Books on Vintage Clockwork, Electric, Live Steam Hornby, Bassett Lowke, Bing, Marklin, and Bowman?

[Anonymous]

Hey Ya'll


Are there any books on the following Subjects

1. Hornby O gauge Clockwork and Electric
2. Bassett Lowke Live Steam and Electric
3. Bing Clockwork and Electric
4. Marklin Clockwork and Electric
5. Bowman Live Steam

[Bob Keller]

I'm sure some of our UK readers can chime in, but I'll bet that there are few that are readily available in the US.

One handy source that you can get through amazon.co.uk is Ramsay's British Model Trains, the moist recent ed. is the 4th.

This is a product listing/price guide for Ace, Bassett-Lowke, Bonds, Bowman, Exley O, Hornby, Leeds, and Milbro O gauge products, as well as all the UK OO brands (with Heljan and Lima tossed in).

There are brief company histories and then the usual production lists.

[rrandb]

I'll look at my libary Where they had illistrated antigue toy trains I believe. Nice photo's for ID purposes. ENJOY short answer YES. I'll try to post more later

[Anonymous]

Allen Levy's, "A Century of Model Trains"
It's not totally devoted to European stuff but shows a lot of the best offered. It's generally eye candy pictures rather than informative text.

Bruce Webster

[pbjwilson]

I found an outstanding book, "Clockwork, Steam, and Electric - The History of Model Railways up to 1939", at an antique shop. A great history of model trains going way back to floor, live steam, clockwork, etc. Mainly european models but there is mention of Lionel and Am. Flyer. The author is Gustav Reder. Probably hard to find, it was written in 1969.

[lionelsoni]

http://www.abebooks.com/
has 17 copies of Reder's book, starting at about $20, including shipping.

[Anonymous]

Hey Ya'll

Thanks, I'm sorry I haven't been more active, but I am at the tale end of an Upper Respitory Infection, so I have been mostly bed ridden.

Also, I believe I saw about a year or two ago in CTT a book about Hornby Trains. I might be wrong, but I am pretty sure I did. Was there a book on Hornby trains advertised in CTT?

[Anonymous]

Another one that I would very strongly recommend is Christie's Toy Trains by Hugo Marsh and Pierce Carlson. It is filled with excellent information on Marklin, Bing, Hornby and Basset-Lowke. This is a very recent publication that is still in print.

For a very detailed in-depth looks at Hornby trains, I would recommend The Hornby Companion Series published by New Cavendish Books. Volumes in it include a general survey of everything produced by Meccano (with plenty of great details on Hornby, including full colour reproductions of two prewar catalogues) and ones devoted entirely to Hornby O gauge and Hornby Dublo.

Another book is The Golden Age of Tin Toy Trains by Klein Schiphorst. It covers European toy trains produced before the First World War This is another recent publication and is rather expensive at $125 list price. I don't own a copy of this book (yet), so can't personally recommend it, but it sounds extremely good.

As for out-of-print books, there is Model Trains: The Collector's Guide by Chris Ellis published in the 1990's. It talks a lot about what you are looking for and has some very nice pictures, but it also talks of newer items and is rather general. The other books mentioned would give you more and much better information. I would definitely recommend picking up this book if you come across it, but it isn't worth going out of your way to find a copy.

Another book is Model and Miniture Railways by P. B. Whitehouse published in the 1970's. It's a very large book and talks quite a bit about prewar German and Briti***rains with some very nice pictures. However, it also talks about pretty much every facet of the hobby (from a British prespective). Every guage is given it's due, including large live-steamers, and there is even a section on prototype British steam locomotives. There are also sections on various individual's layouts, etc. It's worth noting that this includes a visit to the famous Count Coluzzi collection. One thing that separates this book from the others is that it features a complete history of Bowman, so if you're looking for information on Bowman, this is definitely the book to get.

Good luck finding what you're looking for!

[rrandb]

QUOTE: Originally posted by brwebster

Allen Levy's, "A Century of Model Trains"
It's not totally devoted to European stuff but shows a lot of the best offered. It's generally eye candy pictures rather than informative text.

Bruce Webster

Thanks you saved me a trip as this sounds exactly what a remember. not much text but nice coffee table photos. As always ENJOY

[mersenne6]

1. Bing - Grandad's Model Railways - Jeanmarie - complete listing of Bing - tons of illustrations, pictures, and catalog cuts.
2. The Hornby Gauge O System Chris and Julie Graebe - everything about Hornby O
3. Marklin 1895-1914 - Denys Ingram Publishers - covers Marklin toys and has a lot of train related - primarily a picture book but has a good brief history.
4. Toy Trains A History - Carlson - General history of the evolution of toy trains - well written and illustrated covers primarily European and has information about all of the manufacturers you listed.

[tintrax]

`The Hornby 0 Gauge System` by Chris & Julie Graebe is THE book on Hornby 0 gauge. A copy is currently on offer at http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/0347-2695-/auction-44928614.htm
Price is on NZ dollars, US dollars about 2/3rds of that. The seller is a first class honest person. The book is a top quality production.
Colin Duthie

[tintrax]

Bowman was mentioned. Information would be availble if you join the Bowman group on Yahoo egroups. Bowmans are mighty! I have the big model 234 loco, gauge 0 but gauge 1 in size, Nothing compares with a loco driven by real steam, beats all these fake steam types driven by electricity! (Only joking!)
Colin Duthie

[Anonymous]

Thanks,

Appriciate it.