The Hornby Book of Trains (1938-39)

Cover of the (1938-39) Hornby Book of Trains [image info]

A copy of the softback The 1938-39 Hornby Book of Trains, complete.

Cover image

The issue features a painting by Bryan de Grineau of the "Cornish Riviera Ltd." train, hauled by the GWR 6005 King George II locomotive, against a background of Cornish coastal scenery.

Contents

60 pages, including covers

• Common Carriers: How Railways Deliver the Goods
• Rival Roads to the North; Developments of Fifty Years
• A Century of Railway Postal Service
• Some Features of British Main Line Railways

Pages 13-51 are devoted to Hornby Trains catalogue material, including Hornby Dublo.