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Four Hornby Dublo LNER A4 locomotives. The two at the left are prewar, one of these is clockwork powered.
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other two are postwar (more of the driving wheels are exposed to view).
Station yard scene with canopy passenger station.
Hornby Dublo `Deltic` diesel at centre and an A4 steam type loco at right.
The French Meccano factory also made 00 gauge trains under the Hornby ACHO name. 00 gauge is 16.5mm between outer
rails, This is known as H0 gauge in the USA & elsewhere.
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Guarantee issued with The Hornby Princess Elizabeth locomotive.
The Kruckenberg `Zeppelin` was propelled by an aircraft motor turning an airscrew. Only was built.
Impractical for normal use, but set a rail world speed record that stood for 20 or so years. At left is an early Marklin
clockwork 0 gauge model, than a modern Schylling version, and at right a homemade item that is actually propelled by the spinning
airscrew and not by a motor driving the wheels.
Models Ltd were the New Zealand importers of Hornby and Meccano. Here is a statement showing that
Bruce Baxter was a subscriber to the Meccano magazine. Bruce was an authority on the subject of Hornby Trains. ********************************************************************************
Meccano Ltd had a factory in New Jersey, USA, in the 1920s. Later in the period clockwork
trains were introduced. These were not the same as English Hornbys. However production was brief and they are
now scarce collector`s items.
Replica American Hornby locomotive, using a Hafner body suitably modified and 12 volt motor installed. Hachette tender.
Hornby Princess Elizabeth made about 1937/38. Introduced in 1937 but not reintroduced after the war. This one has some homemade
additions which Hornby failed to include. Upswept main frame from behind the rear driving wheels, bottom of firebox and axle
boxes over the trailing pony truck. These are easily removed to restore loco to be as Hornby supplied.
Lionel advertisement from the 1920s. A Lionel train on a Meccano bridge. In those
days there was a connection between Meccano Ltd and Lionel. Lionel had a financial interest in the USA Meccano factory.
Meccano USA had a factory in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Lionel`s factory was a few miles away in Irvington. In the
late 1920s Meccano gave up its American enterprise. ******************************************************************************
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