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The Pride of the West Coast https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/engine-shed/pride-west-coast

The Power of Attraction https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/engine-shed/power-of-attraction

The Mark 3 and the Jubilee https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/engine-shed/mark-3-and-jubilee

Powerful P2s and Plucky Pecketts https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/engine-shed/powerful-p2s-and-plucky-pecketts

The Engine Shed for the month of February 2022 is now up.... https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/engine-shed/industrial-guardians-railway-world Enjoy the read

There's enough of evidence online to show that Hornby's L&MR 3rd Class wagon was well into development already. Infact it was measured up along with Rocket and the 1st Class coaches. Once again (and not that it is wrong or sinful), Rails decided to cash in on the Era 1 pot of gold. It was a risk they took when there was an unannounced one in development. Besides Rails advertised theirs as 2nd Class i.e with seating and Hornby's was 3rd Class i.e. without seating. So technically even Rails could have go ahead as the wagon may have been identical on the outside, but they were different.

The Class 91 was mentioned at Warley 2016 when Hornby announced the Class 800 IEP and Class 87. The Hornby rep at the time of the briefing clearly mentioned that the Class 87 was chosen first as it was cheaper to tool and said that the Class 91 would follow. Cavalex took an unnecessary risk by announcing their Class 91 project. After the Hornby announcement, Cavalex said they received more orders but still decided to cancel their model.

The Hornby Class 66 is in no way shape or form anywhere close to the specifications of the Hattons Class 66. The Bachmann Class 66 is also ahead of the Hornby Class 66 by a country mile. What screwed the Hattons Class 66 was terrible QC and Hattons' absolute lack of communication about it thereafter. At no point in time did Hattons issue a statement about the defective model. The Hornby Terrier wasn't rushed out by Hornby at all. It was an Oxford Rail model that came under the Hornby brand. So no, Hornby didn't duplicate the Dapol/Rails Terrier. The GWR Prairie could possibly be duplication but since Dapol have such long development times, it's hard to say who started first. Either way D*p*l won. They played it slow and steady, and they had the better model The Class 91 was mentioned at Warley 2016 when Hornby announced the Class 800 IEP and Class 87. The Hornby rep at the time of the briefing clearly mentioned that the Class 87 was chosen first as it was cheaper to tool and said that the Class 91 would follow. Cavalex took an unnecessary risk by announcing their Class 91 project. After the Hornby announcement, Cavalex said they received more orders but still decided to cancel their model. The 4-wheel and 6-wheel coaches are the only ones that they deliberately copied. Not the best idea from them. But thankfully the generic coaches are good sellers. Sadly the Hattons ones are delayed significantly. I'm sure they have the better one on paper. But if things end up like the Class 66, then I'm worried for them.

The November edition of THE ENGINE SHED is now up! Enjoy the read... https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/engine-shed/diecast-developments-footplates-and-fire

The October edition of The Engine Shed is now live.... https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/engine-shed/mark-three-mark-four-maunsell Enjoy the read!!

The September edition of The Engine Shed is now up.... https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/engine-shed/fleets-and-footplates Quite light on info, but some nice pics of the updated LNER A1/A3 and a lot of pics of Hornby's Railroad Plus Class 47s. Enjoy the browse through.

2x R601 double straights OR 1x R603 long straight = 4x R610 short straights. Thus eliminating 3 unnecessary joints to just 1 or none. R601 https://uk.hornby.com/products/double-straight-r601 R603 https://uk.hornby.com/products/long-straight-r603

The August edition of The Engine Shed is now live.... https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/engine-shed/azuma-east-coast Sorry for the delay in posting.

The July edition of The Engine Shed is now live. Get a glimpse of the 3D printed samples of the LNER P2s, updated samples of the LNER W1s, painted samples of the Hornby Railroad+ Class 59 and Class 37 and more... https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/engine-shed/p2-or-not-p2-question

The Engine Shed for June is now live.... Catch up with some updated Mk4 coaches, BR Clan Class, BR 9F and some more. https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/engine-shed/marked-progress