Peco (model railways)
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Peco is a UK-based manufacturer of model railway accessories, especially trackwork.
Founded in 1946 in a small cottage, Peco now distributes worldwide. The company supplies products for Z gauge, N gauge, OO gauge, HO gauge, O gauge, as well as various narrow gauges, and is one of the only manufacturers of pre-made 009 narrow gauge track.
Peco is the collective name for the Pritchard Patent Product Company Ltd, Peco Publications and Publicity Ltd, and Pecorama. It also publishes the monthly magazines "Railway Modeller" and "Continental Modeller".
Pecorama is a tourist attraction, and includes a display of many model railways, a shop, and the Beer Heights Light Railway, and is located in the village of Beer, Devon.