Hornby squeezed out in Olympic gold rush

It's difficult not to feel sorry for Hornby - and not just because its product lines are a gift to headline writers who gleefully declare it has 'gone off the rails' or is 'losing steam'.

It's difficult not to feel sorry for Hornby - and not just because its product lines are a gift to headline writers who gleefully declare it has 'gone off the rails' or is 'losing steam'.

It is one of the companies that will forever remind people of a simpler time; when watching a miniature train endlessly circle an equally diminutive track was the height of entertainment.

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