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Hornby, then known as Meccano Ltd., released its first train, a clockwork O gauge model, in 1920. An electric train followed in 1925, operating on AC power, and Hornby switched to DC in 1929.
During the 1920s and 1930s, Hornby sold trains in the United States as well as in the UK. It withdrew from the US market during the Great Depression.
Hornby introduced its OO gauge trains in 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai, under the trade name Hornby DublO, only to discontinue all train production the next year due to World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough. Production resumed after the war but did not reach full capacity until 19481948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Ital. The locomotives were die-cast, and the cars were generally made of tinplate.
Like its counterparts Bassett-LowkeBassett-Lowke was a toy company, based in the Northampton, England founded by Wenham Joseph Bassett-Lowke in 1898 or 1899 that specialized in model railways, model boats and ships, and construction sets. Bassett-Lowke initially started as a mail-order cat in the UK and LionelLionel, LLC is a designer and importer of toy trains and model railroads, based in Chesterfield, Michigan and currently in bankruptcy. Its roots lie in the 1969 purchase of the Lionel product line by cereal conglomerate General Mills. Although Lionel, LLC and American FlyerAmerican Flyer was a popular brand of toy train and model railroad in the United States in the middle part of the 20th century. The Chicago Era, 1907-1938 Although best remembered for the S gauge trains of the 1950s that it made as a division of the A. in the US, Hornby thrived in the first half of the decade but struggled in the late 1950s. In 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac, Hornby abandoned 3-rail track in favor of more realistic two-rail track.
In 1964Events January January 1 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Ort, the parent company of rival Tri-ang Railways purchased Meccano, Ltd., and merged Hornby and Tri-ang into Tri-ang Hornby. The former Hornby line was discontinued in favor of Tri-ang's less costly plastic designs.
The Tri-ang group was disbanded in 1971 and the former Tri-ang Hornby became Hornby Railways in 1972. Detail on the models was upgraded to make the product line more attractive to adult hobbyists. A multiple train control system named Zero 1 was introduced in the early 1980s. This analogue system was a forerunner to the digital system DCC (an NMRA open standard) which appeared in the 1990s.
In 1980 Hornby became an independent company and went public in 1986. Manufacturing first moved to Guangdong province in China in 1995, and was complete by 1999, cutting costs and improving quality according to the company. Train sets associated with Thomas the Tank Engine and Harry Potter (the "Hogwarts Express") have been particularly profitable ventures. In September 2003 Hornby released its first steam-powered OO gauge locomotive, a model of the record-breaking Mallard.
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