Exhibition
Layouts from around the World
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Trix
Exhibition layouts in the early years !
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1936 to 1939
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The earliest exhibition
picture I have is probably the first Trix Twin layout ever : taken at the British
industries Fair in 1936. The buildings are the early
wooden type, similar to Trix Express, but in the far background a TTR
terminal station can be seen, this was only made in England. Locos and
rolling stock are familiar LMS and LNER models |
Is this the first picture
of a Trix Twin layout with English outline
stock ?
A Twin Trains
exhibition layout from 1936 |
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The earliest picture I have
of a Trix layout from Germany, is also taken in 1936 !! This Trix Express layout
already had progressed from a table top design to include scenery and even a
small group of buildings, probably made of wood, in the centre of the
layout. At the top one can see an
industrial scene. |
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Above a 1936 Trix Express layout |
Below a Trix Twin trade stand with
a layout in 1938 |
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The layout on the right was
part of TTR presentation at the British Industries Fair (BIF) in the Spring
of 1938. This annual exhibition was
a major event where all British manufacturers exhibited their wares to the
trade. Orders were eagerly sought for
the newest models presented to the public for the first time, although the
public was not allowed entry; it was trade only. Indeed some prototypes were
shown that were never put into production. |
Below
the layout in the foreground above |
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On the right in the picture one can see the mixture of early 1936
buildings and latter Manyways structures. Near the front is the early
carriage shed, in the middle the straight footbridge whilst in the far back
is the angular bridge. Clearly being
marketed at the same time |
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A fantastic large Trix Twin layout was on show in 1939 at the BIF |
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The show was between 20th
February and 3rd March 1939 |
Above one can see a planned
development of the Manyways station buildings with shop fronts added to the
buildings. Although they were never put into production. On the left the layout
shows the gravity fed shunting yard. The station above is in the far top left
of the picture. In the front there is a Southern tank pulling two UD tank
wagons. It is interesting to note
the wires were clearly shown on top of the layout to explain how to wire up
the layout. Unlike the German layouts
of the time there was no scenery. This
approach to demonstrate TTR is still the practice to day by most exhibitors,
65 years on !! |
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Trade Layouts, (at the BIF for example), were sometimes designed to show the wiring to illustrate the automatic characteristics of TTR layouts. The wiring was laid neatly on top of the table. |
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If you have any pre-war pictures of Trix layouts please send copies
to me. I would love to share them with other enthusiasts
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