- 3 Rail Conversions Some help when you want to try converting 2 rail to 3 rail
- Alan’s Meccano Pages This page features HD 3 rail layout
- American Dublo Site This is a US Dublo Site but hasn’t been updated for a very long time
- Andy Millers new blog. 3 rail conversions of EMUs, Brighton Belle & more plus converting to DCC all on tin track 3 rail. He also has a facebook page here
- Britain’s Great Little Railways Starting point for a visit to a miniature railway
- British Rail wagon photographs by Paul Bartlett Comprehensive photo colection of UK freight wagons
- Chuffers .com Selling Hornby Dublo and other makes of trains
- Classic Collections New build new models of 3 rail trains – well worth a look if you want something special
- Cliff Maddock Toys O and OO gauge for sale. Cliff has been around for years, very reliable, stalwart of the HRCA his stuff is as described. I have been pleased with my purchases from him
- Cooper Hornby Dublo replicas New versions of HD type engines and coaches. Lovely but pricey. Well worth a browse but there was nothing for sale when I looked recently (Oct22)
- Dave Angell Trains Mostly selling Triang but often some Dublo
- Dennis Middleton – Dublo Daze Dennis Middleton’s 3 rail layout video
- Dennis Middleton – Fast Mail A YouTube video of an HD 3 rail mail train
- Dennis Middleton – slow goods A HD 3 rail 2-8-0 heads a goods train
- Disused railway stations List, photographs and history of disused railway stations
- Dublo Auction The very best in mint and boxed Hornby Dublo. Expensive but you would expect that. Too rich for my wallet.
- Dublo Parts and Rolling stock A small selection of replacement parts and rolling stock for sale
- Dublo Surgeon HD spares, repairs and transfers
- Elaines Trains Selling HD and other makes
- Frank Hornby a brief history
- Frank Hornby and Friends Hornby Dublo and lots more. Well worth a browse.
- Gaugemaster ,Model railways, controllers and Marklin stockists
- Hattons: Often has HD for sale
- HD videos on youtube Just a starting point if you want to watch videos of 3 rail trains operating. Best to run your own but there are some ideas out there that might be worth copying.
- Heritage Railway Association Starting point if you want to visit a heritage railway in the UK
- Historical Model Railway Society Worth looking at but nothing special on HD
- The Double O Gauge Association – seemingly modern stuff
- Hornby Dublo Enthusiasts on Facebook
- Hornby Dublo on Facebook HRCA site An HRCA Facebook site
- Hornby Railways Collectors Guide 1959 -1990 This is for modern Triang Hornby and Hornby Hobbies i.e. 2 rail modern railways. Excellent reference site with pictures of every model made during this period
- HRCA If you are into Hornby Dublo you should join. Excellent magazine in full colour with 10 issues a year and a forum on their website which you can join but only if you are a member.
- Jeff Baker Jeff buys and sells HD 2 and 3 rail in Canada. Interesting website as well
- JW Models Lots of HD 3 rail for sale prices look very realistic
- Lickey Incline Brief histories of HD, Wrenn etc. Worth a browse for other items of interest
- Mainline Model railways Pictures of the models produced by Mainline Railways Systems of the late 70’s and early 80’s
- Mainly Trains HD Spares with photos of each spare to make your choice much easier.
- Martin Randalls 3 rail layout A classic 3 rail layout using only HD buildings and no scenery. How it really should be done if you are a purist but very slow to load
- Meccano Magazine Nearly every Meccano Magazine from 1916 to 1981. Available in pdf. A winter of nostalgic reading is available here
- Metcalfe Models My preferred supplier of cardboard buildings for you to construct. Many on my layout and enjoyable to construct
- Model Rail Forum This forum has a collectors area
- Model Railway Clubs in the UK General model railways but may be useful
- Model Railway Three Rail Systems 3 rail pick ups and automation ideas
- Model Supplies drop down menu -HD repro figures, doors for horse box and goods depot – also Dinky and Corgi
- Neomagnets If your magnet is fading replace it with a Neo magnet. This is one source of supply. Website unavailable when I last checked.
- Norman Wisenden HD 3 rail for sale plus other second hand models
- Paul and Dianes 3 rail layout A HD 3 rail layout video
- Playcraft Trains Built to HO rather than OO but well worth a look
- Rail Pictures.net Pictures of railways, trains and infrastructure from around the world
- Railway Herald weekly e mag with current and heritage news of British railways including railtours, now subscription based
- RMweb A model rail forum with a huge number of members and very frequent postings. It now has a Vintage and Collectors section.
- Ronald Dodd A link to all of Ron’s Videos
- All of Ron Dodd’s Maintenance videos can be accessed here as well as the links below
- Ronald Dodd’s Maintenance videos – 3 trail track Ron’s videos show how to do most repairs and maintenance on Dublo
- Ronald Dodd’s Maintenance videos – clean & lubricate
- Ronald Dodd’s Maintenance videos – cleaning bodywork
- Ronald Dodd’s Maintenance videos – Electrical test
- Ronald Dodd’s Maintenance videos – fault finding
- Ronald Dodd’s Maintenance videos – magnets
- Ronald Dodd’s Maintenance videos – pickups and brushes
- Ronald Dodd’s Maintenance videos – remagnetiser
- Ronald Dodd’s Maintenance videos – Service- wheels
- Ronald Dodd’s Maintenance videos – servicing HS and other motors
- Ronald Dodd’s Maintenance videos – train controller comparisons
- Ronald Dodd’s Maintenance videos – wheels. MOD
- Scalespeed Repairs Repairs to HD, Wrenn and Triang motors
- SCARM CAD software for building your HD 3 rail layout
- Sharpos World Steam trains and many other photos. 16,000 photos so lots to view
- Southern Railway E-mail Group Excellent gallery, lots of information, frequently updated
- The Bianco Collection I am surprised that this is still on the net. Lots of pictures of HD for reference purposes
- The Great Western Archive
- The LMS Society History and information but not many pictures
- The LNER Encyclopedia
- train collectors society Any make, any gauge, any age is their motto.
- Train Collectors Society Group This replaces their Yahoo Group. All Yahoo groups have been shutdown
- Triang Hornby spare parts Spare parts for Hornby Dublo and Triang
- Triang Model railways
- Trix Train Collector List of all Trix models, For sale section. Remember Trix 3 rail is not the same as HD and the course wheel versions will not run over HD points
- Trix Trains Was the Trix Swap Shop now under new hosting
- Trix Twin Collectors Association
- UK Model railway Exhibitions Comprehensive list of UK model railway exhibitions
- UK Swap meets and Toy Fairs Comprehensive list of UK toy fairs
- Vectis Toy Auction – often has HD in their train auctions but lots of other toy stuff as well
- Vintage British diecast vehicles Excellent information and also a valuation guide
- Warwick & Warwick: Auction House
- Wrenn Railways Pictures and info on Wrenn by the same author as the Triang website.
- Xtrkcad – CAD programme for HD 3 rail Go to Layouts for help with setting up this programme
Hornby Dublo 3 Rail Layout