I've got some model railway magazines, the oldest one from memory is 1908, and something that I'm in genuine admiration of early modellers is that they did indeed run a model railway with this style of equipment. Yes, the stations were simplistic versions with a 3 platform Paddington, running through reading Junction on its way to a 2 platform Bristol temple meads, but they did run it as a railway, complete with correct interlocked signalling. Which is something that's not so often done nowadays with our high fidelity equipment. FYI gauge II seems to have been a very popular choice, gauge I well in ascendency, shortly to eclipse gauge II, with 0 a very distant choice. I presume the Edwardian modellers choice tended to be based on financials: the serious modeller had the finances to afford the true to type models in gauge II, slightly lower down the tree was gauge I, still on the ascendency so by around 1912 onwards true to type models becoming more affordable and commonly available (just looking at those truly magnificent gauge I products like the bing SE&CR Wainwright of 1914). Forgotten what I was saying now and you know all that stuff anyway. Just really saying many folks today dismiss these old magnificent pieces in a mistaken belief that they were funny toys when new, overlooking that modellers set out with the same ideas as today's modellers, just using the equipment that was available at the time.
Thanks for sharing! I agree with you! I absolutly love the old trains and i am always trying to imagine what these trains have "seen" when they were new. Who bought them Where did the live. Did they run on a real layout or just running on a cirkel on the floor of the living room... What was it like back then?
@@jowolar2701 @jowolar2701 I remember a photo in an old magazine: 1908 from memory but may have been a touch earlier, gauge I, live steam, 3 locomotives including a lady of the lake, 2 passenger cars. This intriguing ensemble ran around a mantelpiece high round the walls circuit in a front room with the very Edwardian clutter decor raising the eyebrows somewhat. I have a feeling that a lot of enthusiasts would've been very content with such as that. 3 very nice examples with good engineering and scientific principles, with something to tow altogether excellent for entertainment and enjoyment. The 1912 Paddington to Bristol mainline included the reading branch, complex junctions and full signalling with interlocking. The 1910 hugglemuggle: a freelance but complete railway system with different stations and destinations and workings, a home layout by two brothers. An observation is that many, probably most enthusiasts were happy with a small assortment running round a room. Costs were kept down, work kept to a minimum. The Paddington to Bristol involved handmade (but tinplate) track, handmade stock but bought locomotives. This would've been a pricey and laborious proposition for an enthusiast. A surprising curiosity from that era was an advertisement from a wallpaper manufacturer displaying different backscenes for a model railway, the display being a solitary scenicked station shunting layout with an entry and exit. A very modern concept for pre WWI.
I've got some model railway magazines, the oldest one from memory is 1908, and something that I'm in genuine admiration of early modellers is that they did indeed run a model railway with this style of equipment.
Yes, the stations were simplistic versions with a 3 platform Paddington, running through reading Junction on its way to a 2 platform Bristol temple meads, but they did run it as a railway, complete with correct interlocked signalling.
Which is something that's not so often done nowadays with our high fidelity equipment.
FYI gauge II seems to have been a very popular choice, gauge I well in ascendency, shortly to eclipse gauge II, with 0 a very distant choice.
I presume the Edwardian modellers choice tended to be based on financials: the serious modeller had the finances to afford the true to type models in gauge II, slightly lower down the tree was gauge I, still on the ascendency so by around 1912 onwards true to type models becoming more affordable and commonly available (just looking at those truly magnificent gauge I products like the bing SE&CR Wainwright of 1914).
Forgotten what I was saying now and you know all that stuff anyway. Just really saying many folks today dismiss these old magnificent pieces in a mistaken belief that they were funny toys when new, overlooking that modellers set out with the same ideas as today's modellers, just using the equipment that was available at the time.
Thanks for sharing! I agree with you! I absolutly love the old trains and i am always trying to imagine what these trains have "seen" when they were new. Who bought them Where did the live. Did they run on a real layout or just running on a cirkel on the floor of the living room... What was it like back then?
@@jowolar2701 @jowolar2701 I remember a photo in an old magazine: 1908 from memory but may have been a touch earlier, gauge I, live steam, 3 locomotives including a lady of the lake, 2 passenger cars. This intriguing ensemble ran around a mantelpiece high round the walls circuit in a front room with the very Edwardian clutter decor raising the eyebrows somewhat.
I have a feeling that a lot of enthusiasts would've been very content with such as that.
3 very nice examples with good engineering and scientific principles, with something to tow altogether excellent for entertainment and enjoyment.
The 1912 Paddington to Bristol mainline included the reading branch, complex junctions and full signalling with interlocking.
The 1910 hugglemuggle: a freelance but complete railway system with different stations and destinations and workings, a home layout by two brothers.
An observation is that many, probably most enthusiasts were happy with a small assortment running round a room. Costs were kept down, work kept to a minimum.
The Paddington to Bristol involved handmade (but tinplate) track, handmade stock but bought locomotives. This would've been a pricey and laborious proposition for an enthusiast.
A surprising curiosity from that era was an advertisement from a wallpaper manufacturer displaying different backscenes for a model railway, the display being a solitary scenicked station shunting layout with an entry and exit.
A very modern concept for pre WWI.
Very nice 👍👍
Thx! Any request?
I cant imagine what happen if that thing derail in a wood house Lmao
🔥🏠🔥
😉