A Hollywood studio would have taken two hours and $20million to make something not half as affecting as this. Absolutely wonderful.

I myself have never seen or run a Hornby locomotive (I’m American) but this was heartwarming. Well done.

It brought a tear to my eye. Memories of me opening my Duchess of Atholl train set at Christmas.

It's great that Hornby has got its soul back. Here here to another 100 years.

A very touching and moving video, brilliant! The hobby really is a lifetime journey so here to the next 100 years of hornby! 🎂

Happy 100th Hornby, May another century await you

There's a reason it's called the hobby of a life time. Well done Hornby! :-)

Beautiful, honestly a wonderful exact explanation of how this hobby and model making in general is carried as a theme through so many lives. Very powerful and meaning full in a time when things are no longer treasured as they were but to often quickly replaced. Thank you Hornby 🙌👏

A very moving film - about a very moving subject: Hornby Trains. My father, a professional Railwayman - who also kept Bees next to the LNER line during the War - gave me my first Train Set in 1938 - a clockwork 0-4-0 'Special' Goods and an oval of track. One day, in 1940, my Father took me to London from Welwyn Garden City (where we lived throughout the War) by train and who should we meet on the train but a friend of my father's, Sir Nigel Gresley. My father introduced me to him and he asked me what I thought of his engine which was pulling us - it was indeed an A4 - appropriately named Sir Nigel Gresley! I gave him an honest five-year-old's answer: "It's very dirty!" He said that was because they couldn't get enough engine cleaners during the War! He remembered the occasion though for in the Post, stamped with two joined red 1d. Postage stamps and dated ENFIELD 25 DEC 1940 was an ex-works postcard of his engine. On it he had written "With best wishes from Sir Nigel Gresley". I still have that card - which is why I can quote all those details - and I still have my 0-4-0 Tender Special Goods train - but not in its box. In 1946 we moved as all professional Railwaymen move to Peterborough and I became a Chorister at Peterborough Cathedral. We choirboys were given the use of one of the Precinct houses as a hobby room. There we all brought our Trains - all '0' gauge, of course, and all Hornby. I found my 'Special 0-4-0' engine in need of some repairs. So I sent it back to Binns Road and in short order it was returned, repaired and 'new-looking'. We used to have a wonderful time playing trains in the Precinct! Now I am retired - but still enjoy my 'Daddies' trains - as we called them. I noticed, in your moving film a sequence on the Down platform of Sheffield Park Station that I know well - being a Life Member of the Bluebell Railway - but currently unable to get there due to 'Lockdown' . Your readers will be very interested to know that every year the Bluebell Railway has a 'Collectors Fair' on its Station Carpark at Horsted Keynes. So I have diligently added to my collection of '0' gauge Hornby and have a splendid clockwork 4-4-2 LMS Tank engine No.6954. and many other Hornby items as well such as 'Long Buffers' and double-track etc. Being 'an oldie' I have many memories but here I will stop. Oh- thanks for the splendid "Hornby Book of Trains - the first One Hundred Years" Pity about the terrible spelling mistake on page 167 though.

Well what can I say, great production. It's good to see you understand just how important our models are and how they link us back to people and places that have passed by. Well don't Hornby. You have excelled yourself.

Goodness! What an incredibly moving short video. Brings back so many memories and just shows that Hornby is a thread running through the lives of so many of us. From lying on the floor with a wind-up loco, to selling up in my teens and coming back to the hobby in later life. Very well done!

Wow, I wasn’t sure where that was going but the entire film and the message at the end nails it!

Best part of this... It didnt tugbat the heart strings in a sad way no one died no one was ill... This guy just lived and it was amazing to see!!

All I can say is just WOW. That was a very moving video, brought memories of me opening my first train set at the age of 5 (15 years ago) a train set isn't just for Christmas it can be with you for a life time. Love the little hints from the centenary special 2020 range too. Top work Hornby here is to another 100 years🍻🍻

It’s amazing that these companies over a hundred years old are still amazing. It hasn’t been just a hobby for me it’s been a lifetime!

reminds me of my grandad god rest his soul

i gave this video its 400th like and it deserves it well done Hornby and happy 100 year anniversary the model railway community wouldnt be the same without you

Heartwarming,i like how you actually rerealese the old Hornby Trains

two of the biggest and oldest train giants in the world; Hornby and Lionel. both of which I love.

Happy 100th Birthday Hornby you’ve changed my entire life

This video shows just how hornby can change your life. The best hobby ever in my mind. I will never forget In 2015 on my Birthday when I got my first hornby set. A1 60163 Tornado. Hornby forever in my ❤️

Ahh the memory of opening my 1st train in 2014. It was 107 truro and has just a major repair. Well done to 107 truro on 6 years and hornby on 100!

Happy 100th birthday hornby heres for another 100 years 🎂🎂🕯🕯

I remember my brother getting his first horn by train set in 1970. He was so excited he screamed for ages. This video reminds me so much of that morning and how extra special things can be. Thanks for years of fun from me my brother and my grandchildren who now play with that same set from 1970 🎅🤞🏻

Great video with a lovely message. Congrats on your 100th anniversary. Privileged to have played a small part in your journey.

Well done Hornby. Being born in 1944, I can relate to this video maybe more than some people because of my age. I was 10 yeqrs old when my dad bought me a second hand Hornby Dublo train set with Sir Nigel Gresley, because he couldn't afford a new one. After joining the navy at 17, I gave up playing trains and it wasn't until twelve moths ago, I decided to build a model railway again in my shed, to keep me occupied in my retirement. It brought back some nostalgic memories of the early days.

Measuring our lives by our model trains - it's definitely what I do! Congratulations on the anniversary, Hornby. Lovely film.

Great film. Lifes journey.....seems so long as a 6 year old so short as a 60 year old.....

A really wonderful film. Congratulations to Hornby on the 100th anniversary.

Well done on that - was fabulous! Also congrats on reaching the 100th year :)

My grandfather bought a Triang blue Pullman set for me before I was born. He gave it to my Nan who stored it in the airing cupboard of her pre-fabricated house in Streatham, London. My Grandfather knew he would have a grandson one day but may not live to be around to meet him. His prediction was sadly correct and he died before I came along. I always remember as a very young child seeing the familiar red box with the yellow text, nestling in amongst the neatly folded blankets. I never knew what was really in that box but knew it was something very special. It became all too apparent as one day I was given the red and yellow box containing the beautiful Blue Pullman set my grandfather had bought. “Your grandfather bought you this, he wanted you to have it one day” my Nan said with tears in her eyes. That familiar packaging stayed with me as a boy growing up and was to be the foundation of my love for Hornby model railways. I’m 53 and often wonder what my grandfather would make of it all now. I would love to thank him for my introduction to model railways. This video inspired me to tell my story and I’m sure there are many more like it throughout the world. Well done Hornby on bringing back the nostalgia that many of us feel today. Thank you!!

Happy 100 years hornby Cheers to a wonderful new year

I have just come back to the hobby,and im so glad i did Happy 100th anniversary Hornby Not ashamed to say i cried watching that.

JUST WONDERFULL, I HAVE THIS HOBBY OVER 50 YEARS AND I WII GO ON..................

This is truly a great production. That oval and track mat could be something that grows into something big, and I think this represents it.

How can people dislike this? It’s better than national tele

What a emotional video and reading all the comments I`m not the one who remembers there first Hornby train set in the fifty`s !!!….Happy birthday Hornby. I`m 67 this june so it will be a Hornby class 67 ……….love the music ...

First class presentation for your 100 yrs

So much history - 100 years of Hornby

Got to say what a well thought out brilliant film thank you Steve

My early memories of model trains were getting plastic g scale train sets and generic plastic ho sets. As a kid I loved those things. Into elementary school I got a Bachmann HO Chattanooga set and came into possession of an Athearn SD40 I couldn’t run because it was DCC. Finally in 2014, my mother took me to a train show in the fall and I walked out with an n scale ATSF F3 and a UP bay window caboose. Over the years I’ve collected and keep collecting all sorts of n scale and I’m a massive fan of the scale and the hobby of model railroads.

1:20 reminds me of the poem My Granddad wrote My Nanna before he went off to war. No one in the family knew about it until after they both passed away and we were clearing out their stuff. My Stepdad set it to music and its on here somewhere.

Had to reach for my my handkerchief.Well done and Happy Birthday Hornby 100.

I have no words, this video is just so good...

Scary biscuits - I recognise that 1970's wallpaper at 2:15/6:00 from our hallway at home. A shame we didn't have the train set to go with it.

Thanks So much Hornby for Getting me into the Hobby and I want to thank My Grandad for also helping me get Interested in Trains

A truly inter generational activity, my children have a range of locomotives that belonged to grandparents, parents, uncles and are now adding their own

Excellent theme like the Baton in a Relay Race gets pasted on, then so to does that same enjoyment that we had as a child having our very first train set, we to pass the Baton on to the next generation for years to come. This isn’t any old Toy Train Set, this is Hornby Train Set, Welcome Back into my Home Hornby. 🎟

Who else got chills watching this?

The railway he goes on is the bluebell railway!!

Happy 100th Hornby, Even at 100 years, it still brings joy.

Lovely. Been collecting Hornby models since the 1990s

Very good and touching I have a hornby flying scotsman model railway long live hornby!

Way to go Hornby for the next 100 !!!

Congrats to Hornby, and a lovely film too. Been a part of my life since childhood and long may that continue.

I was in tears at the end , great production.

Long live the hobby of model railroading!

Hi ! It is a Beautiful Video. Happy Birthday Hornby. Greetings Thomas from Berlin.

Who would dislike this happy 100tn anniversary

100 years,wow I recently got into model railways,and Hornby really broke my heart with this one. Here’s to 100 years of Hornby!

This was the most heart warming video on the Internet congratulations on 100 years Hornby! Keep up the good work!

Happy Anniversary and Many congratulations as you celebrate 100yrs of Hornby Train production. I’m one of the most fortunate to have been on your journey since 1945! My elder Brother, who introduced me to the wonderful world of model railways, was pleased to add a Hornby Drummond 700 to his fleet last January; His Birthday present! I have a story to share and will aim to added it through the links you have provided. Best Wishes for the next 100! 🚂🚂 T

Only 1 thing to say really Absolutely heart touching

Lovely! Happy Birthday Horby!

Nice one Hornby happy 100th ,its strange how time passes so quick.

Lovely film. Some of those models I remember from my childhood. Luckily I kept mine. Looking forward to getting a superdetailed Duchess of Athol to partner my original Hornby Dublo one.

Hornby isnt just a hobby, Its a lifestile.

Congratulations for 100 years of great models!

Long Live Hornby

I love the southern 0-4-0 pocket rocket

Brilliant video. Definitely more than just a hobby

Great film . Tri-ang was my first trainset in 1965 . A Freightmaster with “Brush Type 2” . I loved it . The set was built up over successive Christmases . Even now opening a red and yellow box invokes nostalgia for these days and excitement about what’s in the box .

Congratulations!! It was a friend of my Father who gave mw my first kits and I was smitten ever since. Now I have one of my sons who loves model airplane building and of course Istarted him off on the Airfix kits I had stashed away in the attic. We are so excited about the re-issues and new tooling the quality is so state of the art. The memories and Father and son and friends time together is priceless!!

Absolutely marvellous. Truly the hobby of a lifetime so graphically shown. Well done,

Great video very touching More than a hobby. ❤️🚂

WOW NEVER THOUGHT HORNBY WAS 100 YEARS OLD

I live in America 🇺🇸 and I have a thing about trains. I sometimes watch old train commercials from the 50s through the 80s and I sometimes wished the company's would bring back some of their old trains or sets from back then as a company promotion. But I'm glad Hornby is still making ad's like they did back when it was still popular and its still popular to this day. All i could say is don't stop and keep going strong no matter the weather.

Congratulations Hornby on your 100th year! :)

Happy 100th Birthday Hornby!

A beautiful production. Thanks.

Beautiful. It’s lovely to see the evolution of Hornby, I play with them a lot on my layout! Great vid!

This is wonderful! 💕

Wow That so cool thanks for sharing. LJL

Beautiful and heartwarming.

Know how he feels, I've been skint and had to sell my trains in the past too!

simply art

My great grandad had one of the first hornby train sets back in 1929 then my grandad had one then my dad now I have one and when I’m older I’m going to get my kids a train set

I have to say I think this is your best video yet. Truly captures the magic of it all, brought a tear to my eye too. I recognise at least four of those 'actors' as Hornby staff I know very well, and you all did a marvelous thing there. I make videos myself and I'd be proud of this one. Fantastic. Laurie aka Cornelius Chuddery.

Excellent video very nice Hornby 👌

Beautiful

I really liked this And Happy 100th Anniversary Hornby

I'm not crying are u guys 😢😢

Awesome

Wonderful video, really well done. Brilliant work by all concerned: you should be proud of yourselves. Thank you.

Congrats to making it to 100th year👍👌

very nostalgic!

Happy 100 years

Lovely to see

I cried so bad

2:54 I can feel the pain of having to sell something that cherished especially with him getting it before going off to war