Exhibition
Layouts from around the World
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Trix
as a teenager !
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1950 to 1965
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The picture on the left is
of a layout first shown at the British Industries Fair in the Spring of 1953
then subsequently at the annual Model Railway show at Westminster Hall in
London. The first event was for trade
only whilst the second was the major public show of the year for all Model
railways enthusiasts. I remember seeing this, having queued up in the rain
outside the show for an hour or more.
So many people went that the queue had to controlled by several police
officers |
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Above the 1953 Trix Twin layout
with Trix Express items such as the Diesel Flier |
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The layout on the right was
another example of the professional presentation of TTR products to the
public in 1953. The gravity fed shunting
yard can be seen clearly in this picture. I remember how fascinated I was as
a young boy to see the locos run forward and back (never stalling) and
pushing goods wagon down the slope where after auto uncoupling it ran into
one of the sidings, each point operated by remote. Times were displayed for the next full show as in between the
locos had to be serviced. Something
we collectors of TTR know all about to day. |
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An Early 1950’s Continental Trix layout
All bakelite layout with a
diesel flier and the post war 20/59 in the background. The goods shed in the front made by Trix
is much sort after by collectors |
An unusual picture taken from the inside of
the Bassett-Lowke shop in High Holborn in the 1950’s shows a demonstration
layout on the left.
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A Trix Express layout in Germany shown in 1953 at a trade show in
Nürenburg |
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Unlike the English layouts the
German ones had detailed scenery to add realism. These pictures must have
been introducing the new fibre based track which can just be seen in the
front of the layout, whereas the rest is bakelite. |
Above one can see a harbour
scene. In the foreground on the left are two E94’s |
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A 1954 layout from Nürenberg Alongside is a rare colour
photograph of a Trix Express layout designed to sell Trix to the
Continental public. This was
presented at the annual Toy fair still used to day as the place to announce
new products. |
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The layout on the left is from 1961 At yet another trade show
Trix Express presented this fine layout. It is interesting to note the
track plan displayed above the layouts surrounding the “TRIX” name |
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