Decker’s Trains began in 1985, at the suggestion of Marc Horovitz, a fellow garden railroader.  We had a Gauge 1 garden railway, and I wanted to run something different than LGB, so Marc suggested 15” gauge railways in 1:8 scale.

My background is in 15” gauge railways.  I worked for the Sandley Light Railway Equipment Works in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.  Norm Sandley had a great interest in Sir Arthur Heywood’s Victorian era Minimum Gauge railways.  Because of our working relationship, I became interested too.  I developed a line of Gauge 1 Heywood models.  As we grow and change, the Gauge 1 railway is being replaced with the Erskine Tramway, a half-size Heywood line.  Our Decker's Trains line has expanded to include Heywood railways in all sizes and European books and videos.