what great memories I had such a lot of Triang Hornby Thank you

Nice Collection. Tri-ang still have a following by some of us. Better build quality and maintainability than the current Hornby range. A better product in fact. What current enthusiasts fail to recognise is that old engines need old controllers to perform best. Thanks for sharing. Mon

Loved seeing the stock car with the giraffe ducking its head at the footbridge!! Haven't seen one of those in ages. A truly great collection there too, some of which I once had.

Grew up in Toronto Canada had alot of these pieces, well my Dad got them for me but it was for him. The giraffe car was fun and the buildings. Thanks for the memories.

Excellent, takes me back to my childhood.

Still got all mine.........Thanks for filming "whata fantastic way to show the railway".....Excellent

Always great seeing this layout Richard...Think i`ll give mine a run this evening !!

Nice, steady camera work. I forgot all about the little turbo car. Great.

tons of memory triggers - good bit of filming Richard - many thanks

I see that you have the rare to find double curved level crossing. I had a large double track loop over and loop under Super 4 layout (32 Foot circuit) with System 6 branch line between 1972 and 1979 which had a curved level crossing on it. My late father built the layout when I was 10 for my brother and myself and it was great fun. Sold all the track and action accessories in 1979 and built a larger Peco Streamlined layout controlled by Zero 1 DCC until a house move in 1982. I now run an end to end layout as tail chasing can grow tiresome after a few laps.

Thanks for the comments. The track plan is my own design but is available on my website. Address is at the end of the video..

I loved the video, it brought back memories of my old Triang Hornby railway I built up in the 1960's and early 1970's. Most of my locos were secondhand bought from garage sales and were in very good running condition. I only wished I had kept these and the older wagons etc., they would be worth money now for a collector. The few locos I bought new I found were not as good as the early gear, maybe the tender drive wasn;t that good, I don't know. Thank you for putting the video on You Tube.

Lots of Tri-ang Hornby trains

The R408 turntable on my layout was first produced by Tri-ang, it lasted through the Tri-ang Hornby period and well into the Hornby era. It was compatible with Standard, Series 3 and Super 4 track. Latterly, following the introduction of System 6 track, it was supplied with converter tracks to allow it to connect to the finer scale rail section.

I have used modern controllers to get good, consistent control of the locomotives. The automatic exchange system at the back uses magnets and reed switches to stop and start the trains.

Thank you

2:55-3:00... I don't think I've ever heard a little kid fussing in a Brittish accent before. ..All very cool stuff you have here, but it's so clean! Looks almost brandy-new. I always used my own antiqueing techniques for realism. I always wanted my stuff to look slightly rusty, used, broken in, beaten up by regular usage, like real trains do. (Well, here in America they do, anyway.) I had mostly Tyco & Bachman HO guage, with Roco military miniatures, and a few matchbox cars...

Is this based off a specific track plan? Would love to do this

Your DMU problem could be related to the sleeper chairs on the curved track sections. The old DMU's have deep flanges on the wheels and some Hornby curves have higher sleeper chairs than those on the straights. This combination can cause poor running and stalling on these track sections. I have solved this problem in the past by reducing the height of the sleeper chairs with a needle file, you don't need to remove very much plastic to eliminate the problem.

I spy with my little eye, a cute widdle B12/3! :3

Google "Hammant Morgan", "H&M" or "Clipper". Hammant & Morgan (H&M) were the usual manufacturers of power supplies for Triang-Hornby train sets.

We have a Tri-ang model train set that has to be over 50 years old. It's been stored well, has a power supply but it's set for English power (we're in the States). What might it be worth?

Awesome. but could I ask about the remote or controller of these engines?

would have been nice to see the wrenn stuff in action too

Haven't seen this guy for ages, is he still doing the shows ?????

Sorry, the layout and associated collection are not for sale.

i dont think that turn table is hornby is it

It all went downhill once they stopped making those giraffe cars!

how much do you want for every single bit train, carrages, board, tracks etc. the whole lot how much private message me if you do want to sell it