Trix (company)

In 1935 the company began producing the electrically powered model trains that it became famous for, under the Trix Express label.

A TRIX subsidiary in England had existed since the early 1930s and was initially responsible for sales of the metal construction kit.

The English model range was further expanded after the German company founder Stephan Bing was driven out of Germany by the Nazis in 1938.

[1] N gauge models under the Minitrix brand were made from the late 1960s mostly of European trains (German and British primarily).

The "Hornby Minitrix' brand was used in the 1980s for a short lived range of British models using the earlier product tooling.

A number of Märklin H0 scale three-rail AC locomotives have also been introduced in two-rail DC versions under the Trix logo and many models are shared between the two brands.

Trix also produced highly detailed brass models of steam locomotives in limited quantities under the "Fine Art" label, predominantly in the late 1990s.