
Mainline Model Railways
Price List

Retail Price Guide August 1976

Consumer Price Guide January 1981
Trade Catalogues and Price Lists.
I am indebted to Peter
Gomm for the following information
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My first trade price list is dated 5th January 1976 and this is followed by one dated 4th August 1976. These go together with a Trade Preview Catalogue in black and white.
This was followed by a 1977 Preview Catalogue again in black and white
with a price list dated July 18th 1977. 1979: Just price lists dated January 1979 in blue and July 1979 on pink paper. The 1979 catalogue was also available to shops with a hard cover and plastic spline. I was told this was so that it could be left for customer perusal.
1980: There are two versions of the catalogue. I understand because of a
complaint there was an additional overprint on page 17 of a later
version. This stated " N.B. The above model is assembled using
components from an M & L white metal kit.". This refers to the
illustration of 37079 Manor 7812 'Erlestoke Manor' in BR black.
I wrote to the company asking for a retail price list and received a reply that they didn't supply such things. I then found one dated January 1980 together with the later version of the catalogue. 1983: A leaflet was issued entitled Limited Availability Locomotives, with Limited Availability Wagons on the other side. This is dated 1/83. Also in 1983 there were offers of free trips on a series of preserved railways. Finally 1984: In the main Palitoy catalogue there were 4 pages for Mainline Railways. The full range available is shown in the price list which accompanied this catalogue.
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