#HORNBY O GAUGE TRAINS SERIES#

Pressings held together by Meccano nuts and bolts. Hornby Trains were powered by a high quality clockwork motor, made of metal

It was simply called the Hornby Clockwork Train. This train set consisted of an 0-4-0 steam outline locomotive with a 4-wheeled tender and two 4-wheeled freight vans. Hornby's first model railroad set was made to go with the Meccano construction sets. Hornby, and his Meccano Ltd, based in Liverpool, released its first train, a clockwork 'O' gauge Meccano production continued during the First World War, but at limited capacity.ДЄfter the war ended in 1918, Germany was out of favor and consumers avoided purchasing the toys that the German craftsmen had famously produced before the war.ДЄs a way to fill the gap in the toy train market, Frank Hornby the maker of Meccano, started to produce 'O' gauge tinplate trains under his own name.

#HORNBY O GAUGE TRAINS SERIES#

Players were required to operate a series of switches to prevent the locomotive from running off This game used a small tinplate clockwork locomotive. Hornby produced a railway game in 1915 called Raylo. Meccano sets continued to catch on, and soon they were being marketed around the world. Manufacturing moved to a 5 acre tract at Binns Road, Liverpool in 1914. Required employing assistance from others in a small plant. Initially the early sets were produced by Hornby himself. This led to the establishment of Meccano Ltd in 1907. This construction set was renamed Meccano in 1907. Granted his patent and put the invention into production under the name вЂMechanics Made EasyвЂ™. When company founder Frank Hornby (1863 - 1936) received a patent for his Meccano construction toy. Hornby Railways was the leading brand of model railways for many years in the United Kingdom.

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