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    Gifts for railway lovers

    Model Railways, Chosen by the Line

    The locomotives and coaches that ran the overnight and East Coast routes — as Hornby models. A gift guide for the enthusiast who already knows every calling point.

    The sleeper and its stock

    The locomotives and carriages that actually ran the overnight lines this site is built around.

    As used on the sleeper

    Mark 3 Coaches

    The Mark 3 is the coach that formed the Caledonian Sleeper and GWR Night Riviera rakes for decades. Model the exact stock you'd have slept in.

    View on Hornby→    Highland haulage

    Class 67 Locomotives

    The sleek diesel that hauled the Caledonian Sleeper on the Highland lines to Inverness, Aberdeen and Fort William.

    View on Hornby→    Golden-age expresses

    The InterCity Collection

    Blue-and-grey and Swallow-liveried stock from the era of named overnight and long-distance expresses.

    View on Hornby→    The everyman coach

    Mark 1 Coaches

    The classic British Railways coach that ran behind almost everything — a staple of any period rake.

    View on Hornby→

    Icons of the East Coast and Scotland

    The famous names of the London-to-Scotland lines — the locomotives every enthusiast wants on the shelf.

    The most famous of all

    Flying Scotsman

    London to Edinburgh in a single name. The world's best-known locomotive, in a range of Hornby models.

    View on Hornby→    World speed record holder

    Mallard (Class A4)

    The streamlined A4 that still holds the world speed record for steam — East Coast Main Line royalty.

    View on Hornby→    The designer's own

    Sir Nigel Gresley

    Gresley's streamlined Pacifics — the engineer behind both Mallard and Flying Scotsman.

    View on Hornby→

    Start the hobby — the best gifts

    New to model railways, or buying for someone who is? Start here.

    The perfect first railway

    Train Sets

    Complete sets — locomotive, coaches, an oval of track and a controller — ready to run out of the box.

    View on Hornby→    A layout on a shelf

    Hornby TT:120

    The newer, space-saving scale — a proper layout that fits where OO gauge won't. Ideal for smaller homes.

    View on Hornby→    Around the tree

    Christmas Train Sets

    Festive sets made to run around the base of the Christmas tree — a gift that becomes a tradition.

    View on Hornby→    Converts non-modellers

    The Hogwarts Express

    The Harry Potter range — the set that turns someone who's never held a controller into a modeller.

    View on Hornby→

    Prefer the full-size version?

    Ride the real thing before you model it. Every UK sleeper route, its calling points and how to book a cabin.

    See the sleeper routes →

    To join a club — for example in Glasgow, Clydeside Model Railway Club.

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