Box label prewar 2

1936   box  label

 

TTR

Trix Twin Railway History with pictures 1935 to 1955

Including catalogue numbers for all items produced in England

A valuable reference

 

 

History Index

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Time  Line

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The years of conception :

1900 -1935

 

·         Stephan Bing and Wynne Bassett Lowke work together on large scale model railways

 

·         Smaller Bing Table Top Railway is developed. 

 

·         1933 Siegfried Kahn invents two trains running independently on one track

 

 

 

The early years  1935 to 1937

 

Diorama 1935 1

 

 

 

 

·         1935 Bing launches Trix Express at Leipzig toy fair

 

·         Bassett Lowke influences design of English models shown at the B.I.F. in 1936.

 

·          Trix Ltd in England introduces Trix Twin Railway with a range of 00 models. 

 

·         TTR a run away success in England

 

 

 

The years of rapid development  1938 to 1939

 

Large manyways station complex1

 

 

 

 

·         Public demand leads to rapid development of new models.

 

·         Bassett Lowke pushes for more scale like appearances and launches Portsmouth set

 

·          Princess , Flying Scotsman and Coronation Scot locomotives follow. 

·         Many other Trix innovations. 

 

·         Trix Twin becomes the leading model railway company in England

 

 

 

 

The post war era  1946 to 1955

 

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·         Trix Twin quickly gets into production

 

·         New US models launched

 

·         Range of liveries with new couplings

 

·         New improved Flying Scotsman with auto uncoupling

 

·          Exciting models such as Elevator Conveyor produced. 

 

·         Trix Trains start of changeover from AC to DC.

 

 

 

Battery Trains  1953 to 1960

 

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·         Trix Ltd and their cousin Trix Express in Germany experiment with more children friendly trains such as Battery operated sets.

 

·         In UK Junior set with DC generator

Advertisements 1935 to 1965

 

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·         A look at Trix Twin railways, TTR and Twin Train advertisements over 30 years

 

·         From the first ever Trix Express advertisement to designed for action promotions

 

 

 

An in depth look at some items

 

All TTR buildings 1935 to 1955

 

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·         First buildings designed by Henry Greenly and Bassett Lowke

 

·         Wide range of wooden buildings

 

·         Ernest Twinning develops Manyways station units

 

·         Siegfried Kahn invents Elevator Conveyor

 

 

 

 

Lowko Gradients

 

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·         The Bassett Lowke company develops HO gradients for use on their show room layouts

 

·         1938 TTR start using them at public exhibitions

 

·         Public demand leads to producing some for sale in 1939

 

War stops production non made after war

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research by Garry Lefevre

 

 

 

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