Listed on Ebay as Hornby Std Gauge. These are from Arno's collection and that is how he had them tagged, so the seller has then listed that way. They look like Marx floor toy gondola's to me. The Marx floor toys are often called Std Gauge. What do you think? Did Hornby ever make something like these?
Steve
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Steve, nothing to do with HORNBY, their biggest trains where O gauge.
Very best, Daniel
I agree with Daniel that these gondola's have nothing to do with Hornby, but Hornby made larger then 0 gauge, like in the seventies this 3.5 inch gauge (1:16 scale) live steam Rocket with coaches.
Further I once found a Marx tender which looked like standard gauge and after some discussion I was told that Marx also made these floor-trains in the Swansea factory in England, i.e. British Marx. So maybe by labelling Hornby it was meant to be called British (just a guess). The tender looks very much like the gondola:
See also here: http://toyandtrainguides.com/m...itish/bmfloortrn.htm:
Regards
Fred
The Hornby live steam Rocket in 1/16 scale was a one-off.
I had no idea Marx ever made any standard gauge trains, did they make any locomotives?
Tinplate Art posted:The Hornby live steam Rocket in 1/16 scale was a one-off.
It was a complete system with the locomotive, coaches, track and turn-outs/switches.
Regards
Fred
SGP posted:I had no idea Marx ever made any standard gauge trains, did they make any locomotives?
Marx made some floor-trains/push-trains which would fit on standard gauge track, but they were meant to be pushed on the floor (so the locomotive had no clockwork or electric motor).
Regards
Fred
FRED: I meant the whole set. I once owned two and even had the extra coach which the engine would not pull! LOL!!
The seller of these has corrected his listing to identify them as Marx.
Steve
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