Toy Train TRACK MUSEUM

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Gallery of Exhibits - Gauges S, H0/00, TT, N

Gauge S

S Gauge track on top, crossing and turnout by American Flyer; "silver" straight track unknown Japanese make; curve to right of turnout unknown early make, centre tie missing; to the right more modern track by A.C. Gilbert, Miller, Shinohara and Tomalco. American Flyer, as the A.C. Gilbert Co., ceased production in 1966.

Gauge H0/00

Bing (Germany) introdued its "table top" trains in the UK in 1922, followed by electric trains in 1924.	Pre-WWII "table top" 00 gauge: L to R.: Hornby-Dublo clockwork, Bing clockwork, Hornby-Dublo electric, Bing electric, Trix-Twin electric	L to R:Post-WWII Hornby-Dublo two-rail electric,Triang-Rovex Standard, Series 3, Super 4, System 6. Pre-WWII Trix Express (Germany)
Trix-Twin (UK) and Trix-Express (Germany) turnouts post-WWII: L to R: Trix-Twin bakelite base; Trix Express - fibre-based non-Universal; fibre-based Universal; plastic base with nickel-silver rails.	Hornby-Dublo double junction made up from two right-hand turnouts and a right-hand crossing. Post-WWII	Post-WWII L to R:Triang-Rovex "Standard" (made until 1960, Triang-Hornby)Series 3 turnout and crossing; Super 4 and System 6 turnouts.
Märklin arch bridge. 1930s. Märklin was able to develop an H0 electric train range well before the outbreak of WWII.	A wide range of accessories was essential for the marketing of an electric train system. L: Hornby-Dublo gated grade (level) crossing. R: A Märklin truss bridge. Both pre-WWII.	Turntables were a popular accessory. A Hornby-Dublo hand-operated six-road turntable made until H-D was discontinued ca 1960.
A medley of European-make track formations. L to R: Roco single-slip with plastic base; Roco crossing, Jouef double-slip and turnout; Fleischmann pre-Profi-Gleis double-slip; Märklin 3-rail and M series stud contact double-slips; Märklin K series 3-way turnout.	A medley of mostly North American trackwork, including a double-crossover, double-slip, turnouts, crossing and 3-way turnout by Shinohara; a single-slip by Casadio (Italy), and also early and later Atlas, also A.C.Gilbert, Eldon, Rivarossi (Italy),Tyco, AHM, Bachmann and Lifelike.	A very popular Hornby-Dublo accessory was the travelling post-office mailcatcher. The pushbutton would activate the mail car gate and deposit and pick up a mail bag. Post-WWII.
This plastic-base track was produced in 1938 as part of the A. C. Gilbert Company's "Gilbert HO Line". Their S Gauge trains predominated after WWII and "Gilbert H0" never really took off.	A curiosity is Eldon Industries' (better known for their slot cars) brief venture into trains. This piece is remarkable for its sharp radius.	Another curiosity is this Casadio (Italy) tramway style (only one connecting rail)turnout. Believed to be circa 1960.
A track formation believed to be unique in H0/00 is this single piece double junction by Wrenn (UK). ca 1950, and the ties are fibre.	Equally unusual for H0/00 is this one-piece crossover by Wrenn, also made in the immediate post-WWII era ca 1950 with fibre ties. These were prone to warping and were soon replaced by plastic still in use today.	Shinohara three-way turnout. This and its other specialty-work double-slips, crossings and curved turnouts are still sought after today.
Above: A "Tru-Scale" pre-formed milled wooden base, to which a realism-conscious modeller could spike his own track. These were popular in the 1960s. Below: A "Made in Japan" look-alike.	A Casadio (Italy) single-slip, a common formation in Europe.

Gauge TT

Triang-Rovex (UK) Type A track. Discontinued in favour of Type B (no base) in 1959.

Rokal (Germany) turnouts. L: Hand-operated. R: remote-controlled. 1947 to 1969.

Wrenn (UK) double-crossover. Fibre ties.

Gauge N

Top: Lone Star (UK) diecast push-along track, originally 000 Gauge. Middle: Early Trebl-0-Lectric track. Below: Peco Code 80 N flex track.	Lone Star Trebl-0-Lectric 000 Gauge (8mm) remote controlled and manually operated turnouts, 18 degree crossing - the beginning of N Scale as it is known today.	Top: Fleischmann Piccolo crossing. Middle: Mini-Trix double-slip. Bottom: Trix crossing. All 15 degrees.
Fleischmann Piccolo turnout, remote-controlled	Fleischmann Piccolo double-slip. 15 degrees.	Arnold-Rapido uncoupling track and double-slip, both remote-controlled
Mini-Trix double-slip, remote-controlled. 30 degrees.	Clockwise from one o'clock: Peco de-rail. Fleischmann Piccolo curved turnout. Shinohara curved turnout. Arnold-Rapido remote-controlled turnout. Arnold-Rapido manually-operated turnout. Micro-Engineering Code 55 DCC-ready turnout. Arnold-Rapido curved turnout (remote-controlled).	Arnold-Rapido three-way turnout (remote-controlled)
Peco single slip(above)and double slip (below). Both Code 55.	Peco double (scissors) crossover. Code 55.	Graham-Farish (UK) pair of manual turnouts. 1970s.
Shinohara double-slip Code 80. 10 degrees.	Atlas Y turnout. Code 80.	The fine scale version of N is P2, hand-laid to an exact gauge of 9.42 mm. Code 40. Compared with a standard piece of GT sectional track Code 80 (above).

Pages 2 and 3: Track Identification 
Pages 4 and 5: Gallery of Exhibits
Page 6: An Index of represented makes, gauges and track formations.
Page 7: A Toy Train and Model Railway Chronology from the beginning to the present.
Page 8: A Capsule Toy Train and Model Railway History, thumbnail sketches of selected manufacturers and sources for further reading.