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Trains Galore, all Gauges of Model Trains & Railway Ephemera

We hold regular auctions of Toys for the Collector each year that include model railways from N Gauge to Gauge III and models; in addition, we hold one special themed auction and several express auctions.

We hold regular auctions of Toys for the Collector each year that include model railways from N Gauge to Gauge III and models; in addition, we hold one special themed auction and several express auctions. 

The season wraps up with the renowned Trains Galore sale in December, a popular and friendly event that has been running since 1985. The finest pieces are held back for this auction, always creating international interest.

Experience and knowledge allows us to give you expert and comprehensive advice when selling. Prior to the auction a professional, colour online catalogue is produced and publicised worldwide to ensure that your items reach the excellent prices they deserve.

Our consultants are available and eager to offer friendly and honest advice to any buyers with questions regarding items for sale, prior, during or post auction.

Any enquiries regarding buying or selling and for more information please contact our specialists Hugo Marsh, Bob Leggett or Graham Bilbe on 01635 580595 or via our contact us page.

 

Auction highlights

  • Popular Trains Auction
  • 19th March 2024

Lot 143

Trix Twin 00 Gauge 3-Rail AC BR green Class A1 60103 ' Scotsman' Locomotive and Tender

Price realised

£160 plus BP

Lot 207

Hornby-Dublo 3-rail 00 gauge early Southern Goods Train set

Price realised

£220 plus BP

Lot 401

Unbuilt plastic building kits by Kibri Volmer Heljan Faller H0 gauge in original boxes

Price realised

£170 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • TWO DAY: Trains Galore: Part Two
  • 27th February 2024

Lot 637

Rivarossi HO Gauge Flat Trucks with Van/Racing Car Loads

Price realised

£400 plus BP

Lot 741

Uncommon Marklin Pre-war 00/HO Gauge British outline LNER and LMS Locomotives and Accessories

Price realised

£3,600 plus BP

Lot 814

Iron Horse Models by Precision Scale Co H0 Gauge The Abraham Lincoln Funeral Train Set

Price realised

£750 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • DAY TWO: Trains Galore: Part One (O Gauge, Larger Gauges and Railwayana)
  • 13th December 2023

Lot 835

An early Bing Gauge 2 (2") live steam British-market 'Black Prince' 4-4-0 Locomotive and Tender

Price realised

£6,500 plus BP

Lot 592

BR Western Region Enamelled Station Totem Pangbourne

Price realised

£800 plus BP

Lot 850

An historic and well-engineered Model Single-cylinder Vertical Steam Engine

Price realised

£3,000 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • DAY ONE: Trains Galore: Part One (O Gauge, Larger Gauges and Railwayana)
  • 12th December 2023

Lot 153

A very early and uncommon Marklin 0 Gauge clockwork 0-4-2 Locomotive and two Tenders

Price realised

£850 plus BP

Lot 222

An 0 Gauge finescale kitbuilt Midland Pullman 6-Car Set

Price realised

£1,500 plus BP

Lot 427

An 0 Gauge 2-rail LMS Stanier 5XP class 'Jubilee' 4-6-0 Locomotive and Tender by Sette Models (Lee Marsh)

Price realised

£1,200 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Smaller Gauge Trains for the Collector Auction
  • 19th October 2023

Lot 60

Dapol N Gauge Intercity 125 Train Pack and Additional Coaches

Price realised

£150 plus BP

Lot 278

Rare Hornby-Dublo 00 Gauge 2-Rail 4654 Rail Cleaning Wagon

Price realised

£340 plus BP

Lot 268

Hornby-Dublo 00 Gauge Export 2-Rail BR green 4250 Electric Driving Trailer Coach with unusual label

Price realised

£160 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • TWO DAY: Glorious Trains Auction (Part Two)
  • 27th June 2023

Lot 30

Exley 0 Gauge SR green 4-Res EMU Set

Price realised

£700 plus BP

Lot 841

A rare Bockholt Gauge 1 Two Rail Electric Deutsche Reichsbahn red livery Borsig Streamlined BR 05-001 Locomotive and Tender

Price realised

£12,000 plus BP

Lot 754

GWR Cabside Number Plate, cast brass with four mounting holes, 2067, Dean Saddle tank 0-6-0 built 1899 Wolverhampton Works

Price realised

£1,800 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • TWO DAY: Glorious Trains Auction (Part One)
  • 25th April 2023

Lot 601

Arnold N Gauge Electric Articulated Trams

Price realised

£600 plus BP

Lot 662

Rivarossi 1950s Yellow Series HO Gauge Trackside Building The Television Factory

Price realised

£800 plus BP

Lot 922

Challenger Imports Ltd H0 Gauge Great Northern Class N-3 2-8-8-0 Locomotive #2008

Price realised

£700 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Trains Galore: Part Two (Smaller Gauges)
  • 24th January 2023

Lot 398

Kitbuilt 00 Gauge BR black 2-10-0 and 2-8-0 Locomotives and Tenders

Price realised

£300 plus BP

Lot 511

A boxed 3-rail Italian North Milan Railway Bo-Bo Electric Motor Coach in Train Set

Price realised

£1,900 plus BP

Lot 623

HO Gauge London Transport Museum Croydon Tramlink Bombardier Tram

Price realised

£300 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Trains Galore: Part One - Three Day Auction: DAY THREE
  • 15th December 2022

Lot 1022

Southern Railway Enamelled Station Target Sign 'Bournemouth West

Price realised

£600 plus BP

Lot 1506

Bing Gauge 2 (2") live steam German-market 'Storkleg' 2-2-0 Locomotive and Tender

Price realised

£ 2,600 plus BP

Lot 1527

4" Scale Model Ruston single-cylinder coal-fired Steam Tractor from a Winson Engineering Kit

Price realised

£3,400 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Trains Galore: Part One - Three Day Auction: DAY TWO
  • 14th December 2022

Lot 725

Overland Models H0 Gauge Erie 'L-1' Angus Type 0-8-8-0 2601 'Camelback' 2601

Price realised

£1600 plus BP

Lot 867

EMB Emmental Modell-Bau Limited Edition Steurwagen Golden Pass

Price realised

£400 plus BP

Lot 979

Rivarossi Con Cor H0 Gauge 00001 New York Central Lines 'The Cardinals' Ltd Ed Train Set

Price realised

£420 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Trains Galore: Part One - Three Day Auction: DAY ONE
  • 13th December 2022

Lot 80

Bemo H0e/H0m Gauge Swiss Electric Multiple Unit

Price realised

£420 plus BP

Lot 94

Malutram H0m Gauge Berner Oberland Bahn Four Car Swiss Multiple Unit

Price realised

£850 plus BP

Lot 218

Tri-ang TT Gauge T574 Continental brown Mineral Wagon

Price realised

£950 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Glorious Trains - Part One
  • 12th April 2022

Lot 202

Hornby-Dublo OO Gauge pre-war LMS

Price realised

£550 plus BP

Lot 280

Wrenn OO Gauge W2273 BR blue Royal Scot Class 46159

Price realised

£550 plus BP

Lot 286

Wrenn OO Gauge W2302 LMS maroon Coronation Class 6224

Price realised

£600 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Popular Trains
  • 22nd February 2022

Lot 375

Tri-ang 'Big-Big' and Lima 0 Gauge Trains

Price realised

£250 plus BP

Lot 395

Lot 395

A Bing Gauge 1 live steam 'Storkleg' 2-2-0 MR Locomotive and Tender

Price realised

£250 plus BP

Lot 398

A Bing Gauge 1 live steam 0-4-0 MR Locomotive and Tender

Price realised

£280 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Glorious Trains - Day Two
  • 15th December 2021

Lot 938

An uncommon Märklin Gauge 1 Continental Bogie Low-side Wagon

Price realised

£3,500 plus BP

Lot 971

A Bockholt (for Fulgurex) Gauge 1 two-rail Swiss Electric 'Krokodil' Locomotive

Price realised

£6,000 plus BP

Lot 975

A Bockholt Gauge 1 two-rail German (DR) Br18 class 4-6-2 Locomotive and Tender

Price realised

£9,000 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Glorious Trains - Day One
  • 14th December 2021

Lot 393

A Larry Goddard 00 Gauge Finescale Scratchbuilt

Price realised

£480 plus BP

Lot 531

A Märklin H0 Gauge olive green CCS800 3015.4

Price realised

£600 plus BP

Lot 533

Märklin 00 Gauge Mitropa 343.1

Price realised

£1,400 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Popular Trains
  • 26th October 2021

Lot 180

EFE London Underground Sets part modified to electric operation

Price realised

£260 plus BP

Lot 221

Hornby 00 Gauge Digital Sound Decoders

Price realised

£320 plus BP

488

A Duplex-cylindered Live Steam Stationary Engine

Price realised

£220 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Glorious Trains Part Three
  • 3rd August 2021

Lot 617

Challenger Imports Ltd Brass American HO Gauge Steam Locomotive

Price realised

£1,100 plus BP

Lot 618

Glacier Park Models brass American HO Gauge Steam Locomotive

Price realised

£900 plus BP

Lot 621

Glacier Park Models brass American HO Gauge Steam Locomotive

Price realised

£900 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Glorious Trains - Part Two
  • 29th June 2021

489

Accucraft Marches Models E20-1 Isle of Man Beyer Peacock 2-4-0 Tank Locomotive

Price realised

£1,500 plus BP

587

British Rail Scotland Station Totem Sign Balloch Pier

Price realised

£4,400 plus BP

640

1½" scale (1/8th) Live Steam Compound 4-shaft Traction Engine

Price realised

£1,600 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Popular Trains
  • 2nd June 2021

107

Hornby 00 Track and Digital 'Elite' Control Unit Track

Price realised

£200 plus BP

370

Lima and other Continental 0 gauge 2-rail Trains

Price realised

£230 plus BP

116

Hornby Dublo 00 Gauge 2-Rail 2050 Suburban Electric Set,

Price realised

£270 plus BP

Auction highlights

  • Glorious Trains - Part One
  • 13th April 2021

Lot 5

Lone Star 'Treble-O-Lectric' 000 N gauge

Price realised

£300

Lot 312

Hornby OO Gauge Live Steam Locomotive

Price realised

£420

Lot 313

Hornby OO Gauge Live Steam Locomotive

Price realised

£600

Auction highlights

  • Trains Galore Day 2
  • 16th December 2020

Lot 876

A Leeds for Bassett-Lowke 0 Gauge clockwork Caledonian Railway 'Pickersgill Class 72' 4-4-0 Locomotive

Price realised

£1,850

Lot 1233

A fine 5" Gauge Scratch-built Live Steam Coal-fired GWR 'Saint' Class 4-6-0 Locomotive

Price realised

£12,000

Lot 920

A Rare and early Carette for Bassett-Lowke 0 Gauge live steam SECR Steam Railmotor

Price realised

£4,800

Auction highlights

  • Trains Galore Day 1
  • 15th December 2020

Lot 229

Rare Hornby-Dublo 00 Gauge pre-war 3-Rail Clockwork 'Sir Nigel Gresley' Train Set

Price realised

£1,100

Lot 545

Original Southern Railway Station Target Sign Crystal Palace Low Level

Price realised

£1,100

Lot 562

Three Southern Railway Train Station Light Shades

Price realised

£900

Auction highlights

  • Glorious Trains Day 2
  • 1st July 2020

Lot 721

A 5in Gauge scratch-built LB&SCR Stroudley A1 Class 0-6-0 Tank Locomotive 'Brighton', of the famous 'Terrier' Class, finely engineered and exquisitely finished in fully-lined Stroudley 'Improved Engine Green', as No 40 'Brighton', essentially in 'as-built' 1878 condition with smokebox wingplates, 'Salter' safety valves and other original features, the model incorporating twin inside cylinders with lever-operated Stephenson motion, pressure and water gauges,

Price realised

£5,500

Lot 548





A Finescale 0 Gauge Kit-built electric GWR 'Castle' Class 4-6-0 Locomotive and Tender from Mitchell Design Kit, a superb model commissioned by Herbert Groves (founder of the 2mm Finescale Association) in 1994, built by Malcolm Mitchell and finely-finished by Alan Brackenborough as no 5015 'Kingswear Castle' in lined Great Western green, fitted with Portescap motor/gearbox unit, E, minimal test-running only, with provenance letter in card box

Price realised

£2,300

Lot 727

A 5in Gauge live-steam Coal-fired GWR 48xx Class 0-4-2 Tank Locomotive, well-built by Mr J Roberts to the Neville Evans design, and finished in plain GWR green with 'shirtbutton' motif and numbered 4829, the model featuring hand-pump to bunker, twin injectors, twin inside cylinders with screw-operated valve gear and lubricator, handbrake (applies to driving wheels), safety valves, water and pressure gauges, regulator, blower and whistle,

Price realised

£3,600

Auction highlights

  • Glorious Trains Day 1
  • 30th June 2020

Lot 185

A K-Lines (Mansted Foundry) 0 Gauge 3-rail electric 2-6-0 Locomotive and Tender (ex-Geoffrey Keen), built in the style of an LNER larger-wheeled 'K' Class, and finished in K-Lines black as no 331, works plates 'Mansted Foundry No 103' (RF Stedman) to smokebox, 'KLs' transfer emblems to cabsides, with detailed brake rodding and other fine details, G-VG, a few small paint chips/wear, semi-Finescale iron wheels fitted (2)

Price realised

£1,800

Lot 187

An 0 Gauge 3-rail electric 0-8-0 Tank Locomotive (ex-Captain Kelly's 'International Railway' No 4002), built in the style of a powerful French Suburban loco, possibly by Fournereau, finished in Longmoor Military Railway-style red-lined Prussian blue livery with large painted yellow 4002 numbers to tanks and cast plates 'International Railways 4002, 1934' to cabsides

Price realised

£2,200

Lot 112

An Uncommon Milbro 0 Gauge 3-rail Great Central Railway 4-6-2 Tank Locomotive, in original GCR lined green/brown livery as no 373, overall G-VG, some wear to decals, tank and bunker edges

Price realised

£5,500

Auction highlights

  • Trains Galore
  • 17th December 2019

Lot 909

A Bockholt/Fulgurex Gauge I ÖBB Class 214 2-8-4 Locomotive and Tender, finished in plain black as no 214.10, a Wien-Floridsdorf product of 1936, the model designed for 12v DC operation and is serial no 21 of a batch to the order of Fulgurex, and supplied in 1986; with a purpose-made wooden carrying case - useful as the model weighs 11kg, VG-E

Price realised

£5000

Lot 910

A Limited Edition Bockholt Gauge I Danish State Railways 4-6-2 Locomotive and Tender, LE no 136, a very finely-detailed model of a Frichs-built Pacific of the 4-cylinder 1948 series, DSB Nr 994 E, in Prussian Blue livery, complete with inside and outside motion, backhead details, compensated suspension, brake pump, lubricators and pipework, the locomotive appears to be arranged for battery operation, the bogie tender having a charging socket and three control switches, overall G-VG,

Price realised

£11,000

Lot 911

A Bockholt Gauge I SNCF 4-8-2 class 241A Locomotive and Tender, a very finely-detailed model of a Fives-Lille 4-cylinder 'Mountain' class built 1931, as SNCF N0 241.A.65 'Chaumont', in red-lined green livery, complete with inside and outside motion, backhead details, compensated suspension, brake pump, lubricators and pipework, the locomotive appears to be arranged for battery operation, the bogie tender no 35C 41 having a charging socket and two control switches, overall G-VG

Price realised

£6800

Auction highlights

  • Glorious Trains
  • 17th April 2019

Lot 51

Rare Tri-ang TT Gauge T96 BR blue A1A A1A Diesel Locomotive, with instruction, oil tab and original blue corrugated protection card, in original lift-off box with blue printed label, E, box VG

Price realised

£1050

Lot 466

Rare Hornby-Dublo 00 Gauge 3-Rail EDL7 GWR green 6231 and 6699 0-6-2 Tank Locomotives, 6231 with 'Duchess of Atholl' number and 6699, both VG, 6231 lacks logo (2)

Price realised

£1300

Lot 1023

A Kit-built Finescale 0 Gauge Highland Railway 'Jones Goods' Class 4-6-0 Locomotive and Tender, from an unidentified brass kit with Portescap motor/gearbox unit and highly detailed cab, exquisitely finished in HR green with full dark green/red/black lining as no 112, E, tender permanently coupled, no builder or painter details, in bespoke wooden carrying case

Price realised

£2000

Auction highlights

  • Trains and Trains Galore
A rare Märklin Gauge I British-outline Clockwork ref TK1021 'Stephenson' 4-6-4 Tank Locomotive

A rare Märklin Gauge I British-outline Clockwork ref TK1021 'Stephenson' 4-6-4 Tank Locomotive

Price realised

£15,000

A 5" Gauge GWR Coal-fired Live Steam 4-6-0 Locomotive and Tender No 7802 'Bradley Manor'

A 5" Gauge GWR Coal-fired Live Steam 4-6-0 Locomotive and Tender No 7802 'Bradley Manor'

Price realised

£4,800

A 5" Gauge BR 'Standard' Coal-fired Live Steam 'Mogul' 2-6-0 Locomotive No 78007 and Tender

A 5" Gauge BR 'Standard' Coal-fired Live Steam 'Mogul' 2-6-0 Locomotive No 78007 and Tender

Price realised

£4,800

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