Tin plate blast from the past

[HobbitFertang]

Hi Folks, a friend found this section of tin-plate platform for me in a junk shop. Any idea of its vintage or what scale it is? It's labelled Hornby Meccano and has what look like connectors at each end for extensions. Oh, and why is it named 'Trent'?

 

[dunnyrail]

Looks likely to be Hornby 0 scale Tinplate though other makers also did Tinplate buildings in 0 and 1 scales. Many had just randomly selected names, I was always mystified by 00 (or was it TT3) buildings that featured Ferryhill on the running in board, not even being aware where Ferryhill was till my first trip to Newcastle and just catching the Signal Box name.

 

[playmofire]

It's an island platform in Hornby O gauge and was introduced in 1954 with the station name Trent (the first time the name had been used) and withdrawn in 1957. The fittings at the end allowed ramps to be added or platforms to be joined together.

As regards the name, there had been a number of station names in earlier years, e.g. Windsor and Ripon, and in the case of Ripon it was a major station on the eastern London-Edinburgh line I understand. Presumably, Trent had a similar significance in BR times.

I would be interested to see how the station looks with LGB items as regards scale.

 

[Paul M]

It's an island platform in Hornby O gauge and was introduced in 1954 with the station name Trent (the first time the name had been used) and withdrawn in 1957.

I'm amazed at the good condition of it , 70 years old and still perfect. I wonder how long today's plastic toys will last?

 

[dunnyrail]

I'm amazed at the good condition of it , 70 years old and still perfect. I wonder how long today's plastic toys will last?

Most not very long of left in full sunlight. Ripon was on the line from Harrogate to Northallerton and though the odd express went that way most went direct via York.

 

[korm kormsen]

I wonder how long today's plastic toys will last?

the newer the plastic, the earlier it gets brittle.
the first "plastik" animals, i got in the '50ies, are still elastic and well today. those figures, that i bought in the late '60ies and later break from table-high falls or too rough handling. (like repositioning heads or limbs on "swoppets" )
exception: those figures, that i (then) painted with oil based paint, like revell paint. seems, that the paint slowed the evaporation of "softeners".

 

[pugwash]

I think the platform section must be one of a set of three. You now need to find the two marked 'On' and 'Stoke' or maybe I'm just biased? Anyway it isn't from where I was born but is from where I was dragged up:

Trent railway station - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The longevity compared to plastic isn't really relevant as it is the resistance to the elements which will be the test. Still a good looking piece and I wish I had friends like yours.

 

[playmofire]

I think the platform section must be one of a set of three. You now need to find the two marked 'On' and 'Stoke' or maybe I'm just biased? Anyway it isn't from where I was born but is from where I was dragged up:

Trent railway station - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The longevity compared to plastic isn't really relevant as it is the resistance to the elements which will be the test. Still a good looking piece and I wish I had friends like yours.

"Trent" was all it ever got. There were additional ramps sold separately, hence the peg and hole at each end, so you could add these or maybe add two extra platform lengths altering the name on each extra length appropriately.

 

[pugwash]

"Trent" was all it ever got. There were additional ramps sold separately, hence the peg and hole at each end, so you could add these or maybe add two extra platform lengths altering the name on each extra length appropriately.

'Twas a joke as I was born in Stoke-on-Trent, I did grow up in Derby and knew of Trent station though. I think the peg & hole idea was pinched by Hornby as the plastic platforms I had in OO were modular in the same way.

 

[playmofire]

'Twas a joke as I was born in Stoke-on-Trent, I did grow up in Derby and knew of Trent station though. I think the peg & hole idea was pinched by Hornby as the plastic platforms I had in OO were modular in the same way.

Yes, I appreciated that and enjoyed it. Strange though that they called it Trent rather than Stoke

 

[dunnyrail]

Yes, I appreciated that and enjoyed it. Strange though that they called it Trent rather than Stoke

I think they were thinking of Trent a pretty important Junction Station near Nottingham and Derby.

 

[pugwash]

I think they were thinking of Trent a pretty important Junction Station near Nottingham and Derby.

According to the link to the Wikipedia article I put in and my own local knowledge, yes.