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Pride in what you do : pride in what you make

This weekend my wife drove me crazy with model Trains : she has an obsession with model trains.  We own a fairly large LGB G scale Christmas themed train.  We have it under our Christmas tree blowing smoke rings up the sides of our tree's drip edge... She wants to add to this train and make a collection, a smaller HO scale train that can run inside the diameter track of our G scale train. Well, this somewhat healthy obsession of hers had her browsing every imaginable website which had information on trains.  She stumbled upon this one.  They have the following quote on the front-page of their website. I highly respect that mission statement, and so did she.

"Dear Model Railway Enthusiast,

Since, nearly 65 years ago, FULGUREX was born, one could not necessarily imagine that this name would graduate from the status of pioneer of brass model building to the leader of today's modern brass model train manufacturing. For many decades we have been creating fine model trains in brass and steel in N to gauge 1.

FULGUREX works according to the existing international standards. High quality precision motors guarantee a smooth running. Equipped with digital decoders DCC (partly with sound) our handmade models are crafted in small limited series. Whether you have a showcase or a layout, our models are of everlasting value to the collector.

Each model is made with lots of love for the detail by trying to surpass the limits of quality. This obviously needs a lot of patience and we would like to conserve, in the present world of mass production, the identity of the excellence of workmanship.

Write to us, phone us, visit us at our booth at exhibitions or discover us on Internet. We would be glad to be at your assistance for further information and thank you very much for your fidelity and cooperation.

Your FULGUREX

FULGUREX (N.G.) Sarl
16, chemin du Reposoir
1007 Lausanne / Switzerland
Tel. +41 21 601 45 92 / 93
FAX +41 21 601 45 94
e-mail: fulgurex.sa@bluewin.ch"

The Swiss have a passion for intricacy, detail, complexity, and tradition.  I whole heartedly agree with this quote, it can't be more spot on to what I aspire to.  It takes time to produce something one of a kind, and if the product is going to be welcomed into your life, home, garage, office, hotel, yacht, boat house, jet, dirigible, or what have you, I hope you'd like to know that much care and passion went into designing, gathering of the parts, and assembly.  Magnifying your appreciation for what you paid, and how long it will last...

dl.v