It was announced Monday, January 5, 2004 that Horizon Hobby, Inc. has purchased Athearn, Inc. All we know at this point is that Horizon has said, for the time being at least, there will be no changes to the existing management team at Athearn. The official new release can be found on the Horizon Hobby web site:

http://horizon.hobbyshopnow.com/articles/1290.asp

We'll certainly keep you posted with any additional information or news we can find out. [posted 01/06/2004]