TRAIN TIME: Hornby M Series Footbridge

This M series footbridge was first catalogued in the 1933-34 season and is one of the more colorful foot bridges offered. I've found that this bridge is fairly tough to come by in excellent condition at an affordable price. Add to the fact that nearly all my stuff made in the UK is actually bought over there (via fleaBay) and shipping is expensive from the UK to her. That means when I buy something I feel is good enough I don't try to buy another one in better condition. That's not a hard-&-fast rule of course but one I usually stick to.  They tend to be a bit drab - even the ones made here in the States are pretty plain-Jane. I also liked this one because it's just a tad bit smaller than the No. 1 footbridge. This one measures 12 3/4" (32.38cm) x 1 1/2" (2.54cm) W x 6" (15.24cm) H. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Here's the M series bridge in place. In this photo it looks like it needs to be nudged over a bit. I may end up using the No. 1 bridge here instead but I do like the colorful looks of this one.

TRAIN TIME: Hornby No. 1 Footbridge

A few years back when I was going bonkers over 2-rail clockwork trains I ended up buying a bunch of stuff and a lot of it was Hornby. Then I built my small clockwork layout and used what I felt worked best on it, which meant I now had a 'collection' and no place to display it. So things like this nice Hornby No. 1 Footbridge now resides in a box out in The Cave and it's just gonna have to go sometime this year as I get a chance to get out there and do some work and continue to thin out the collection. The bridge measures 9" (48.26cm) L x 6 1/4" (15.24cm) H. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

This picture of the layout was taken two years ago and little has been done to it since then, but you can see where I used a different footbridge. The Hornby No. 1 Footbridge ended up being too long to fit in the cramped space I had so a Hornby H series one was used instead (and it's more colorful).

 This is what was meant about buying a bunch of stuff to see what would fit or not into the limited space and this is what ultimately landed on the layout.

TRAIN TIME: Kraus-Fandor Footbridge

Sooo, the story behind this series of posts I'll be doing is this: some years back I was getting kinda hot-&-heavy into wind-up/clockwork trains and started going nutso buying whatever suited my fancy. This was the same time I was building my Hornby 2-rail layout and I was experimenting with different brands and different looks. Some of my buys were cool and I liked them a lot. Others? Not so much. I bought a few things from Kraus-Fandor and overall was quite pleased with them, but just never got around to buying more than what you'll see in the next couple of posts. This footbridge is a lovely pre-war design - a little rough - but quite serviceable. I did manage to record the dimensions for this piece: 13 3/4" (34.92cm) W x 3" (7.62cm) D x 8 1/4" (20.95cm) H. I had a bit of a problem photographing this but the bridge is dark green with red bases. Enjoy! Opa Fritz