@Fatman posted:@Don McErlean , in 1932 on Hornby offered a "revised body Style" of the No.0 locomotives ( colloquially called "Longsplashers", referring to the longer one piece splash guards over the wheels ) and in 1937-9 they also made some without the steam chests , possibly as a cost cutting measure to appeal to more cash strapped buyers ?
UK retailers were a funny bunch and some of the emerging "supermarket" chains would only stock some things like toys if they were "unbranded" , Gamages was one such retailer .. In this way Meccano was able to make some money from these chains without technically undercutting their existing dealerships . Note the description in this post war train ad
Meccano actually produced a set with no Hornby branding at all under the name " British Express"
Was Gamages a supermarket chain? I thought they were more of a department store, or am I just getting confused by differences in how our two countries say things? I know that Gamages also marketed trains that American Flyer built for the British market, which were lithographed as British Flyer trains. American Flyer produced these trains around 1920 or so, per advertisements of the day. The unusual thing about the British Flyer engines is that they were specifically marketed for the British market as they featured non-American boiler designs.
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