Today I made an amazing discovery, right in my own home! Apparently in 1988 (according to my own yellowed inventory index card) I acquired a nearly new Hornby No 1 Goods Platform, LN in the box. I must have then put it away and in 3 subsequent moves it got pushed back into deep storage. Today in looking for some other things I re-discovered it. It really is LN and I am sure has never been used or put on a layout. I likely have not seen it in at least 10 years even though I clearly had it in storage. I can't remember where I got it but there it is. Wow I must admit it really is kind of neat. This was made between 1951 and 1955. End date known because (according to the book "Hornby Vol 5, Gauge O" in 1956 the roof color changed to orange and the "fire buckets" lithographed on the wall were removed. These were new in the design when they were lithographed on the wall in the re-introduction postwar in 1949 but the box code for this box, 42340, dates it post spring 1951. 70 years old and finally out of the box!!
Anyway, it was an amazing day for me. Now I have an "official" goods platform to go with my new Hornby goods train, shown earlier in this thread...!
Regards everyone Don
