Classic UK Minitrix Models

Hornby Minitrix started marketing models produced by the Trix company in 1973. By this time, trix alread had a number of British outline models in its catalogue, and these began to appear under the Hornby banner from 1973 onwards. However, it is possible to find early examples the Hornby range in the green and yellow polystyrene boxes as sold by Trix.

No	Model	Colour	Config	Cab Name / No.	MiniTrix No	Year (H)	Year (T)	PH Year	PH Qty	Comments
N201	2F Dock Tank	Black	0‑6‑0	47160	51205200	1973		73‑86		New in Hornby
N202	2MT + Tender	Black	2‑6‑0	46400	51203900	1973		73‑86	17,500	New in Hornby in both 1973 and Jan 1974 catalogues !
N203	7P Britannia	Green	4‑6‑2	70000	51203700	1973	1971	73‑83
N203	7P Britannia	Green	4‑6‑2	70000	51203710	1981	1981			Appears on Document sheet 9/82 with both A4s and feb 80
N204	Class 27	Green	Bo‑Bo	D5379	51294000	1973	1969	73‑86		Shown as new in Trix 1969 catalogue
N205	2MT	Black	2‑6‑2	41234	51204000	1974		74‑85		Listed on doc sheet as 41200 ! Shown in 74 catalogue photo as 41307
N206	Class 42 Warship	Blue	Bo‑Bo	D823 Hermes	51294200	1974		74‑86
N207	Class 9F	Black	2‑10‑0	92018	51205800	1975	1975	75‑86	15000	N207 is on doc sheet in Jan 1975
N208	Class 42 Warship	Green	Bo‑Bo	D825 Intrepid	51294300	1979		79‑86		Jan 79 price list ‑ available in Spring. JH Owned Cat & Price
N209	Class 9F	Green	2‑10‑0	92220 Evening Star	51204100	1979		79‑84	4000	Appears on Jan 79 pricelist as being due in Summer. JH Owned Cat & Price
N210	Class 47	Blue	Co‑Co	47170 County of Norfolk	51296600	1982	1982	82‑86	2200	Shown as Vulcan in 1981 catalogue (trix) Not shown in Hornby 1981/ Shown in N640/82 Leaflet
N211	Class A4	Green	4‑6‑2	60022 Mallard	51294700	1980	1980	80‑82	6300
N212	Class 27	Blue	Bo‑Bo	27014	51296900	1980	1980	80	2500	On N640/85 catalogue not new
N213	2MT + Tender	Green	2‑6‑0	46402	51203800		1985			In Trix 85/86 catalogue 1 year only
N213	2MT + Tender	Green	2‑6‑0	46406	51203800	1982	1982	82‑86	1600	In 1982 Catalogue
N214	Class A4	Blue	4‑6‑2	4498 Nigel Gresley	51294600	1982	1982	82‑86	2400	On N640/85 catalogue not new
N215	Not Used			A3 Cisero **
N216	Not Used			A3 LNER Scotsman **
N217	7P Boadicea	Green	4‑6‑2	70036 Boadicea	51204200	1985		85‑86	1200	In N640/85 catalogue not new
N218	Not Used			A3 Windsor Lad **
N219	Class 47	Blue	Co‑Co	47541 Queen Mother	51295800	1985		85‑86	765	In N640/85 catalogue not new
N220	Class 47	Grey	Co‑Co	47378 Railfreight	51202400		1987	87
N221	Class 47	Grey	Co‑Co	47487 InterCity	51202500		1987	87		All 4 47s are on doc sheet in April 87
	Class A3	Green	4‑6‑2	60103 Flying Scotsman	51294900		1988			Both scots on doc sheet feb 88 and new in trix 88/89 catalogue ‑ unpainted
	Class A3	Ap Green	4‑6‑2	4472 Flying Scotsman	51295000		1988

* Year is very approximate. I have used a number of sources ‑ one of which is copies of old catalogues that I have found ‑ but these often represent an intention, rather than the availability of a model. Two notable examples are the early Britannia, which first appeared as a drawing taken from the Trix OO model and didn't appear until the following year. The Blue Class 27 appeared in the 1970 Trix catalogue, but didn't make it into the Hornby Minitrix range until 1980 ‑ highlighted as a new model.

PH Year / Ph Quantity are figures obtained from Pat Hammond's Story of Rovex, Volume 3.

Year(H) and Year(T) are the years that models have first been seen in Hornby and Trix catalogues, respectively. Left blank in some cases where I have not been able to locate a particular catalogue.

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