Links and Contacts

Hornby Railway Collectors Association of Australia

* For all membership and general enquiries;

David Neale neale_david@

* For 'The Australian Hornby Collector' magazine, and the 'Events & Pics' page of this website, contact the Editor;

Glenn Ball glenn@

* For website-related matters contact the webmaster;

Peter Watson trapia@

These are not live links.You'll need to type the address into your email. Our apologies for the inconvenience. The reason is to avoid getting a hundred spam messages a day through having our email addresses on the net.

Kindred clubs and societies

Hornby Railway Collectors Association Based in the UK, the HRCA is the largest and oldest Hornby collectors' group. The founders of the HRCAA shared common aims with the HRCA.

New Zealand Hornby Railway Collectors Association

Dutch Hornby Railway Collectors Association

Train Collectors Association Train collecting in the USA, on a grand scale. With links to associated sites.

Train Collectors Society Based in the UK and covering a range of makes and gauges.

Bassett-Lowke Society Based in the UK, devoted to collecting Bassett-Lowke trains and model engineering items.

Australian Model Railway Association With links to AMRA state branches and other Australian model railway clubs.

Meccano clubs. The links page of the Melbourne Meccano Club.

'Spring, Spark & Steam'

The definitive publication on Australian toy trains. Author Bruce Macdonald is an HRCAA member and Past President. Link to the publisher's webpage for the book.

Some favourite sites

The webmaster's personal selection.

Binns Road A wide-ranging UK site covering trains and other toys.

Australian Toy Steam Australian-manufactured locomotives, donkey engines and more.

Unfortunately two other favourites listed here until recently have both become unavailable, as they were hosted by Geocities which has ceased its free hosting service; HRCAA member Colin Duthie's 'New Zealand Toy Trains' site, and a site from Canada, Jeff Young's 'Clockwork in the Garden'. Some of the pictures etc regarding New Zealand toy trains can now be found on the New Zealand HRCA site listed above.

Useful links for collectors

A small selection of websites (business-related but non-sponsored) that have particular relevance to Australian collectors of Hornby and other old toy trains.

Glenn Ball Designs Our journal editor's website. Graphics, posters etc featuring a range of toy trains from Hornby and Australian makers.

Antique Toy World Shop located at Camberwell in Melbourne.

Trains Planes & Automobiles Shops located at Annandale in Sydney and at Mount Victoria in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney.

Railmaster Exports Train dealer based in Auckland, New Zealand.