Keystone Car Shops is the culmination of over ten years of experience in the model railroad industry, modern technological advancements, and one solid ideal; Guaranteed Production.
Simply put, if we announce it, it will go to production.
Whether we sell 1 or 100 cars, every preorder is guaranteed to ship. No minimums. No cancellations. If you ordered it, we’re making it.
With that, Keystone Car Shops specializes in short runs and limited releases built around prototype accuracy or community storytelling. Whether it’s a freelanced road with a history worth preserving, a small regional prototype that never got its due, or an affordable way to build a fleet of miscellaneous commodity haulers; If it’s worth modeling, we’re making it.
Every Keystone Car Shops release is designed, printed, and packaged in Pennsylvania, drawing on over a decade of experience in model railroad graphics and production. We work with vetted suppliers and established manufacturers to ensure every car that leaves our shop meets the standard we’d want on our own layouts.
About our Announcements and Preordering
Our Announcements are typically released to our social media, newsletter, and website on the same day. An archive of our currently active and past announcements are available on our website for reference.
All of our announcements contain the date that preorders will be accepted to, as well as the expected delivery window. Orders will be accepted until 11:59:59PM EST on the date provided for the close of the preorder window. Once a preorder window closes the run moves immediately into production. All preorders must be received and payment processed by this date to reserve a spot in the production run, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Any promotional preorder slots must also be reserved by this time.
For more information regarding our Preorder Policies, please reference our Preorder Terms & Conditions.
About our designs
Keystone Car Shops offers a mix of prototype, freelance, and historical paint schemes on our equipment with efforts made to ensure all relevant copyright and other rights are respected. We maintain several licensing agreements for the models we produce. However, especially in the world of freelance model railroading, there may be examples of multiple originators. If you believe there is a problem in regards to a mark, entity, or design you have rights to, please Contact Us.
About our models
At the current moment, our Production Guaranteed process is confirmed for HO Scale models. We are actively working on alternative production pipelines that will allow for other scales, and updates will be provided when available.