XmisterIS
Purveyor of fine nonsense
I used to have a scalextric, does that count?
I used to have a scalextric, does that count?
I had an O gauge clockwork tank engine and coaches just as you describe, when I was a little kid.When I was a child back in the 1950's I had a trainset. It was a Hornby, but I don't recall which gauge. The engines were fairly large, heavy and clockwork. They had operating rods in the "cab" which you pulled or pushed to make the train go backwards or forwards. The track was fairly wide and there was a suitcase full of it, and points and signals and all sorts of bits. I had passenger carraiges and lots of goods wagons. After I was kidnapped by the social workers I never did know what happened to it. I bet the thievin' gits sold it but I never saw it again. Probably be worth a bob or two nowadays.
Probably going on ebay for the best part of a grand. A set the same as my old man bought for me in the late fifties went for nearly £800 a few months back.I had an O gauge clockwork tank engine and coaches just as you describe, when I was a little kid.
A bit like this one.
I don't know what happened to that either.