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[typhoon]

Here's our empty factory from where we moved production to China.
Proud.

[SamM-ohcx]

I remember getting my first Hornby train set in the late 70’s, it was the intercity 125!

I used to spend hours looking at the Hornby catalog, dreaming of all the sets! The sets then came with so many carriages and accessories.

Fast forward to today. I bought my grandson a train set, we set it up excitedly together, the joy on both his and my face as the train ran around its little oval on the coffee table!

Is that all it does he asks me. Well yes I reply. Can we play PlayStation now he asks.

I have great memories of Hornby past, I fear for its future.

[MysticDragonForce]

6. Hornby's quality over the years has gone way down, while the prices have gone way up.

[Northerner_Transport_Hub]

6. Smokey Joe's tooling is 39 years old and is being sold at the ridiculous price of £54.95.

[BoaFilmsPlc]

1: Yes I did know about the visitor's center and have been there.
2: If only 72 Mallards equal the legth of the prototype then they are not to scale as OO is 1:76 scale not 1:72

[paulhooper]

Fact number 6. His t shirt is inside out.

[paulroberts]

Plastic meat trays and egg boxes cost pennies but apply some brunwick green and put a British railway sticker on it add a 3 pound motor 5p of wire 50p of metal 20p for a cardboard box and ship it half way round the world == £ 280.00

[grahampickering]

It would be nice to see that factory full and working again, also cheaper prices!

[fabrizio]

Can't wait to buy a 200£ oo scale tank engine

[kimjong-un]

6. Workers worked at the British Factory till 1995 and then. we sourced our train sets from China at ludicrously high prices and absolute tosh quality…

[charlesroberts]

Hornby’s prices are far to high for the product, bent running plates and glue marks just aren’t acceptable when you charge north of £200 for a locomotive

[nickwright]

May I suggest a 'focus group' consisting of 8-10 year olds where you give them each their first electric oo trainset to see how they get on with it. It needs to be bullet proof and easy to put together, crucial if they are not to lose interest and thus leave the hobby.

[thegamingveteran]

I’ve actually been to the Margate one I was on holiday and saw it and got so exited

[McMetro]

Wouldn’t it be 76 Hornby mallards next to each other?

[Mapplewell_Park]

I had Smokey Joe when I was about 7 or 8 in the late 80’s. I was always amazed by how fast it was for a little engine. It wasn’t uncommon for it to fly off the corners as I thrashed it round at full speed in my younger days 😂😂

[potatosspilled]

Fact number 1, no matter how hard I beg neither Hornby or Bachmann will make a new E2 and sell it in the US.

[nigelericogden]

Hornby… you need to attend to quality control … and stop ripping off your customers. Otherwise your business will not survive. Quality products (not falling apart) and value for money. Do that, and we’ll admire you one again, AND, your business will thrive.

[jamielawn]

I have a Smokey Joe from about 20 years ago. It was absolutely rapped! I had many a crash with it. I’ve now moved to N gauge though due to space restrictions.

[petergraham]

Margate was home to Rovex Triang Railways back in 1954. Today's range is essentially Triang in the Hornby name! The Hornby name only survived by virtue of two quirks of fate! FACT!

[thetransportbroz]

I have a question, what's the rarest model you've made?