page_title: Lines Bros
section_title: Railways
hierarchical_section_title: Lines Bros / Product lines / Railways
caption_attribution_description: English: Tri-Ang model railroad set from 1961. Photo by J-E Nyström, User:Janke, released to
context_page_description: Lines Bros Ltd was a British toy manufacturer of the 20th century, operating under the Tri-ang Toys brand name.
  Lines Bros Ltd, at its peak in 1947, was claimed by the company to be the largest toy maker in the world. Under the Tri-ang Toys brand name, Lines Bros Ltd also made children's bicycles, such as the Unity Dragster TT.
context_section_description: Lines Bros had its own railway system, the Rovex system, marketed as Tri-ang Railways.
  In 1964, Meccano Ltd, which manufactured the Hornby Dublo range, collapsed. Lines Bros. purchased the company, and in 1965 the combined model railway was marketed as Tri-ang-Hornby although the vast majority of the system was all Tri-ang 2 rail. In 1966 a controlling interest was acquired in a smaller rival, G & R Wrenn. Wrenn were then sold all the redundant, 3 rail, Hornby Dublo tooling. When, in 1971, the Lines Bros. empire was broken up, Rovex - Tri-ang was purchased by Dunbee, Combex, Marx (DCM) but without the Tri-ang brand. Because of this DCM were forced to re-brand the model railway as Hornby Railways.
  Railway systems:
  Tri-ang Minic Narrow Gauge (garden) railways in 10​¹⁄₄" gauge.
  Railways systems (see above) in '00' and 'TT' gauges.
caption: Boxed Tri-ang railway set from 1961.
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