Hi, apologies, I'm totally out of my depth with this, but I'm trying to find out if I can trace my dad's old train. It has a wonderful but sad backstory and although I've since bought him a 00 Duchess (of Montrose) I'd really like to see if I can trace the original one he had... which is one giant task as I don't want him to know, and he didn't know the serial number of the one he had. So, question being, am I asking this in the right place?? and, is there any posibility of being able to find out which one he had from the info i currently know. I know it was purchased in Trowbridge, Wilts in a shop called Moore and Bush some time before my dad cam out of hospital in December 1958. When I say purchased, it was swapped on xmas day by the the toy shop owner because the one originally purchesed (I forget the name of it) didn't work, so the lovely man swapped the one purchased for the Duchess... the story was sent to Hornby as the train was in guarantee and from what I've been told, the company phoned my grampy to apologise and return the original engine, now fixed... and was tol to keep the Duchess as a token.. I don't know if this story can be traced.... without the serial number, I am a bit stuck, but you guys might know of a way that I don't... Many thanks
