I found a Suitcase full of Hornby Dublo! Lawrie Goes a Model Loco Episode 6.

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Today Lawrie opens the last of the boxes stored in his loft - and boy is this one a biggie!
Dive into the world of Hornby Dublo!
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Lawrie - very much in love with the tinplate trains,
A video edited by Lawrie.
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[@jontaylor6094]

Lawrie, the track was part of a very extensive approx 10’x 4’ layout belonging to my elder brother in what was then spare bedroom - it had to be dismantled when I grew old enough to need a room. Hence the Express from 1972 (I was born in ‘68). Glad you’re enjoying the suitcase full!

[@jontaylor6094]

Forgot to add- none of this was EVER taken out and used again after being packed away in the boxes and newspapers.

[@bbitte7606]

You should make a model railway out of that, it would look great with all the trackside accessories on it! :D

[@richardc674]

Which reminds me to look in my parents loft. Somewhere in there is a very similar box. Not nearly as much track but quite a few of the goodies that you showed us, including a TPO, level crossing, controller and maybe a few other things I have long forgotten. My newspaper wrappings will be about the same date! I plan to put them onto a corner of my layout - which after a 50 year break in railway modelling I am getting ready to start. Lets see who gets there first!

[@crazyfvck]

Excellent :) I look forward to seeing what you do with the track layout :)

[@Shipwright1918]

Wow, what a great find, definitely worth putting together a retro-style layout in my opinion. Tinplate's got a charm all its own, and a fun-factor scale layouts seem to lack in my view. Recently picked up one of the old Hornby tinplate clockwork locos and some wagons for my O gauge pike, and I admit I'm getting rather fond of them. A little cleaning and some oil and they were clattering down the rails like they were brand new. Sort of makes me sad in a way, they don't make these lovely things anymore...

[@DonConstance]

When I was at secondary school (late 70s) our school railway club was donated a huge amount of German Marklin 3 rail stuff. It was all in wooden crates, metres of track, loads of rolling stock, locomotives, trackside equipment, buildings etc. Also wooden trays of just about any spare part you could need to maintain the trains. Anything that could be illuminated was illuminated. This stuff was old then but the build quality was superb. The system ran off 24v AC at the track so could bite careless sweaty schoolboy fingers 😀 No idea what happened to it after I left and the school is no more - the collection would probably be worth a small fortune now.

[@emdB67]

I'd say that at least one of those "uncoupling" tracks is actually intended for the level crossing.

[@totalal4601]

Also 1971 is the last time the Express printed a story that was actually true! 🤣

[@wideyxyz2271]

Last time they got the weather forecast right as well!

[@trainslover9992]

Wasn't it 1974 Earlier?

[@johnpowell5433]

It amused me when at 3:20 you looked down a curved section of track and told us it looked very straight. I've got quite a lot of 3-rail Dublo stuff - it's my favourite model railway - but I've never had anywhere big enough to create a layout. Time to pass it on I think. Ebay here I come!

[@thebongmaster]

Nice :) would love to see a crazy layout using as much of the track as possible XD

[@aidan_rickard_v8303]

Trix twin railway (TTR) started before dublo and was the first company to use oo scale, I have a little ‘junior’ ttr set that is 6v and instead of a generic controller you have a hand-cranked dynamo/generator.

[@Lighting_Desk]

Like a kid in a candy store at Christmas. I could smell the vintage through the screen.

[@robinforrest7680]

Magic Lawrie! I've always loved HD. I inherited a Montrose and a class 20, track and rolling stock from a family friend about the time this lot got boxed away. Later in the '80's I had the two locos professionally converted to two rail so I could use them with the rest of my stuff. A couple of years ago I dug out all the track again. On Ebay I found an extremely ancient LMS "N2" (might be prewar as it has a ring coupling on it and a horseshoe motor), and an A4 "Silver King" and plenty of extra track. It was very cheap at the time. I'll be watching with interest to see what you do with yours.

[@barryjenkins4742]

Hi Lawrie, another interesting video, yes dublo was so much better quality in its day but much more expensive, however what a legacy we hav today with our collection's

[@trevorbax9379]

An Aladdins cave or rather case of delight thankyou for sharing again your rewarding enthusiasm.

[@PaulinesPastimes]

What a fantastic hoard. When you look at the locos side by side it is easy to see which one could be produced cheaper and sold cheaper. That's what sent Hornby broke even though their models were superb in detail and reliability. The Tri-ang models looked very good too, are very reliable and made it cheaper for children to have a train set. I can't wait to see the Hornbys running. You should try to re-assemble the newspaper and keep it too. Cheers

[@Meengineer100]

That's a very nice collection. I love the 3 rail Hornby Dublo, my family has a collection with a few working locos and I managed to add a working 1950s Garter Blue Sir Nigel Gresley to that collection a few years ago. It's a shame your 0-6-2T isn't in the original Southern paint, the GWR, Southern and LNER liveried 0-6-2T are extremely rare. There's an excellent book on Hornby Dublo explaining all the history and details of every model, I highly recommend it. I would enjoy watching a video of your 3 rail trains running, I particularly like the suburban and Gresley carriages you have. It would be great if you can find a body for your spare 0-6-2 chassis. :)

[@douglasfleetney5031]

When you opened the box and showed the N2 I thought that it was actually a SECR J class. What a nice collection you have there, it needs to be run though like their big brothers and sisters.....

[@axelhejnebo9142]

Perhaps you could set up a junction between two railways using the overpass to make them cross each other and two stations for the passangers who can change from the mainline to the branch line and an exchange yard where freight stock can be transferred between the lines? Really lovely video to watch!

[@Bricksanimated-rt1zn]

Dublo has had probably one of the best hornby brand sets ever

[@lorenzosdeadchannel]

Hey lawrie, nice video, I'm thinking you should start a series where you build a dublo layout, it would be a great shame to let it sit there, I think you can also get quite a sizeable one out of all that track.

[@ianhudson9398]

Trust me. That's not "A lot" of Hornby Dublo....🤣🤣 Fantastic condition stuff....👍👍

[@AUSTIN-1100]

Ha Ha, no its a fair amount. Mine is substantial to overwhelming and I have only been interested anything model railway for 2 years. Bought some track at an auction by accident 2 years and the addiction was started.

[@ianhudson9398]

LOL! I'm a "victim of circumstance" 🤣🤣🤣 I started buying job lots of as a cheap way of starting a normal layout (keep what you want, sell the rest on) and one day the remains of a 3 rail Duchess turned Up in a box..... looked like it had been through WW3 and was minus everything..... but remarkably still worked.... so I put it to one side thinking selling as spares....then a bogie and rear trick turned Up......then two tenders...... then two coaches and some track and I thought "Well, I'm have a set to sell". Trouble is, by the time I'd restored that Duchess: A. I'd become quite fond of it. B. Other lots had produced a 20, an 08, a Castle, an A4, two standard tanks, coaches, wagons, more track and a dicast station ..... all as part of lots with the intention of selling them on....... ......and 30 locos, 70 coaches, ?? Wagons, buildings, accessories and enough track to fill a room later, I haven't sold a thing.. 🤣🤣🤣 Re-ordered the railway room in February sorting what's to sell what's to throw out (junk not raikways) all boxed and bagged to clear the room for a layout..... .......then the tip closed for lock-down.🤦‍♂️ I'll get my layout built if it kills me...🤣🤣

[@dogsbody49]

I loved my Dublo. It broke my heart when I became a full time carer & had to sell it to make ends meet.

[@Metal-Possum]

I'd rather just sell the children and buy more trains.

[@diedertspijkerboer]

Your enthusiasm makes these vids very entertaining to watch.

[@flippop101]

I am lucky that I can run big live steam models in my garden, but show me a box of Hornby Dublo, all of metal and tinplate construction and I get very excited 😊. Nice film, great channel, thanks for sharing!

[@skyjetende4391]

With all those points you could easily have a rail yard with inbound outbound and storage tracks!

[@steamboy273]

Love this vid... Has made me want to get my hornby mechano 3 rail collection out again

[@Steven_Rowe]

As long as there is no fish and hip from. 1971 inthe case. Wow this is good stuff indeed.

[@campbelljohnson1547]

I think a "birds eye view" camera could add a bit to your videos, but man, you make me want to go out and buy old model railroad stuff.

[@stef.b.m.lk1902]

Dat paper be very old and probably worth something to a sad colector lol love the video Lawrie ceep itup guy's

[@rydermike33]

Wonderful video. So many memories. Watching this with my Duchess loco on the shelf behind me. Many thanks Laurie.

[@joefarrow8054]

You lucky, lucky bugger!

[@arthurb354]

I think you should see if you have enough track to make a railway around the running boards of your Ruston 48, and see if there is a way to stick it down, so you can have a railway on a locomotive!

[@chrisgurney2467]

Even if you cannot find the bits the great thing is we got 3d printing now and that is so so handy for us modelers innit? :D

[@western_alex]

Nice one!

[@1stgendodgeram188]

cool find

[@totalal4601]

25:32 for the valvegear on the Duchess ;) Its very impressive, and quite poor modern 'detailed' 00 doesn't have those features.

[@abrr2000]

What you have there, is what I term "carpet track" because the solid base is designed to keep the carpet fibers away from the train mechanism... so... you can do a wallace and gromit, and lay it all around the house. I'd be tempted to use it as the main line, and the modern stuff on a raised table as the branch line. Edit: you could then if you wanted, rubber band a phone to a wagon, with a bit of angled mirror over the camera, held in place with bluetac or something more substantial, so the phone is flat, but it's recording a view of straight ahead.

[@PikaChu22456]

I’ve started buying up old dublo stuff to use on my layout

[@billcrowe7111]

I have 3 track Dublo and locos and rolling stock I need to get rid off. Do you want it?

[@huwdavies6650]

Set up a dedicated railway room with a dublo layout. Maybe a multi layer baseboard so you can set up an 'O' gauge layout as well. And a printing press so you can print your own money to pay for it all.😂

[@bentullett6068]

I need a money printer. I seem to have brought loads over lockdown. I also think their might be a reason why Lawrie is clearing his loft, I sense conversion to a model railway room.

[@JintySteam1]

An amazing amount of stuff.

[@victorgoncalves2442]

Very nice video , next stage ; assembly the tracks .

[@VintageRenewed]

You’d easily have enough track for a double track loop with a rolling stock yard and also a locomotive yard probably

[@borderlands6606]

Price killed Dublo. And an increasing desire for scale accuracy, at the expense of a certain character. Your collection would have been beyond the means of most boy's parents. Very lovely it is.

[@arthurfarrow]

The style of track, three rail and pressed tin, and especially the Mail coach, remind of the set I had in the Fifties. It was not new to me then, as It was a hand-me-down.

[@chrisvermolen6295]

I got a 1978 marklin train set but all the tracks where rusty but stil workt and there was a beautiful train whit it

[@intercity-mq6qv]

What was more exciting, seeing the trains in the suitcase or the newspapers?

[@crabby7668]

They are probably collectible as well. Get the iron out!

[@Captain_Char]

growing up my first trainset was a large bulky plastic Santa-Fe locomotive that took two D cells, the engine had a working headlight and smoke effects

[@craigbrown3870]

man it's like the film Fantastic Beast's with that suitcase for all the train sets

[@TrainMaster04]

If you have a large hardwood floor you could build a huge floor layout. The only downside is that you would have to watch where you step.

[@ethmister]

Woah very old stuff very cool

[@larryarcher4502]

Hello just like real TV we got a cliffhanger like comparing 1950s Lionel to the things they made in the 70s, although they have come around 180 again producing some fine stuff I love all trains

[@southcoast999]

Nice

[@BritishRailProductions]

The Crossing in theory should go with the Royal Mail TPO Mail Net as that was sometime common Practice obviously not straight next to each other but leave a Single Straight Piece of Track between the Mail Nwt and Crossing for the Obvious reason. Loving the Series, Hope your Well and of Course the Ruston 48.

[@varrunningtrains4112]

Ayy Foo Fighters!

[@CZ350tuner]

When it comes down to motors, Triang's X01, X02, X03 & X04 motor doesn't demagnetise, unlike Hornby Dublo and later Wrenn locos. Many a trip to the local model railway shop (Geoff Barlow Models) in the 1970's & 1980's to have the motors in my Wrenn locos reenergised on the Gauss generator contraption.

[@vaughanlockett658]

I was given a lot of this Double o back in 70s .

[@trmn311]

Very interesting. I’m just learning about Hornby 2 rail OO and and trains from the UK in general. I never realized you had 3 rail in that scale in the UK. I have and am use to Lionel 3 rail in O and standard gauges here in the states.

[@johnd8892]

Search for "the rise and fall of hornby dublo" in KZbin to see more of the Hornby Dublo story starting in 1938. Hornby Dublo sticking with 3 rail helped them go broke by 1964. Taken over by two rail Tri-ang who later resurrected Hornby in name only. Lionel around this time also introduced 3 rail OO scale trains and a short time later a two rail version. While the scale was 1/76 as is OO they got the gauge right at 3/4 inch or 19mm. Not continued after the second world war shutdown. Some coverage of Lionel OO on KZbin. One engine, a OO diecast scle Hudson to a very high standard. Lots of people on KZbin are so much better and more knowledgeable than Laurie at maintaining model trains, so beware of his more extreme methods. Seek a second opinion to his.

[@mario_master1]

this vidio realy makes me want to get my dad's set, set up as we dont know if anyof it works.

[@thegillingroup1303]

You should make a big layout with all that track!!

[@archiestrains6285]

You could make a great layout with all that.

[@dmos1631]

Cheers to you Lawrie. It's my gf's birthday soon and I'm getting her into your channel. I was hoping you could shout her out in your next video.

[@thiruraj3866]

Lots of hornby dublo track also I guess u can say you got trixed by that n2 aye

[@ph4tanic]

I think you should build a classic Dublo layout. The products of Binns Road are supposed to be played with.

[@DADeathinacan]

Three rail over here in the US is mostly only seen in O gauge. Infact, I cant really think of any other scale its used in(barring, say, prototypical models of subways or whatever)

[@sarahhall738]

My dad has a suitcase with that type of railway he has had it out occasionally. Dad has Duchess of Athol

[@jvmalta081]

you will need a bigger house to use all the track ;) well done keep up the good work :)

[@CZ350tuner]

The shortness of the Hornby Dublo "N2" is very apparent when placed next to the scale length 1949 Pyramid (and later Triang Railways R.51) Clockwork N2. The Dublo model is missing a boiler band at the chimney end. It's a shame that Triang Railways never made an electric version of the R.51 N2. However countless modellers managed to find a way, back in the 1950's.

[@willnewton3051]

Nice t shirt

[@digitalgridmusic1768]

3 rail took off the in state but on a much larger scale (literally). If you’d like to show off some American O Gauge stuff I’d love to let you borrow some of mine.!

[@aidan_rickard_v8303]

Trix twin is also quite rare, especially in Australia

[@jandevries2579]

Build a model railway with it

[@joshrides3676]

Is lawrie stood up or sat down😂

[@Meddled]

Standing in a hole in the floor.

[@easypeasylemonsqueezy5663]

It's can almost make a grown man cry...... And that's ok

[@charlieflockhart2203]

I have the duchess of Athol from a box of older locks and coaches from my grandad

[@BallZackRamone]

I dare say you could build a layout with two loops.

[@bentullett6068]

Next time on Lawrie goes a little loco. Lawrie gets the loft converted into a model Railway room.

[@mamodsteamreturns5492]

go watch i ad that on yourtube its all hornby dublo ..im just gobsmacked at how well the boxs have held up over the years

[@888johnmac]

just how big is your Attic Lawrie ?? .. keep digging out the cool old stock

[@bentullett6068]

By the sounds of it big enough to convert it into a railway room. Maybe that is why he is having a clear out 🤔

[@teescottageguyproductions]

5:15 after 10 years of constantly finding boxes of DUBLO track

[@lmm]

There was a fair bit in there

[@andreaslindner7191]

1971.😮

[@charlieflockhart2203]

You need to make a rail network from one room to another

[@Mr_Smidge]

Maybe make a model railway with it?

[@nikjoblogh]

I think Märklin does still sell 3 Rail H0 trains to this day :D. greetings from germany, i can write Märklin right you can only write mArklin :D . . . :D

[@axelhejnebo9142]

This is indeed true, though märklin works on AC rather than DC which I believe is the system dublo (and trix express) uses.

[@joshrides3676]

Märklin, im british, all you do is just hold a letter a down and select that one on ios, not hard

[@IliaChakarovGaming]

I'd say do a small Garden Railway!

[@trr94001]

Three rail was never really popular in the US in smaller scales like HO. Lionel’s O gauge trains, on the other hand, remain three rail to this day.

[@davidcollins9791]

And you could add the ho layouts to it as well

[@robertrivera9162]

Make a yard with the track

[@davidknowles2491]

That collection is crying out to be put back into use.

[@trainspotterukhubessex6142]

You could make a model railway exabision layout with all the track

[@flintytheraccbold]

They should have made a dublo class 07

[@kariikonen8695]

These really remind me of Marklin tracks. I wonder if I could mix these with Marklin track

[@nickdoughty518]

The N2 was first launched in 1938!!!

[@user-do6xh5pq9u]

I still think you should've called it Lawrie's Minuture Marvels.

[@JackCavie]

Did you ever find the body kit for the Dapol Pug from a little while back? I'd always be interested in buying said Pug if you can't find a use for it ;)

[@SquidwardChat]

Do you plan on getting the Hornby Ruston 48 in the same livery as your own? It’d be really cool to see. Great video!

[@davidcollins9791]

You can make a large layout I have the marklin three rail set's

[@ajaxengineco]

You might need another table to lay all that track.

[@leaturk11]

Is there a lot of track?

[@richienyhus]

I've just noticed that there's a smudge on the camera lens and now that is the only thing I can focus on.😧 It looks like a mark on the brick wall until he puts his head there and then it looks like he has a birthmark moving around his head. 😂

[@idj20]

I literally was about to say the same thing, it's a speck of dust on the camera's sensor (a dust bunny). Still an interesting video, though