Model train that took 10 YEARS to build and is an exact replica of the Duchess of Buccleuch is set to sell for record-breaking £200,000 at auction A one-eighth scale model of the Duchess of ...

The late Jack Salem, from Lancashire, was a steam train enthusiast who, over 40 years, commissioned prominent locomotive builders to make the model engines for him.

Other model trains in the lot include an LNWR 4-6-0 136 'Minerva', built by Beeson in the early 1940s, and an LNWR Ramsbottom 0-6-0T 'Special Tank', circa 1963.

Before HO scale became the standard for model railroading, O scale was the dominant size, with a ratio of 1:48. However, in the early 20th century, a growing demand for more compact model trains ...