HAMO trams are among connoisseurs a collector's item.
And will therefore have a relatively decent price especially if the condition is as described.
The company was founded in 1951 under the name FEMO and taken over by the Company Alfred Hannemann Modellbau by HAMO and marketed trams from 1953 to 1959 developed several trams model type with two axles and a second type with four axles - two trucks. In 1959 came the two locomotives type V 80 and V 160 - "Lollo".
The last model tram as the company made was a vintage type with two axles and a matching trailer that came 1962-63.
In October 1963, the original company dissolved and reconstituted in February 1964 where Märklin acquired it. Slowly, after the company was converted to produce Marklin DC versions and 1966 was the last year where the trams were trading then it is probably more widely known that it was the name of direct current editions of Märklin until 1987.

Thanks guys,They were purchased around 1959 not '51 like I said earlier.Sounds like if I ever sell them.It will have to be to someone in Europe.I could send some pics if someone was willing to give me an idea of what I have is worth.

Hi cbass,

Have you actually run them? - I think once you do you may become hooked!! I have some Hamo trams that I purchased a few years ago, two of the plastic body style and two of the die-cast version - (# 205?). They run absolutely superb and I am very much looking forward to when I can incorporate them into my layout.

But Marklin definately did sell a few under their own banner as per this image.....

Hamo Trams - Marklin Label

My biggest hurdle has been getting any catalogues for them, particularly from the 50's (at a sensible price). I'm not worried about getting actual physical catalogues, even some scans would be ok.

Others have already answered about the history of HAMO so I will leave it at that except to say that I understood that when Marklin took over, the Trams were still part of the range for about maybe4 years or so until perhaps mid-late 60's although the Trams do not appear in the general Marklin catalogues for the period. They may have had a separate catalogue for the last few years but as I said, trying to get copies is very difficult.

PS - If anyone has any they could scan and email me I'd be very grateful.

Cheers

Steve
Kiwi in Melbourne

Stories like that are the best - the awesome find you never saw coming.

I was once in a little town in the North Island of NZ and roaming the second shops as one of my favourite past-times when I came across a pile of railway related magazines. Then among them I spied an old Rivarossi catalogue from the 50's, in English so I dug around a little more and found another 3 or 4. I thought they would be useful for someone, and I think the whole lot cost me like $10 or something. I've sold a lot of old Faller catalogues in the past and thought I might make a little return on them.

I was going to list them locally but decided to try my luck on Ebay, and specifically on Ebay.it. Well the price went through the roof, over 100 Euro's for each of them. I guess that not only were they in very good condition, but obviously hard to find in Italy in English, and rare years on top of that.

I was rather pleased with that result and I'm pretty sure most of the profit found its way back in to the train budget.

Having said that though, the countless fruitless hours I've spent in second-hand shops without fining anything of even remote interest tends to balance it out.

This probably warrants a new topic - "your most profitable find" - I'll kick it off

Cheers

Steve