Rail Transport Models
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of over 550 railway-related models. There are two distinct categories of models in this collection, mass produced toys and high detail professional models. The toys cover a variety of manufactures from Triang to Hornby while the professional models were built by model makers or in house at locomotive manufacturers. The former group is made up of display/promotional examples, apprentice built examples and several live steam models that were built to be able to work using a coal fire. The examples from the North British Locomotive Company and its predecessors are of particular note for their quality and their relationship to the history of this company. The dates for the collection are 1830 to 2014. This toy/mass produced collection is primarily made up of mass-produced, toy-scale models made by firms Triang and Hornby. They include locomotives, tenders, passenger carriages, wagons, scenery, buildings and track. There are also 100 amateur models, including two Caledonian Railway locomotives. In addition to these, there are 30 high-detail scale or working models made by manufacturers, such as British Rail models of steam, diesel and electric locomotives. Models of 1830-40s steam locomotives are also included. Within this collection, there is a highly detailed scale model of the demolished St Enoch Station and Hotel in Glasgow and a demonstration model of George Bennie’s rail plane, a more unusual item dealing with innovative designs for public transport in Britain. The collection also consists of a small quantity of light railways, represented by model trams and ranging from highly detailed scale models to toy sets. These primarily represent Glasgow Corporation vehicles although several examples represent other west of Scotland services. Furthermore, there are two models of horse-drawn trams and 14 electric trams as well as a small electrically operated layout featuring Glasgow trams.
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