Hornby Series and Dinky Toys

Dinky and Hornby Figures and Animals, Railway Accessories, Modelled Miniatures, 0 and 00 Scales

Dinky pre war No 1 Station Staff, first issue with orange bases (1931-38)

Dinky pre war No 1 Station Staff, first issue with orange bases (1931-41)

Dinky post war No 1 Station Staff (1952-56)

Hornby Series pre war No 2 Farmyard Animals (1932-41)

Dinky post war No 2 Farmyard Animals (1952-56)

Dinky pre war No 3 Railway Passengers (1932-41)

Dinky post war No 3 Passengers (1952-56)

Dinky pre war No 4 Engineering Staff (1932-41)

Dinky post war No 4 Engineering Staff (1952-56)

Dinky pre war No 5 Train and Hotel Staff (1932-41)

Dinky post war No 5 Train and Hotel Staff (1952-56)

Dinky pre war No 6 Shepherd Set, blue shepherd (1934-38)

Dinky pre war No 6 Shepherd Set, brown shepherd (1938-41)

Dinky post war No 6 Shepherd Set (1952-56)

Dinky 13 Halls Distemper (1932-41)

Hornby Modelled Miniatures 13 Halls Distemper (1932-41)

Railway Accessories Set 1 was issued 1924-41, with multiple amendments during those years although the basic five piece content, one truck and four items of luggage (large round top trunk, small suitcase, hamper and smaller flat top trunk) remained constant.

Hornby Railway Accessories No 1 Miniature Luggage and Porter's Barrow, hamper labelled Carlisle, 1924-26

Hornby Railway Accessories No 1 Miniature Luggage and Porter's Barrow, hamper labelled London, small brown suitcase, 1926-31

Hornby Railway Accessories No 1, now Miniature Luggage and Truck, small green suitcase, circa 1931-38

Hornby Railway Accessories No 1 Miniature Luggage and Truck, green strap around large trunk, 1938-41

The truck with milk cans (churns) was available from 1924 until 1941. Initial trucks were green with tin wheels (1924-25) followed by orange trucks with tin wheels (1925-31), orange trucks with cast wheels (1931-33) and finally blue trucks with cast wheels (1933-41)

Hornby Railway Accessories No 2 Milk Cans and Truck, orange truck, tin wheels, 1925-31

Hornby Railway Accessories No 2 Milk Cans and Truck, blue truck, cast wheels, 1933-41

Railway Accessories Set 3 (1924-41) was initially five pieces (post box, ticket machine, nametape machine and two seats). The tin printed post box was replaced by a Dinky Toy die cast box in 1935, and a fire hose box added, circa 1936. The set was first described as Miniature Platform Accessories, followed by Railway Accessories No 3, finally Platform Machines and Seats.

Hornby Railway Accessories No 3 Miniature Platform Accessories, circa 1924

Hornby Railway Accessories No 3 Miniature Platform Accessories, circa 1925-31

Hornby Railway Accessories No 3, circa 1925-31

Hornby Railway Accessories No 3 Miniature Platform Accessories, green nametape machine, circa 1931-35

Hornby Railway Accessories No 3, green nametape machine, circa 1931-35

Hornby Railway Accessories No 3 Platform Machines and Seats, Dinky post box, fire hose cabinet, circa 1936-41

Set 4 was a combination of Sets 1, 2 and 3, issued 1927-41, seventeen pieces initially then eighteen with the addition of the Fire Hut from 1936.

Hornby Railway Accessories No 4 Luggage and Platform Machines, small brown suitcase, orange milk truck, circa 1925-31

Hornby Railway Accessories No 4 Luggage and Platform Machines, small green suitcase, orange milk truck, circa 1931-33

Hornby Railway Accessories No 4 Luggage and Platform Machines, small green suitcase, blue milk truck, circa 1933-36

Hornby Railway Accessories No 4 Luggage and Platform Machines, with Fire Hut (now 18 pieces), circa 1936-41

Hornby Railway Accessories No 5 Gradient and Mile Posts, 1928-41

Railway Accessories Set 6, Station Names and Notice Boards, was issued 1928-29 only; thereafter the contents was split into two additional sets, Notice Boards forming Set 8 and the Station Names Set 9, both from 1929 to 1941.

Hornby Railway Accessories No 6 Station Names and Notice Boards, 1928-29 (Combined Sets 8 and 9)

Hornby Railway Accessories No 7 Watchman's Hut, Brazier, Poker and Shovel, 1928-41

Hornby Railway Accessories Sets 8 and 9 (Notice Boards and Station Names) were available from 1929 until 1941. The signs themselves remained unchanged although the base colour was amended from a darker blue (1929-33) to a lighter blue/grey (1933-39) and finally green (1939-41).