The first packaging came in a Lone Star branded cardboard boxes, which depicted an express train hauled by a 4-6-2 locomotive, that was never actually modelled by Lone Star Locos. This was replaced by a depiction of the 2-6-2 tank locomotive. The exception was the larger station box, depicting the 4-6-2 Princess Royal at the station. The locomotive liveries used in the branding were not applied to the models themselves.
Later blister packs were introduced, replacing the boxes and the pamphlets contained.
These had the advantage of showing the product, which was significant for colour matching where there were differences in liveries. At the same time, a standardised pricing structure was introduced. As a result, some of the smaller items that were originally sold separately were sold with an accompanying item, usually a piece of rail.
As well as individual items, there were also so called gift sets. These included a Goods Line set, a Main Line Passenger set, a Main Line Goods set and an American Transcontinental Diesel set.
With its window front showcasing the contents, the cardboard border was composed of a railway track with 000 on the sides. At the top was headed with Lone Star Locos and the bottom an express train hauled by a 4-6-2 locomotive.
The boxes also contained pamphlets, which depicted the full range of the Lone Star Locos products.
Initially, it was a single side pamphlet, expanding to 4 sided pamphlet (shown above). However, as the promised ‘new models regularly introduced’ message materialised, this increased to a 6 sided pamphlet.
The first pamphlet had drawings of the first seven items of rolling stock but these were soon replaced with photos of the full 000 range of rolling stock, track and trackside products. Locomotives had quite a comprehensive description alongside their picture, with the exception of the American Transcontinental Diesel.
The later pamphlets showed the product number next to the name of the pictured item. These numbered 1-33. The final sheet of 6 gave suggested layout outlines.
Blister packs simply had a full list of the product range printed on the back, with no pictures. A different number range was used for the products, numbering 50-84.
The packaging and numbering was totally different for the Treble-0-Lectric, with none of the 000 packaging design used. Instead, items were packed in a cardboard box with a plastic window, the outside was designed with blue and white chevrons surrounding a yellow centre piece.
