Bachmann - 75851 - Tank Car, Single Dome, 41 Foot - Diamond Chemicals - 19418

Road Name History: Diamond Chemical Co., Inc. was founded in 1930 by Jacob Diamond. The company began as a manufacturer of Sodium Hypochlorite (liquid bleach). The products were sold door to door and later to commercial Laundries and Laundromats. As the company grew, it began manufacturing products for laundry and dry cleaning, as well as specialty chemicals.

Brand/Importer Information: Bachmann Industries (Bachmann Brothers, Inc.) is a Bermuda registered Chinese owned company, globally headquartered in Hong Kong; specializing in model railroading.

Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the home of its North American headquarters, Bachmann is today part of the Kader group, who model products are made at a Chinese Government joint-venture plant in Dongguan, China. Bachmann's brand is the largest seller, in terms of volume, of model trains in the world. Bachmann primarily specializes in entry level train sets, and premium offerings in many scales. The Spectrum line is the high quality, model railroad product line, offered in N, HO, Large Scale, On30, and Williams O gauge all aimed for the hobbyist market. Bachmann is the producer of the famous railroad village product line known as "Plasticville." The turnover for Bachmann model trains for the year ended 31 December 2006 was approximately $46.87 million, a slight increase of 3.36% as compared to 2005.