The magnificent layout that he eventually built at his home was three-rail Hornby Dublo and 53 of the locomotives going under the hammer are Dublo. “Those include a pre-war model of the Class A4 ...

Mr Batty owned items from the prized 1938-1963 Hornby Dublo period, including 130 locomotives, thousands of items of rolling stock and rare trackside accessories in their original packaging.