* Update : We are currently not working on the Collector Guide.

A database designed to hold as many Hornby releases as possible... All locomotives, coaches, wagons, train sets and train packs have been entered for the years 1959 to 1990.

The database is as accurate as the Catalogues released. Uncatalogued items are not listed... yet.

The ability to add a Model Note has been currently suspended, due to spamming. Our apologies for this, if only we could get our hands on those fools...

The next brilliant updates will be added in the second half of 2008.

A huge thankyou to Graeme Brown for sending many amazing Australian catalogues from the 1950's and 1960's, they will be added in the near future. Support him at Australian Model Railway Magazine.

For an amazing wealth of extra information in print, for all the models in this database, meet Pat Hammond.

The best and fairest way to purchase or value these past models is through eBay. Try our brilliant Hornby eBay Search System, including pre-defined searches.

Tri-ang Wrenn releases from the 1969 to 1972 era have been included, they are the years with a (w).

(Below) One of the Hornby images from the brilliant 1980 catalogue. Catalogues are still made today and the excellent quality remains. Go buy this years now! Todays Hornby models are made in China. All the models in this database were made in the UK, apart from a few in Australia.

Hornby Railways is the beloved first train set of nearly all model railway fans in the UK and Australia.

Tri-ang Railways started production in 1955, they became Tri-ang Hornby in 1965 after a company takeover, which again changed to Hornby Railways in 1973 after even more boardroom moves... Finally the company settled on Hornby dropping the Railways in 1997.

Hornby Railways may not be the most detailed, or the rarest, or even run the smoothest... but there is magic in the way the whole Hornby World fits together.

From the dreamy catalogues of model train fantasy, to the terribly weak fishplates on old Hornby track... Hornby is fantastic fun!

A great day to start the best hobby in the world!

Thanks for visiting.