| Hornby, a household name and is famous as the brand leader of model railways in the UK. The companies founder Frank Hornby (1863 - 1936), who applied for a patent in 1901 to protect an invention he called ‘Improvements in Toy or Educational Devices for Children and Young People’. Nobody could have then imagined how much this product would influence the model railway hobby that we know today. The sheer magnificence of these coaches would certainly add richness to any layout, as they can be pulled by and Locomotive you would want. |