Hornby 0 Gauge
These pages contains some factual information about the 'O Gauge' range. Further information can be found inside the Members' Wiki.
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Major Milstones:
- 1901 Frank Hornby invented Meccano
- 1908 Meccano Ltd founded
- 1914 Meccano Ltd moves to Binns Road, Liverpool
- 1915 Frank Hornby announces he is to make steam engines
- 1920 Toy train production starts at Binns Road
- 1922'Zulu' trains first appear
- 1923 Post-grouping liveries
- 1924 'Hornby Series' name adopted
- 1924 First tab and slot models appear
- 1925 Metropolitan electric model introduced
- 1926 M Series arrives
- 1927 No. 3 Pullman sets
- 1927 'Hornby Lines' produced in Meccano's American factory
- 1928 Meccano Ltd sell their American factory to AC Gilbert
- 1928 First Southern Railway liveries
- 1929 No. 2 Special locomotives
- 1930 Meccano make a bid for the Canadian market
- 1931 Automatic couplings
- 1932 Electrically lit accessories
- 1932 Countryside sections
- 1933 Colour changes on many models
- 1934 Automatic reversing in electric locos
- 1936 Death of Frank Hornby and Roland Hornby becomes chairman and George Jones Managing Director
- 1937 Princess Elizabeth and Eton released
- 1938 Arrival of Hornby Dublo points to the future
- 1939 First year with no new 0-gauge models
- 1941 Toy production closed down
- 1946 Post-war products reach the shops and are now called 'Hornby Trains' or just 'Hornby'
- 1951 Plastic wheels introduced to rolling stock
- 1952 M Series models reappeared
- 1954 British Railways liveries begin to appear
- 1957 No. 50 series wagons arrive as a last ditch attempt to retain interest in Hornby 0-gauge
- 1962 Last year of tinplate production
- 1964 Lines Bros. Ltd invited to take over Meccano Ltd
- 1965 Hornby name transferred to Tri-ang Railways, and hence to Tri-ang Hornby
- 1965 Meccano Ltd releases a plastic Percy Play Train
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1956/1957 Catalogue
Station Scene
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