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3 Rail Conversions Some help when you want to try converting 2 rail to 3 rail
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Alan’s Meccano Pages This page features HD 3 rail layout
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American Dublo Site This is a US Dublo Site but hasn’t been updated for a very long time
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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
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Britain’s Great Little Railways Starting point for a visit to a miniature railway
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British Rail wagon photographs by Paul Bartlett Comprehensive photo colection of UK freight wagons
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Chuffers .com Selling Hornby Dublo and other makes of trains
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Classic Collections New build new models of 3 rail trains – well worth a look if you want something special
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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
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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)
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Dave Angell Trains Mostly selling Triang but often some Dublo
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Dennis Middleton – Dublo Daze Dennis Middleton’s 3 rail layout video
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Dennis Middleton – Fast Mail A YouTube video of an HD 3 rail mail train
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Dennis Middleton – slow goods A HD 3 rail 2-8-0 heads a goods train
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Disused railway stations List, photographs and history of disused railway stations
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Dublo Auction The very best in mint and boxed Hornby Dublo. Expensive but you would expect that. Too rich for my wallet.
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Dublo Parts and Rolling stock A small selection of replacement parts and rolling stock for sale
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Dublo Surgeon HD spares, repairs and transfers
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Elaines Trains Selling HD and other makes
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Frank Hornby a brief history
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Frank Hornby and Friends Hornby Dublo and lots more. Well worth a browse.
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Gaugemaster ,Model railways, controllers and Marklin stockists
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Hattons: Often has HD for sale
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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.
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Heritage Railway Association Starting point if you want to visit a heritage railway in the UK
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Historical Model Railway Society Worth looking at but nothing special on HD
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The Double O Gauge Association – seemingly modern stuff
- Hornby Dublo Enthusiasts on Facebook
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Hornby Dublo on Facebook HRCA site An HRCA Facebook site
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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
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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.
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Jeff Baker Jeff buys and sells HD 2 and 3 rail in Canada. Interesting website as well
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JW Models Lots of HD 3 rail for sale prices look very realistic
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Lickey Incline Brief histories of HD, Wrenn etc. Worth a browse for other items of interest
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Mainline Model railways Pictures of the models produced by Mainline Railways Systems of the late 70’s and early 80’s
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Mainly Trains HD Spares with photos of each spare to make your choice much easier.
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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
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Meccano Magazine Nearly every Meccano Magazine from 1916 to 1981. Available in pdf. A winter of nostalgic reading is available here
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Metcalfe Models My preferred supplier of cardboard buildings for you to construct. Many on my layout and enjoyable to construct
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Model Rail Forum This forum has a collectors area
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Model Railway Clubs in the UK General model railways but may be useful
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Model Railway Three Rail Systems 3 rail pick ups and automation ideas
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Model Supplies drop down menu -HD repro figures, doors for horse box and goods depot – also Dinky and Corgi
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Norman Wisenden HD 3 rail for sale plus other second hand models
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Paul and Dianes 3 rail layout A HD 3 rail layout video
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Playcraft Trains Built to HO rather than OO but well worth a look
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Rail Pictures.net Pictures of railways, trains and infrastructure from around the world
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Railway Herald weekly e mag with current and heritage news of British railways including railtours, now subscription based
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RMweb A model rail forum with a huge number of members and very frequent postings. It now has a Vintage and Collectors section.
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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
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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
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Scalespeed Repairs Repairs to HD, Wrenn and Triang motors
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SCARM CAD software for building your HD 3 rail layout
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Sharpos World Steam trains and many other photos. 16,000 photos so lots to view
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Southern Railway E-mail Group Excellent gallery, lots of information, frequently updated
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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
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The LMS Society History and information but not many pictures
- The LNER Encyclopedia
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train collectors society Any make, any gauge, any age is their motto.
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Train Collectors Society Group This replaces their Yahoo Group but is no longer active
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Triang Hornby spare parts Spare parts for Hornby Dublo and Triang
- Triang Model railways
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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 Twin Collectors Association
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UK Model railway Exhibitions Comprehensive list of UK model railway exhibitions
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UK Swap meets and Toy Fairs Comprehensive list of UK toy fairs
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Vectis Toy Auction – often has HD in their train auctions but lots of other toy stuff as well
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Warwick & Warwick: Auction House
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Wrenn Railways Pictures and info on Wrenn by the same author as the Triang website.
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Xtrkcad – CAD programme for HD 3 rail Go to Layouts for help with setting up this programme
Hornby Dublo 3 Rail Layout