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Month: December 2025
Kadee Isn’t Worried About Tariffs
This is a great post from Kadee. They really take pride in their independence. Very inspiring to see this kind of statement and leadership!
From their post:
Everyone knows that Kadee’s high-quality products are made in the USA. But what does that really mean? Here are some insights you might find interesting:
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- We do our own die casting and injection molding – we perform every step.
- We start with pallets of raw materials – no pre-made components.
- We design everything right here – our engineers dream it and build it.
- We make our own dies and molds in-house – no outsourced manufacturing.
- We even make our own springs – those are some tricky machines.
- We make our own packaging – car boxes, printing, etc, etc.
They go on to state:
When we say Made in the USA, we mean it in the most literal sense. American workers, creating American products, to provide for American families. We’ve been doing this since day 1 for over 75 years.
Read the full post here:
https://www.kadee.com/blog/post/worried-about-tariffs-not-us
Labelle Woodworking is Going to Close in June 2026. Potentially Seeking a Buyer
LaBelle Woodworking posts on their homepage:
After having owned and operated LaBelle Woodworking since 2001, I have been in the model business longer than the original or subsequent owners, I have decided to call it a day. I will be closing the doors and turning out the lights on LaBelle after 25 years on June 1, 2026. I have posted this as a courtesy to you, my loyal and well received customers, so that there will be no future surprises.
If anyone is interested in getting into the Model Railroad business I am not adverse to selling LaBelle to someone who is interested in purchasing it. I will be entertaining serious offers for LaBelle and the all of the equipment used to make our kits. I would love to sell the business so that the names and products that we produce, such as LaBelle, Silver Streak, Mainline Models, Ye Olde Huff and Puff, OnTrack and Valley Car Shops don’t disappear from the modeling scene.
Please contact me at info@labellemodels.com for further information. If there is any further information about the future of LaBelle, I will keep you informed here on the website’s introductory page.
LaBelle Woodworking Company is one of the oldest companies still offering wooden model railroad kits. The Company dates back to 1947 and originated in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The first review of our passenger cars appeared in Model Railroader in January of 1960. LaBelle moved from Oconomowoc to Watertown to Fairchild, all in Wisconsin. The company was then moved to Pendleton, Indiana. We continue producing kits today in Cheyenne, Wyoming.