The £8 to get in would buy 2 rounds in the Railway
Sorry, yes I understand now, when you tell me you're a railway enthusiast you mean the pub on B'burn Rd, not, Mr Hornbys' excellent models.
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Sorry, yes I understand now, when you tell me you're a railway enthusiast you mean the pub on B'burn Rd, not, Mr Hornbys' excellent models.
The £8 to get in would buy 2 rounds in the Railway
O for the days when eight quid would get me hammered for almost a week.
I still have model trains ... altho' I took apart my layout when I last moved. I've got lots of stuff ... all N scale ... I should get back into it after hunting season is over.
I still remember my first train set ... Hornby, Duchess of Athol ... what a beauty
I still remember my first train set ... Hornby, Duchess of Athol ... what a beauty
Eric, my one and only model train set would have been right up your street, you being Canadian.
It was the big gauge('O'?) and it was an American engine with a cow catcher, headlamps and a caboose behind the carriages. Weighed a ton.
The only problem was it was so big that to have a good run he had to build me tracks right through the house and down the back garden so it didn't get played with that often.
Heaven knows where he got it from(not new) in the late 40s, probably a collectors item now.
Sounds like it could be a Lionel ... They are still popular with collectors over here, and some of the early ones are probably worth a lot of money. HO or Double "O" is much more appropriate for smaller areas. N Scale is even better if you have limited space, or if you want to build large complicated layouts that don't take over your house
You can even get Z scale if you want a layout in your desk drawer at work. For those living in a shoe box, there are even smaller scales ... but they are not all that practical or popular.