An ‘astonishing’ model railway layout built up over 50 years by an avid collector is to be auctioned this month – three years after his death. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire ...

This little tank engine sold for £650, double its estimate, because of its rare rare malachite green colour, rather than the usual olive green A council worker's hidden model railway collection ...

The search engine Google is celebrating the 150th birthday of visionary toy maker Frank Hornby, whose model railways, Meccano sets and Dinky toys are still being played with by children today. Born in ...

Google is celebrating the birth of one of the world’s greatest inventors of toys in a special doodle graphic. The design, created to mark what would have been the 150th birthday of Frank Hornby, ...

Yesterday, the new Great British Railways (GBR) livery was unveiled with a special Hornby 1:76 scale model of the Class 800. The model provides a detailed and accurate representation of the livery to ...

Hornby is re-launching its classic range of Thomas the Tank Engine model railway sets, as the popular fictitious character marks 70 years on the tracks. The model toy firm has agreed a new licence ...