Daresbury resident Pete Waterman OBE, a renowned music producer and railway modeller, will showcase his 64ft-long OO-gauge layout, Making Tracks 3, at The Greatest Gathering in Derby this August.

Frank Hornby patented Meccano in 1901; they produced the first clockwork train in 1920. The first OO gauge model train was launched in 1938. In 1964, Hornby was bought by a competitor, Tri-ang.

As part of the 200th anniversary of railways, Southeastern and model railway company Hornby have launched a new liveried high-speed Javelin complete with Railway 200 artwork at a small ceremony in ...

Linwood Barclay's latest novel, Whistle, is a spooky tale about an evil toy train set — read an excerpt now The bestselling novelist is back with a new thriller!

Hornby has announced that later this year it will be releasing a model train set featuring a London North Eastern Railway Azuma train.

Hornby is enjoying growing sales of its smaller-scale model railway sets after offloading its toy car business. The model train maker, which is backed by Frasers Group and counts Mike Ashley as a ...

An iconic toy brand is set to disappear after 88 years because of spiralling costs. Model steam train makers Mamod has closed its factory in Smethwick, Birmingham after being crippled by rising ren… ...

Menominee Falls, WI-based High Street Trains set to become the first US-based distributor of British OO gauge model railroad products.

Ayrshire Live Museums Ayrshire's annual Model Railway exhibition is set to return to Irvine's Maritime Museum this month The 2024 exhibition will bring together some new layouts representing a ...

Exactly. Tri-ang were able to bring out train sets which were cheaper and, therefore, became more popular than the Hornby OO because they began to add more locomotives, more rolling stock, etc.

A train derailment and resulting large fire have prompted an evacuation order in an Ohio village near the Pennsylvania state line.

Home Architecture The millionaire who created a real-life toy train set on a human scale The astonishing assemblage of buildings, machinery and memorabilia at Fawley Hill, Buckinghamshire — the home ...