Hornby Model Railway through Eras 6 and 7 1967 British Rail Pre TOPS and 1971 TOPS 1960s 1970s 1980s

I wanted to capture the images I imagined as a schoolboy 60 years ago with my first Hornby train set. This is an upbeat celebration of model trains, vehicles and buildings through the eras with live sounds and music from the era. I consider the video as a romp as it is not a serious modellers layout with timetables, fiddle yards, shunting and a fat controller, but exciting theatre against a diorama of Metcalfe Model kits, scratch built Tesco and flats, EFE lorries and buses, Oxford Diecast cars, Trackside, D.G. Model cars etc . There are very few videos on YouTube covering all the Eras, so I thought that I would make “Hornby Model Railway through the Eras” my theme.

I have broken it into 5 videos:
Hornby Model Railway through the Eras in 3½ Minutes

A romp through the eras. A trailer for:


Hornby Model Railway through Eras 1, 2 and 3
Era 1: 1804 – 1875 Pioneering

My budget did not cover the cameo appearance of Stephenson’s Rocket!
Era 2: 1875 – 1922 Pre-Grouping

Caledonian Railway 0-4-0 Saddle Tank Locomotive by Dugald Drummond

Private Owner wagons

Single 4-2-2 pulling Clerestory Coaches

Era 3: 1923 – 1947 The Big Four – LMS, GWR, LNER and SR

London Midland & Scottish, Great Western Railway,
London & North Eastern Railway, Southern Railway
GWR Class 101 Holden 0-4-0T
LNER 4-6-2 4472 Class A3 Flying Scotsman
LNER 4-6-0 Class S69, 1500, B12 by Holden
Teak Coaches
Fowler 3F 0-6-0T “Jinty”
GWR Milk Tank Train
GWR 4-6-0 Albert Hall with Pullman Cars
LMS 4-6-2 46233 Duchess of Sutherland
7 Plank Wagons
Ministry of Transport (MoT) steel mineral wagons
LMS 2-6-4T Fairburn Tank


Hornby Model Railway through Eras 4 and 5
Era 4: 1948 – 1956 British Railways Early Crest
4-6-0 Class S69, 1500, B12 by Holden
Class 61XX Prairie Tank 2-66-2T 6167 by Charles Collett (Airfix)

Mark 1 coaches Mk1


Era 5: 1957 – 1966 British Railways Late Crest

4-6-2 Princess Elizabeth

4-6-2 Class A4 Mallard designed by Nigel Gresley

2-6-4T Fairburn Tank

Class 31 Diesel D5572 Class 30 built by Brush Traction
British Rail Class 37 English Electric Type 3 Diesel-Electric

12 ton vans, grain hoppers


Hornby Model Railway through Eras 6 and 7
Era 6: 1967 – 1971 British Rail Blue Pre TOPS

Class 35 Hymek Diesel
British Rail Class 37 English Electric Type 3 Diesel-Electric
Motorail car transporter wagons
Inter-City Inter City Mark 2 coaches in Corporate Blue and Grey
Golden Arrow Coaches


Era 7: 1971 – 1982 British Rail Blue TOPS

Inter-City 125 High Speed Train HST Class 43
Mark 3 Mk3 coaches

Class 8 Diesel Shunter 0-6-0 08635
InterCity 225 Class 91with mark 4 coaches. Mk4


Hornby Model Railway through Eras 8 and 9
Era 8: 1982 – 1994 British Rail Sectorisation

Inter-City 125 High Speed Train HST Class 43 Swallow livery

British Rail Class 90 Electric Bo-Bo 90135 by BR Engineering

Railfreight 45 ton closed vans

Class 8 Diesel Shunter 0-6-0 08513


Era 9: 1995 onwards Post Privatisation

Virgin West Coast InterCity 125 High Speed Train HST Class 43

GNER InterCity 225 Class 91with mark 4 coaches. Mk4

British Rail Class 373 TGV Eurostar
Southeastern
British Rail Class 395 Javelin Blue Rapier

Class 08 Diesel Shunter 0-6-0 08523 in Mainline Blue


I hope that you enjoy!