrich, Executive Chairman of Atlas Model Railroad Co., commented: “Micro-Trains has built an extraordinary legacy of quality and craftsmanship. We are honored to carry that heritage forward and ensure that modelers around the world continue to enjoy the realism and reliability that have defined Micro-Trains for decades.”
Eric D. Smith, President of Micro-Trains Line Co., remarked: “Our family and team are proud of what Micro-Trains has meant to hobbyists everywhere. Atlas’s commitment to excellence and long-term investment in the model railroad community makes them the right partner to continue our story.”
The integration focuses on maintaining the authenticity of Micro-Trains’ designs while leveraging Atlas’s engineering, logistics, and production capabilities to foster innovation and future product offerings. Atlas has confirmed that Micro-Trains’ existing dealer and distributor relationships will remain uninterrupted, offering stability for the retail network.
Micro-Trains will continue to accept and process orders from its Talent, Ore., location for about 90 days after the acquisition closes — through mid-February 2026. This includes fulfilling December releases and managing remaining inventory of model train products, including single car releases, multi-packs, trucks, couplers, tools, and accessories until sold out. Post-transition, all Micro-Trains products will be available through Atlas’s authorized dealers, distributors, and online store.
Customer service for Micro-Trains products will also persist through this transition period until mid-February 2026, after which Atlas will handle all customer service inquiries, parts, and support.
Both companies have expressed a commitment to preserving Micro-Trains’ legacy while expanding production capacity.
All we can do is wait and see, I don’t have a good feeling about this.
A positive, maybe MT couplers will start coming on all Atlas rolling stock.
Well there goes a great American product down the cost cutting offshore rabbit hole. Remember when Atlas, who had the track market, with products made in New Jersey. But greed comes first, and they sent everything to China. Did not lower prices, if you remember, for a time about 20 years ago or so, when they did that, there was a shortage, of all things, HO track.
Supposedly they are NOT moving the production to China…some other Asian country? Somewhere else in the US? Oregon is an increasingly hard place to do business.
Also does this affect Kadee – which used to own Micro-Trains?
If this does affect Kadee, I have not seen anything which would indicate that. Neither of the press releases, from Micro-Trains and Atlas, have mentioned Kadee.
Kadee has put out a post on Facebook saying:
Nothing has changed, and nothing will. We remain completely independent, family-owned, and 100% manufactured in White City, Oregon — exactly as we have for decades.
We’re not selling.
We’re not moving production.
We’re not going anywhere.
Still here. Still American. Still Kadee.
https://www.americanmadetrainnews.com/2025/11/21/kadee-shows-leadership-and-gives-comfort-to-the-community/
The production will be outsourced to other countries. This line says it all “The production of Micro-Trains products will transition to Atlas’s global manufacturing and supply network” unfortunately that doesn’t usually mean “Made in the USA”
Another one bites the dust. Farewell Micro-Trains we will miss you.
I guess we will have to wait and see what tge quality will be.