Here are pictures of interesting old toy trains from all over the world. This is not a sales site, just a site for the love of old toy trains. This website originates in New Zealand. Currently there are five pages of pictures, (to see Page 2 click on `2` below, etc.)plus some additional special pages - links to which are on Page 5.
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From the 1915 Lionel catalogue, the centre page spread showing a Lionel Standard (wide) gauge train on a bridge made of Meccano.
Hornby Trains were made in the USA for a short period starting in 1927. The locomotives are now very rare. There was only one type. Production of the rolling stock, but not the locomotive, continued in England during the 1930s. The loco shown here is a `home workshop` job, made by converting a Hafner loco into something representing the USA made Hornby item.
Hornby No.0 made in 1931, the first year of the production of this model. Thought to be a `one owner` train until recently. Shows some signs of `playwear` but that is expected after 78 years! Still runs well, clockwork powered. Altough the spring is a little tired, when running without load it travels 270 feet on a winding. Few clockwork locomotives can run this far!
In the 1930s Hornby introduced the `Silver Jubilee` with streamlined locomotive and articulated coaches. Perhaps surprisingly it was at the low end of the Hornby range, using the clockwork motor of the cheapest series. Now a collector`s item and fairly rare.
Mettoy made a cheaper type of toy train. Their top locomotive in postwar years was the Southern Railway `Schools` type. This was a very toylike item, but nevertheless recognisable as to what it represented. The clockwork mechanism was a low performing type. One here has a reversible motor, and is running backwards to enable the two locomotives to be coupled together. The non-reversing loco has no front coupling. In later years Mettoy became the Corgi company, but by then they no longer made tinplate toy trains.
Hornby loco made in 1930 (last of this type) in front of a Hornby Station. Note this station has had a canopy added (easily removed), Dinky Toy figures on platform. The Hornby passenger coach dates from the 1920s.
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NOTE ---- THIS SITE WILL CLOSE ON OCTOBER 26TH. GEOCITIES FREE SITES SUCH AS THIS ARE BEING DISCONTINUED. IF YOU ARE A WEBMASTER AND HAVE THIS SITE ON YOUR `LINKS` LIST YOU MAY WISH TO REMOVE THE LINK BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE.
SIDEBAR - Yahoo have added a sidebar on the righthand side of each page, you can remove this by simply clicking on the >> by the red Yahoo sign.
NOTE - I have set up a separate site for New Zealand made toy trains (What?! - You never knew there were any?) See Link on page five.
Guestbook - I have deleted the Guestbook. Too many `junk entries promoting odd websites and not honest contributions about the site. Sad!
From the 1915 Lionel catalogue, the centre page spread showing a Lionel Standard (wide) gauge train on a bridge made of Meccano.
Hornby Trains were made in the USA for a short period starting in 1927. The locomotives are now very rare. There was only one type. Production of the rolling stock, but not the locomotive, continued in England during the 1930s. The loco shown here is a `home workshop` job, made by converting a Hafner loco into something representing the USA made Hornby item.
Hornby No.0 made in 1931, the first year of the production of this model. Thought to be a `one owner` train until recently. Shows some signs of `playwear` but that is expected after 78 years! Still runs well, clockwork powered. Altough the spring is a little tired, when running without load it travels 270 feet on a winding. Few clockwork locomotives can run this far!
In the 1930s Hornby introduced the `Silver Jubilee` with streamlined locomotive and articulated coaches. Perhaps surprisingly it was at the low end of the Hornby range, using the clockwork motor of the cheapest series. Now a collector`s item and fairly rare.
Mettoy made a cheaper type of toy train. Their top locomotive in postwar years was the Southern Railway `Schools` type. This was a very toylike item, but nevertheless recognisable as to what it represented. The clockwork mechanism was a low performing type. One here has a reversible motor, and is running backwards to enable the two locomotives to be coupled together. The non-reversing loco has no front coupling. In later years Mettoy became the Corgi company, but by then they no longer made tinplate toy trains.
Hornby loco made in 1930 (last of this type) in front of a Hornby Station. Note this station has had a canopy added (easily removed), Dinky Toy figures on platform. The Hornby passenger coach dates from the 1920s.
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