and the company was founded by Frank Hornby, who was a visionary producer of toys as well as a businessman and politician. This toy dates from a time when train driver was an aspirational career ...

Track the history of Hornby’s iconic model trains from Frank Hornby’s early home-made toys in sheet metal, through the development of Hornby ‘O’ gauge and Hornby-Dublo. Trace the ...

MODEL railway fans are steaming after Hornby released a new toy train costing £550. They slammed the price tag of the Avanti West Coast-liveried Class 805 as “ridiculous”. Model railway fans ...

Train passengers are being warned of major disruptions to services in and around North Derbyshire tonight (Friday, November 15). According to East Midlands Railway, person has been 'hit by a train ...

MAINTENANCE and engineering staff on East Midlands trains look set to start a week-long strike over pay from Sunday. The strike involves 80 Unite members who started an overtime ban in July. East ...