A selection of 'Never Was' made by Hornby items created in the style of Hornby, using (mainly) standard Hornby parts. These are mainly one off creations, rather than regular production by Directory Series, Horton/Wessex, Tinplate Design Revivals and others.
Locomotives
Hornby Neverwasser, magnificent Deutsche Reichsbahn 4-4-2 tender loco, based upon a Hornby No 3E Nord loco |
Hornby Neverwasser, No 501 tender loco converted to live steam operation |
Hornby Neverwasser, No 501 tender loco converted to live steam operation |
Hornby Neverwasser, No 40 clockwork tank loco fitted with post war Marx electric motor |
Hornby Neverwasser, No 40 clockwork tank loco fitted with post war Marx electric motor |
Multiple Units
Hornby Neverwasser Brighton Belle Pullman set |
Hornby Neverwasser Brighton Belle Pullman set |
Hornby Neverwasser Brighton Belle Pullman set |
Hornby Neverwasser Brighton Belle Pullman set |
Hornby Neverwasser Brighton Belle Pullman set |
Hornby Neverwasser Brighton Belle Pullman set |
Passenger Coaches
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled No 1 LMS Observation Coach, with clerestory roof and interior seating |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled No 1 LMS Observation Coach, with clerestory roof and interior seating |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled No 1 LMS Observation Coach, with clerestory roof and interior seating |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled No 1 LMS Observation Coach, with clerestory roof and interior seating |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled No 2 Saloon in Southern Railway First Class livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled No 2 Saloon in Southern Railway Third Class livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled No 2 Saloon in Southern Railway Restaurant Car livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled No 2 Saloon in Southern Railway Brake Third livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled No 2 Southern Railway Royal Mail livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled No 2 Southern Railway Full Brake livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled No 2 Saloon Riviera Blue Train livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled No 2 Special Pullmans, Rheingold livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled No 2 Special Pullmans, Rheingold livery |
Goods and Freight Wagons
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled DSB Carlsberg Barrel Wagon, with wooden barrel |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled wooden bodied Brake Van, LNWR ivery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled wooden bodied Cattle Wagon, BR ivery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled crane with match trucks, possibly tender bases |
Hornby Neverwasser Dinky 571 Coles Mobile Crane fitted with railway wheels, buffers and couplings |
Hornby Neverwasser Dinky 571 Coles Mobile Crane fitted with railway wheels, buffers and couplings |
Hornby Neverwasser Dinky 571 Coles Mobile Crane fitted with railway wheels, buffers and couplings |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled French Open Wagon, with mounted gun |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled wooden bodied 5 plank Open Wagon with coal load |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled No 50 Meccano Open Wagon with coal load |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Track Cleaning Wagon with coal load |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled wooden bodied Shunter's Truck |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled repainted Tank Wagon, BP green livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled repainted Tank Wagon, Wakefield Castrol silver livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled repainted Tank Wagon, Fina red livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled repainted Tank Wagon, Mobil white livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled repainted Tank Wagon, Mobil white livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled repainted Tank Wagon, Pratts yellow livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled repainted Tank Wagon, Pratts blue livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled repainted Tank Wagon, Royal Daylight blue livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled repainted Tank Wagon, Regent blue livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled repainted Tank Wagon, Shell yellow livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled repainted Tank Wagon, Texaco silver livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Baggage or Luggage Van, SR blue livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Baggage or Luggage Van, SR green livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Baggage or Luggage Van, SR green livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Bisto yellow livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Carr's Biscuits blue livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Castella Classic white livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Colman's yellow livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Coraline yellow livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Crawford's Biscuits maroon livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Cydrax grey livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Dinky Toys yellow and orange livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, NE Fish grey livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Fremlins Beer brown livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, NE Refrigerated white livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Fyffes red and yellow livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Robertson's Golden Shred maroon livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Robertson's Golden Shred yellow livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, NE Gunpowder red livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Hamlet Cigars cream livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Hannington's of Brighton green livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Heinz 57 Varieties yellow livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, HRCA 25th Anniversary blue livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, HRCA 25th Anniversary blue and black livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, W and R Jacob purple livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Kemp Town Brewery brown livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Marsh's Sausages blue livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, GWR Mica B white livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Moorhouses brown livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Nuttall's yellow livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Palethorpes red livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, NE Perishable brown livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Persil white livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Player's Please blue livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Royal Mail red livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Salvage grey livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Salvage grey livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, Shell black livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled Van, SR green livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 4 wheeled chassis with wooden (scratch built?) bodies |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled NE and SR brake vans |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled Southern Railway 'Queen Mary' brake van |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled Southern Railway 'Queen Mary' brake van |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled Container Wagon |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled crane wagon, using a Hornby No. 2 Trolley Wagon and what appears to be a Dinky Yard Crane on a Hornby Platform Crane base. |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled crane wagon, using a Hornby No. 2 Trolley Wagon and what appears to be a Dinky Yard Crane on a Hornby Platform Crane base |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled crane wagon, using what appears to be a Dinky 973 Yard Crane. The support wagon seems to be a Hornby No. 1 Flat Truck, with bolster grafted on from a Lumber Wagon. |
Standard Hornby No. 2 crane, with a 'hook wagon' which seems to be a tender base topped by a cut down open wagon body. |
A magnificent crane created by Richard Taylor, and exhibited at the HRCA Cotswold meeting, May 2013. The image was captured from a YouTube video. This really does seem to be a scaled up Hornby Dublo crane, even sporting the same running number (133). Richard's crane appears in this YouTube film |
Another magnificent crane based upon the Hornby Dublo model, believed to be the work of Paul Gumbrell, of Green Valley Garden Railway fame |
A third crane similar in style to the Hornby Dublo model |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled wooden bodied High Capacity Brick Wagon, bauxite |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled wooden bodied High Capacity Brick Wagon, grey |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled SR Hopper Wagon, brown |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled Van, Arnott's livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled Van, Blue Bird Toffee livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled Van, GWR livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled Van, Hovis livery |
Hornby Neverwasser 8 wheeled Van, Palethorpes livery |
Buildings and Accessories
Hornby Neverwasser double width Signal Cabin |
Hornby Neverwasser double width Signal Cabin, with one piece roof, possibly from Trent post war Island Platform |
Hornby Neverwasser wooden Platelayer's Hut |
Hornby Neverwasser wooden Platelayer's Hut |
Hornby Neverwasser wooden Platelayer's Hut |
Hornby Neverwasser, wooden Level Crossing, No 1 style, for clockwork track |
Hornby Neverwasser, wooden Level Crossing, No 1 style, for clockwork track |
Hornby Neverwasser, wooden Level Crossing, No 1 style, for clockwork track |
Hornby Neverwasser, wooden Level Crossing, No 1 style, for clockwork track |
Hornby Neverwasser Footbridge, part Meccano and part Hotnby lattice bridge |
Hornby Neverwasser Footbridge, part Meccano and part Hotnby lattice bridge |
Hornby Neverwasser Footbridge, part Meccano and part Hotnby lattice bridge |
The magnificent viaduct illustrated below was offered for sale via eBay, and described by the seller as something special that he made about 14 years ago (c2008), being two viaducts mounted on pillars. The pillars are tinplate, and just push up inside the viaducts, all mounted on a wooden base. Overall length is 20 3/4 inches, and 6 inches high.
Hornby Neverwasser raised viaduct |
Hornby Neverwasser raised viaduct |
Hornby Neverwasser raised viaduct |
Hornby Neverwasser, cut down pre war No 1 signal to form a ground signal |
Hornby Neverwasser, pre war No 1 signal converted to No 2E Lamp Standard |
Hornby Neverwasser, pre war No 1 signal converted to No 2E Lamp Standard |
Hornby Neverwasser, pre war No 1 signal converted to No 2E Lamp Standard |
Hornby Neverwasser Controller, 8v 5 amp transformer with Hornby Resistance Controller in wooden case |
Hornby Neverwasser Controller, 8v 5 amp transformer with Hornby Resistance Controller in wooden case |
Hornby Neverwasser Controller, 8v 5 amp transformer with Hornby Resistance Controller in wooden case |
Hornby Neverwasser Controller, 8v 5 amp transformer with Hornby Resistance Controller in wooden case |
Hand Made 3 Rail Electric Track
A selection of hand made electric track, created by adding a centre rail pickup to two rail clockwork track. It appears to be a form of metal banding attached to wooden strips. How was current passed from one to the next? Was it successful?
Hornby Series clockworkwork track, with added centre pickup |
Hornby Series clockworkwork track, with added centre pickup |
Hornby Series clockworkwork track, with added centre pickup |
Hornby Series clockworkwork track, with added centre pickup |
Hornby Series clockworkwork track, with added centre pickup |
Hornby Series clockworkwork track, with added centre pickup |
Hornby Series clockworkwork track, with added centre pickup |
Hornby Series clockworkwork track, with added centre pickup |
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