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The years of conception :

1900 -1935

·         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

The early years  1935 to 1937

·         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

·         Public demand leads to rapid development of new models.

·          Princess , Flying Scotsman and Coronation Scot locomotives follow. 

·         Many other Trix innovations. 

·         Trix Twin becomes the leading model railway company in England

The post war era  1946 to 1955

·         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.

Battery Trains  1953 to 1960

·         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

Advertisements 1935 to 1965

·         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

All TTR buildings 1935 to 1955

·         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

Lowko Gradients

·         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