Hornby Hobbies Limited is a British-owned scale model manufacturing company which has been focused on model railways. Its roots date back to 1901 in Liverpool...
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Minic, Pedigree, and Frog. The Tri-ang Railways name was dropped a few years after Lines Bros took over the Hornby name although the majority of the trains...
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specific command codes. Hornby Railways Zero 1 was a forerunner to the modern digital model railway control system, developed by Hornby in the late 1970s....
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toys based on engineering principles in the 20th century: Meccano, Hornby Model Railways and Dinky Toys. He also founded the British toy company Meccano...
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Hornby Virtual Railway is a video game and model planning environment released for Microsoft Windows in 2001. Players build a virtual model railway layout...
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Hornby Track Master is a software tool to design Hornby Railways train tracks. Hornby Track-Master is a birds eye 2D Planning tool, distinct from Hornby...
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August 2018. "Hornby Railways Advanced Passenger Train Train Set". Hornby Railways Collector Guide. Retrieved 30 January 2020. "Hornby Railways Advanced Passenger...
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OO gauge (redirect from 00 gauge railway)
and wagons. Hornby Railways – One of the largest manufacturers of ready-to-run OO. Lima – Produced budget OO ready-to-run, bought by Hornby. Peco – Produce...
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InterCity 125 (category Railway services introduced in 1976)
Stock Images". Hornby Railways Collector Guide. Retrieved 4 March 2022. "Hornby B.R. Mk3 Trailer Guards Standard Coach 2006". Hornby Railways Collector Guide...
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British Rail Class 373 (section Model railways)
Set (HO) 1995". Hornby Railways Collector Guide. Retrieved 30 January 2020. "Hornby - Eurostar Train pack (OO) 1996". Hornby Railways Collector Guide...
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IC225 in the UK was by Hornby Railways, after previously releasing an OO Gauge BR Class 91 locomotive in 1988. In 1990 Hornby Railways launched its first...
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is a model steam locomotive based on the 264 which has been in the Hornby Railways range since 1983 and has been highly popular, being regarded as a "permanent...
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New York, town Hornby, New Zealand, suburb of Christchurch Hornby (surname) Hornby Railways, popular British brand of model railway "Hornby" (James May's...
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Airfix (redirect from Great Model Railways)
and then subsequently to Hornby. Dapol provided new chassis for the 14xx and Castle. The remainder of the Mainline Railways had been produced for Palitoy...
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Peter Hornby (10 January 1930 – 16 December 2013) was a British business executive who was chairman of London and Continental Railways. Hornby was born...
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Stephenson's Rocket (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1829)
"Rocket 150". Railway Magazine. Vol. 126, no. 949. London: IPC Transport Press. pp. 226–227. "Hornby Collectors Guide Rocket". Hornby Railways Collector Guide...
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Rivarossi (category Hornby Railways)
Rivarossi is an Italian manufacturer of model railways. In 2004 it was acquired by Hornby Railways. Rivarossi was founded in 1945 by Antonio Riva and Alessandro...
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Thomas & Friends merchandise (redirect from Hornby Thomas And Friends)
the Thomas, and some larger scale battery-operated toys. In 1985, Hornby Railways produced a series of 00 gauge model engines, track, accessories, and...
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and Brooklyn (2015). Hornby was born in Redhill, Surrey, the son of Sir Derek Hornby, the chairman of London and Continental Railways, and Margaret Audrey...
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Thomas the Tank Engine (category The Railway Series characters)
Tri-ang 'Jinty' 3F 0-6-0T. After the British model railways manufacturing company Hornby Railways produced the LBSC E2 tank engine, Awdry adapted one...
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Humbrol (category Hornby Railways)
went into administration. It was announced on 10 November 2006 that Hornby Railways would acquire certain assets of Humbrol, comprising Airfix, Humbrol...
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Pocher (category Hornby Railways)
since 2013 the brand name "Pocher" has been owned and operated by Hornby Railways. Arnaldo Pocher was born in 1911 in Trento, Italy. He trained as a...
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Lines Bros (section Railways)
re-brand the model railway as Hornby Railways. Railway systems: Tri-ang Minic Narrow Gauge (garden) railways in 101⁄4" gauge. Railways systems (see above)...
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EMAP Apex. pp. 86–87. ISSN 1369-5118. OCLC 173324502. "Hornby BR Class 121". Hornby Railways Collector Guide. Archived from the original on 11 January...
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British Rail Class 29 (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1963)
"29 Bo-Bo". Brdatabase.info. Retrieved 4 August 2022. "Hornby BR Class 29". Hornby Railways Collector Guide. Retrieved 1 February 2020. Stevens-Stratten...
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British Rail Class 155 (section Model railways)
1243/PIME_PROC_1987_201_165_02. ISSN 0265-1904. S2CID 109194039. "Hornby BR Class 155 Sprinter". Hornby Railways Collector Guide. Retrieved 2 February 2020. Fox, Peter;...
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Lima (models) (category Hornby Railways)
Ultimately, these consolidations failed and operations ceased in 2004. Hornby Railways offered €8 million to acquire Lima's assets (including tooling, inventory...
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Bassett-Lowke (category Hornby Railways)
based on existing Hornby toolings. In 1912 W. J. Bassett-Lowke, Robert Proctor-Mitchell and John Wills set up Narrow Gauge Railways Ltd (NGR) to promote...
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used in some small-scale model steam locomotives. In September 2003 Hornby Railways released its first steam-powered 00 gauge locomotive, a scale model...
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British Rail Class 56 (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1976)
tooling to Hornby, in 1998 Hornby Railways launched its first version of the BR Class 56 in OO gauge, using the former Mainline Railways tooling. In...
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