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A red '''London Underground train set with box, [[aluminium]], in [[00-gauge]], by "Ever Ready"'''. One of the few London Underground train sets ever produced.

...toy trains, they became the largest US distributor of toy trains and model railways. Kader also manufactured for [[Palitoy]], who produced the '''Mainline Railways''' range, and retained the tooling for the Mainline items when Palitoy were

A brown and gold [[gauge 0]] low-voltage (6V) '''Metropolitan electric underground locomotive''', made by [[Hornby]]. ...of the trackside land was originally countryside, the influence of the new railways soon caused much of this land to become urbanised.

A [[gauge 0]] high-voltage, "HV" (110V) '''Metropolitan electric underground locomotive''', made by [[Hornby]] in 1925. ...or potential buyers unsure as to whether this new system of powering model railways was appropriate.

'''The Metropolitan Railway''' opened in 1863 was the world's first underground railway (predating the '''Paris Metro'''), and its cut-and-cover tunnels li ...d (and later became absorbed into) the rest of what became the '''[[London Underground]]''' network (then the London Passenger Transport Board) in 1933.

..., whose drive shafting for powering the factory's machinery would again be underground. ...tinplate poster replicas produced in the 1920s/1930s for decorating model railways.

...ground]] system) into the '''[[Big Four]]''', making most of the country's railways outside London part of either the '''[[GWR|Great Western Railway ("GWR")]]'

...'''[[Ernest Twining]]''' and introduced in 1937 to accompany the Trix Twin Railways range. The range appeared in catalogues from [[Trix]] and [[Bassett-Lowke]] ...ed down, as a generic railway station model for 00-gauge (with the "London Underground" roundel replaced by a station clock).

...further grouping in 1947 that amalgamated all four to create '''[[British Railways]]'''. Although suggestions for amalgamating Britain's railways had been in circulation since at least as long ago as around ~1850, the pol

...rate collection of engines and rolling stock acquired from various outside railways, with different colours, shapes, histories and personalities. Each story ty ...playsets by [[Learning Curve]]) also arguably encouraged the TV series '''Underground Ernie''' (2006-) and '''Chuggington''' (2008-), both of which also feature

...ub-stations to distribute the power for the illuminations, and 13 miles of underground cables and 240 miles of wiling were required to complete this system. ...ps and mail aircraft. The British Broadcasting Corporation and the British Railways will be among the exhibitors, and other outstanding attraction will include

: Henry Robertson's background was more in the building of railways than railway locomotives, and his main input into the company was financial ...ew Metropolitan Railway in around ~1864. These locomotives were to be used underground, which meant that to protect passengers from exhaust steam, the locomotives

...gazine,_editorial_page_artwork,_1910.jpg|Editorial Page artwork for "Model Railways and Locomotives" magazine, 1910 (signed "EWT")|380}} ...ing books on stained glass (1928), commercial art (1931), and indoor model railways (1937).

...roducing in miniature practically all of the everyday operations of actual railways. Before long we found that the building of locomotives and rolling stock on ...incorporated in a layout, so that an actual descent to and ascent from an underground section of line is possible.

{{#SEO:| title=Hornby Trains/Hornby Series, gauge 0 model railways (1920s-)}} '''[[Frank Hornby]]''''s company Meccano Ltd started making model railways shortly after the end of the First World War, with the "Hornby Series" mark

...: A "model railway" model of part of the Post Office's dedicated miniature underground railway system for moving mail and parcels between PO sites, below the stre ...tdoor railways]], indoor railways and model ships (and later Trix tabletop railways), along with plans, parts and accessories, they also had a "business-to-bus

==Coffins and hotels and railways== ...er than the level of the river that ran through the city, which meant that underground sewers (or basements) weren't possible. However, Chicago was experiencing a

...Underground_model,_Bassett-Lowke_(WM_1928).jpg|'''Model of the Post Office Underground mail delivery railway''' made by [[Bassett-Lowke Ltd]]., and exhibited at The long, straight walk directly south from Wembley Park underground station to the Stadium was originally the central walkway through the Exhib

...this by walking past and I saw a "To Let" notice. It was owned by British Railways, it has been a photographic studios and originally a Bass Charrington beer ...e was a garage down in Southsea where they had one of these park miniature railways with big beautiful engines and apparently I was trying to kick the glass in