My interest started one Christmas in the late 1950s when my parents bought me a 3-rail Hornby Dublo trainset. It might not have been sold as a set, and they may have bought extra bits for it, but I seem to remember it had an oval of track and one turnout with a short siding, an N2 0-6-2T in LNER green and an assortment of tinplate wagons, and a controller.
Other family members were obviously given prior information, and I seem to remember a Chocolate and Cream brake second, an island platform and a home/distant signal being part of the set up.
I had hours of fun with that set, especially when I was left alone for brief periods and could see how fast the N2 would go before it came off the track.
Other family members were obviously given prior information, and I seem to remember a Chocolate and Cream brake second, an island platform and a home/distant signal being part of the set up.
I had hours of fun with that set, especially when I was left alone for brief periods and could see how fast the N2 would go before it came off the track.