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1936 box label |
TTR
Trix
Twin Railway History with pictures 1935 to 1955
©
Copyright 2004-2012 Garry Lefevre, all rights reserved
Including
catalogue numbers for all items produced in England
A
valuable reference
History Index
Time Line Click on item below |
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Stephan
Bing and Wynne Bassett-Lowke work together on large
scale model railways ·
Smaller
Bing Table Top Railway is developed. ·
1933
Siegfried Kahn invents two HO trains running independently on one track |
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1935
Bing launches Trix Express at Leipzig toy fair ·
Trix Ltd in England introduces Trix Twin
Railway with a range of 00 models at the B.I.F. in 1936. ·
Bassett
Lowke pushes for more scale like appearances and
launches Portsmouth set |
The
years of rapid development
1938 to 1939 |
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Public
demand leads to rapid development of new models. ·
Princess , Flying Scotsman
and Coronation Scot locomotives follow.
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Many other Trix innovations. ·
Trix
Twin becomes the leading model railway company in England |
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Trix
Twin quickly gets into production ·
New
US models launched ·
New
improved Flying Scotsman with auto uncoupling ·
Exciting models such as Elevator Conveyor
produced. ·
Trix
Trains start of changeover from AC to DC. |
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Trix
Ltd and their cousin Trix Express in Germany experiment with more children
friendly trains such as Battery operated sets. ·
In
UK Junior set with DC generator launched |
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A
look at Trix Twin railways, TTR and Twin Train advertisements over 30 years ·
From
the first ever Trix Express advertisement to designed for action promotions |
An
in depth look at some items
All
TTR buildings 1935 to 1955 |
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First
buildings designed by Henry Greenly and Bassett Lowke ·
Wide
range of wooden buildings ·
Ernest
Twinning develops Manyways station units ·
Siegfried
Kahn invents Elevator Conveyor |
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The
Bassett Lowke company
develops HO gradients for use on their show room layouts ·
1938
TTR start using them at public exhibitions ·
Public
demand leads to producing some for sale in 1939 War
stops production non made after war |
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Research by Garry Lefevre
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