Hornby Reference Numbers

[Anglia998]

Please can someone tell me if R.30093 and R.30094 are genuine Hornby products?

[JJ73]

Hello Anglia998

Well according to a quick search -  R.30093 is the Hornby Trains On Film as seen in the  'The Titfield Thunderbolt' Train Pack

R30093 Hornby Trains on Film as seen in 'The Titfield Thunderbolt' Train Pack - Cancelled (newmodellersshop.co.uk)

& the R.30094 Trains on Film as in the 'The Lady with a lamp' Train Pack

Hornby R30094 Trains on Film as seen in 'The Lady with a Lamp' Train Pack - Era 1 - Rainbow Railways

Both Cancelled due to Copyright infringements as far as I remember & Hornby got into a bit of Trouble of that or something like that - yes you could buy them from Hornby b4 they had to take them down!!! 🚂

[What About The Bee]

Hello Anglia

JJ has it just about right.

Canal Studios owns the copyrights to both films, something Hornby failed to license. Hornby then tried to say "inspired by" but that was inadequate. Hornby was forced to retract and cancel both items

I had Lady with a Lamp R30094 on order, as it was Lion with 3 glass carriages. It was summarily canceled.

If you want the Titfield Thunderbolt set, then get the one from Rapido.

I suspect we may see Lady with a Lamp back in the catalog in the future.

Those R numbers are no longer valid.

Bee

[HornbyinNC]

Both cancelled. If you search carefully through the years, these are not the only R catalogue numbers that never made production.

[Anglia998]

Thank you JJ for your reply. It was most helpful.

regards John