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27th January 2012 We have now found the very last model of the W5082 - 'SYKES Hopper with load' amongst the wagon bodies originally made at Basildon. It is brand new and only £45. Once this has gone - there are no more !! (Now SOLD - 31.1.12) Postage to Club Members is included in the price. The next wagon to be introduced into the General Wagon range will be ready for distribution in the next few weeks - The W5061 SHELL - BP Tanker.
24th January 2012 The first two versions of the NEW 'WOODHORN COLLIERY' 5 Plank Coal Wagons are NOW AVAILABLE - details are on the LIMITED EDITIONS page.
28th December 2011 The NEW 'WOODHORN COLLIERY' 5 Plank Coal Wagons are COMING SOON - details are here but watch this NEWS page for actual release details.
23rd December 2011 The NEW W2511 08 SHUNTER 'SHELL' set with two W5040 Shell tankers is now available - still time to treat yourself for Christmas but Santa may not be able to get it to you in time for the 25th !!!
5th December 2011 Part Two of the Wrenn Book is now available. Please see full details on the Moorwrenn web site - contact link below.
16th November 2011 Part Two of the new Wrenn Book - 'From Binns Road to Basildon and Beyond' is expected back from the printers at the end of November. This second Part of the four Parts deals with everything to do with Wrenn locomotives and is available direct from Maurice via the Moorwrenn Web Site.
1st November 2011 The show at Chesham on the 29th October was another success for all concerned and thanks to those of our collectors who managed to make the trip. The draw for the W5537 Lowmac with White Racing Car was made at the show and the eight lucky members who were drawn out have been informed, commiserations to the unlucky members.
20th October 2011 The latest 'Catalogue' wagon - the long wheel base Guards Van - W5099A - in B.R. Grey is now available and can be seen on the 'New General Wagons' page under BUY WRENN above.
17th October 2011 This year's event at CHESHAM has now been finalised - same place as last year and again being run by the Chiltern Hills Vintage Train Group. Saturday 29th October 2011 - doors will open at 10am and we will be there all day until 5pm - Refreshments available and lots of working layouts to see as well as a number of specialist Wrenn and Hornby Dublo 'sellers'. As in previous years The Wrenn Company will be there with brand new items to see and the chance to buy some of the unusual TRIALS that didn't make it in to production. Looking forward to seeing you there !! - CHESHAM High School, White Hill, Chesham, Buckinghamshire HP5 1BA.
17th October 2011 The BRAND NEW 2011 Wrenn Collectors Club wagon is now available - the first in a series of Club Wagon Ventilated Vans, tampo printed and with the Union Jack embellishment - a Limited Edition of just 30 wagons and only available to members of the Wrenn Collectors Club - price £55 plus postage.
8th July 2011 The White 'Wrenn railways' 6 wheeled tanker is now available. 1st day sales to our regular collectors have been very strong and the edition is selling very quickly - it is only an edition of 30 wagons.
8th July 2011 The first part of the series of new books "The Story of WRENN from Binns Road to Basildon and Beyond" and the accompanying CD-Rom are now available on AMAZON as well as on Ebay.
30th June 2011 The Black Ventilated Van is NOW available - please see the Limited Edition and Numbered Edition wagons page under 'BUY WRENN'. Two of the three 'Trial' wagons have been sold.
28th June 2011 COMING SOON !! The new White 'Wrenn Railways' 6 Wheeled Tanker is now ready for launching - please watch this space for further details. The latest Ventilated Van in Black is also about to be added to the coloured Ventilated van range.
28th June 2011 THREE new Trial wagons have been added to the 'TRIALS' page under 'BUY WRENN'
26th March 2011 A new Limited Edition wagon - The Red Guards Van - has been introduced and another 'General' wagon - the British Steel Hopper has been added to the catalogue. The Parts and Spares page has also been streamlined.
30th January 2011 The first part of the new series of Wrenn books - "The Story of Wrenn - From Binns Road to Basildon and beyond" is now available direct from Maurice Gunter - £10 plus £1 post and packing. Cheque payable to Maurice Gunter or email for a Paypal Invoice - details on 'contact' page.
30th January 2011 The two new Trials have sold already. Please see the 'parts and spares' page for details of the new Hornby Dublo 'flat' couplings and the new wagon chassis wheel inserts - we have also listed the Spam Can body for sale for the first time by itself - this casting is truly exceptional and only requires very light fettle finishing.
28th January 2011 The Red Regent Set is selling very well and the first 'batch' has now been sold - the next sets will be available in about four weeks time. The Limited Edition red 'Regent' tanker is almost 'SOLD OUT' so don't wait too long if you want one. We have put two new 'TRIALS' on the Trial Page for sale and the first two of the new Series of 'Advertising' Long Wheel base wagons will be available very shortly, W5356 and W5357
6th January 2011 A Very Happy 2011 to everyone. We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Numbered Edition Set - The Red 'REGENT' R1 and Mineral Wagon Set - and a Limited Edition wagon - the Red 'REGENT' 4 Wheel tanker. Full details can be found under the Limited Edition wagon pages.
21st December 2010 A VERY MERRY Christmas to all our Collectors and a HAPPY 'collecting' 2011. A 'preview' on the Limited Edition wagons page shows the new 'REGENT' Mineral Wagon set and the new 'REGENT' tanker - both of which will be available just after Christmas. A third model - the 'REGENT' Guards Van will be released shortly to go with them. AVAILABLE NOW - a newly introduced 'Catalogue' wagon - the long wheel base Guards Van - W5090 - in B.R. Grey.
4th November 2010 The new plated display body has now been added to the 'Loco Bodies and Kits' page - follow the links at 'BUY WRENN' - Four 'Trials' have also been added to the TRIALS page
31st October 2010 Thanks to all of our Club Members who made the journey to Chesham yesterday - a very enjoyable day was had by all. We launched the new 'Selsdon' horse box - the new 'EDDYSTONE' Rebuilt Bulleid body and tender and the new 1 Plank with White Mini load - full details available under 'BUY WRENN' We also have details of the new Display models - the plated 'Spam can' bodies which will be on the web-site in the next few days. Please also have a look at the Parts and Spares page where we have added details of our new 2' 8" 10 spoke pony/bogie wheels and axles available for all models except the Bulleid wheel versions.
1st October 2010 The NEW Numbered Edition wagon - W5354 - The SELSDON G.B. Horse Box is now available BUT only in very small numbers because of parts availability. You can buy the wagon with or without the new Wrenn Horse (W7320) which is also now available in a new Accessory Packet.
2nd September 2010 The 'COLLECTORS CORNER' pages are now open with Questions and Answers from our Club Members - follow the link to the Club Page
2nd September 2010 This year's event at CHESHAM has now been finalised - same place as last year and again being run by the Chiltern Hills Vintage Train Group. Saturday 30th October 2010 - doors will open at 10am and we will be there all day until 5pm - Refreshments available and lots of working layouts to see as well as a number of specialist Wrenn and Hornby Dublo 'sellers'. As in previous years The Wrenn Company will be there with brand new items to see and the chance to buy some of the unusual TRIALS that didn't make it in to production. Looking forward to seeing you there !! - CHESHAM High School, White Hill, Chesham, Buckinghamshire HP5 1BA.
17th August 2010 Three new items for sale have been added to the 'Trials' page and the latest Catalogue Wagon, W5088 'British Gas' Hopper, is now available, with or without coal load.
17th August 2010 Work is progressing well on the latest Numbered Edition wagon which should be available in the next few weeks - a type of wagon that has not been made since 1992. The first of the finished Bulleid Rebuilt loco bodies - W2508 "Eddystone" in B.R. Black should also be ready in time for the Chesham show in October.
25th June 2010 The turned brass BUFFERS for the R1 0-6-0 and the Class 08 Shunters are now available to our collectors - some of you have been waiting a long time for these to be available for your own modelling. Please see our Parts and Spares page under 'Buy Wrenn'.
16th May 2010 The new Black 'Spam Can' loco body kit has now been added to the 'Loco Kits' page along with the brand new 08 shunter bodies, the Red 'N.C.B.' and the Blue B.R. 08
15th May 2010 At long last !!!! W5514 - the Silver Racing Car and Lowmac is now available for general sale. Originally intended to be issued alongside the W5515 GOLD Racing Car the W5514 completes the gap in the Catalogue Numbers that so many of you have questioned - worry no more - buy the W5514 before they all disappear - only 5 remaining of the issue of 25.
15th May 2010 The 'Limited Edition' page has been updated with details of availability - in particular the Green 'Hughes Minerals' wagon are now down to one model of each remaining. The 'Parts and Spares' page has also been updated with many new items being listed with many at prices cheaper than using the 'Ebay' shop.
20th April 2010 We are pleased to announce the launch of our Company Ebay shop - under our Ebay identity of "gandr-wrenn" Many of the items listed on this site under 'Buy Wrenn' can now be found in the Ebay shop. Quite often the price of the items are higher in the Ebay shop to reflect the charges incurred by Ebay sales. You may find that it is cheaper to buy items direct from this web-site.
20th April 2010 The Green 'HUGHES Minerals' Wagons are both now available. The original 'HUGHES Minerals', W5106 issued in 1992 only came as an 'open' wagon with load. We have issued the Green HUGHES in two formats, W5530 as an Open Wagon with load and as W5531 as a covered wagon. They are issued as a Limited Edition of 25 wagons each. These wagons were advertised in the April Club Newsletter and have almost sold out already. They are now available for general sale.
29th March 2010 A BIG 'Thank You' to all of you who managed to pop in to say 'HELLO' at the Alexandra Palace Show at the weekend - It was a Great Show and everyone said how much they enjoyed it - usually whilst holding very FULL bags of goodies that they had managed to buy !!! The NEW wagons and the NEW Loco Kits were launched - full details are in the latest Club Newsletter which will be going out this week. More to follow here later.
25th February 2010 Come and say "HELLO" at the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace over the Weekend of Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th MARCH - NEW wagons to be launched and a NEW Loco Body Kit !!
25th February 2010 Two new KITS have now been added to the site - the WK3 - the BULLEID Tender Kit and the WK4 - the Black painted Rebuilt Bulleid Kit - see Loco Kit page for details.
8th February 2010 Current availability of wagons and loco bodies have been updated - some are now almost sold out.
1st February 2010 A very special Introductory Offer is now available (for a short time only) on the two NEW Bulleid Loco Body Kits - see Loco Kit page for full details.
16th January 2010 Two NEW Catalogue wagons have been added to the BUY Wrenn pages - W5030A L.M.S. Ventilated Van with a white Roof and W5031A 'N.E.' Guards Van on a short wheel base chassis. We have also launched the new Bulleid Tender Top which has been added - FREE of Charge - to the WK1 Rebuilt Bulleid Body KIT.
11th January 2010 The second of our NEW 2010 wagons is also now ready and the Grey WRENN Mineral Wagon is also available on the Limited Edition page. The running number of the wagon commemorates the 1st business address of the Wrenn Company at No. 123 Lee Road, Lee Green, Blackheath, London S.E.3.
5th January 2010 HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of our Collectors !!! We are pleased to announce the launch of our new Limited Edition wagon - the Green REGENT 4-wheel Tanker in an Edition of only 25 wagons - please see FULL details on the 'Limited Edition' page of 'BUY WRENN'.
29th December 2009 Three NEW items have been added to the 'TRIALS' page. The NEW 'Spam Can' Un-rebuilt Bulleid Body KIT - WK2 - is now available from this site (as reported on 3rd November) and the SPAM CAN Chassis Block is also now available as a separate item on the Parts and Spares page.
28th November 2009 We are pleased to announce that the "Wrenn Specialist" Andy Dayton will be selling new Wrenn on his stand up and down the country at various model railway fairs. This is the only other way you will be able to buy NEW Wrenn as we do not have any other retail outlets. Andy will not be selling the whole range but certain items that will no longer be available on the company website. (See CONTACT page)
11th November 2009 TWO brand new Limited Edition wagons were launched at the Chesham show - W.5526, The BLACK British Rail Brake Van and W.5528 - The AUTO SPARES with GREEN Mini Car Load. FULL details are on the Limited Edition wagons page.
11th November 2009 Just to remind Club Members - the NEW 2009 Club Wagon is now available - full details are on the CLUB Page.
11th November 2009 It was good to see our Collectors who made it to Chesham - another very good day. The new loco bodies were there for a 'hands on' view and there was lots of interest in the new KITS. We are pleased to be able to announce that the FIRST Kit is now ready for sale - the Rebuilt Bulleid loco body - FULL details are on the new 'LOCO Bodies' page under 'BUY WRENN'.
3rd November 2009 We are very pleased to announce that after several expensive trials and a full tooling upgrade we have been able to make a production run of the BULLEID Un-rebuilt loco body. This is one of a series of projects to enable us to produce boxed kits of both the REBUILT Bulleid and now the Un-rebuilt Bulleid loco bodies. Pre-production trials will be available for viewing at CHESHAM on Saturday 7th November. Although they are not available for sale at the moment you can view the bodies by going to the 'BUY WRENN' link above and then viewing 'TRIALS'.
27th September 2009 DON'T FORGET - This year's Hornby / WRENN day run by the Chiltern Hills Vintage Train Group is fast approaching - Saturday 7th November 2009. The event last year was a GREAT success and people have been asking all year for details of this year's event. Doors will open at 10am and we will be there all day until 5pm - Refreshments available and lots of working layouts to sit and watch. As in 2008 we will be there with brand new items to see and the chance to buy some of the unusual TRIALS that didn't make it in to production. CHESHAM High School, White Hill, Chesham, Buckinghamshire HP5 1BA.
27th September 2009 Just in case any of you are unclear and haven't spotted the differences. The 'non original' Wrenn Blue Booklets that were on Ebay in their hundreds last year have now resurfaced from a new seller who seems to have bought the end of run from the original seller. These Booklets were NOT made by Wrenn at Basildon - they were NOT printed by DAPOL whilst they owned the Wrenn Company (as seems to be the suggestion). The Chief Executive of Dapol Ltd. confirms that they were not printed by them. They have NOT been printed by us since we bought the Company in 2001. These booklets are being sold as " NEW - REPRINTS" - but they were NOT printed by the Wrenn Company
27th August 2009 The first two brand new wagons in the 'Nostalgia Range' have been released - the Red Standard Fireworks wagon and the Yellow Eskimo whilst the next two colours in the Ventilated Vans series have been introduced - the Maroon and the Light Blue. Three more wagons have also been added to the 'Catalogue' range - the Tropical Fruit with Black roof, the 'Charringtons' Hopper with or without load and a re-introduction of the rust oxide Steel wagon, W4640. Please do take a look.
24th July 2009 In order to save any further Members emailing for advice and information - G & R WRENN Ltd did NOT ever make models of Bulleid Locos 'Ottery St. Mary' or 'Padstow'. Any models bearing these identities must have been renamed and re-numbered. For Information.
9th July 2009 The two new H.R.C.A. Limited Edition wagons are now available for general sale together with the latest release of Nostalgia Loco Bodies - the W2504 Blue DUNLOP shunter and the W2505 Green B.R. 'Early Crest' shunter. Full details are on the 'Limited Edition' page of 'BUY WRENN'
9th July 2009 Please take a look at the 'TRIALS' page under 'BUY WRENN' as several TRIAL wagons have now been released for sale.
22nd June 2009 TWO NEW Limited Edition Wagons are now ready for launch at the Hornby Railways Collectors' Association 40th Anniversary event which is being held at Loughborough University on the weekend of 4th and 5th July. Our new wagons both commemorate the 40th Anniversary of The H.R.C.A and each is of an Edition of only 40 wagons - W5524, a Blue Ore Wagon with white load and W5525, a Grey Hopper Wagon with coal load. We shall be at the Loughborough event on Saturday 4th July to personally launch the 2 new wagons which will then be available to collectors who cannot attend the launch the following Monday - 6th July 2009. We do hope to see some of you at Loughborough on the Saturday if you can make it - full details and how to get there can be found at www.hrca.net
19th May 2009 The New Limited Edition wagon, W5523 - The Polish Coaling and Trading, or P.C.& T. Coal wagon is now available to collectors. The Edition is of 40 wagons but only 20 are available for sale. Full details and photographs are now on the 'Limited Editions' page available through the 'BUY WRENN' link above. We have also launched our latest 'Catalogue Wagon' - the S.R. Ventilated Van with white roof - full details on the 'Catalogue Wagons' page.
25th April 2009 Stock availability of items has been updated on the Limited Edition page. Keep looking for the launch of our latest Commission wagon - W5523 - the collector who commissioned them has now received his wagons and he has made the balance of the Edition - 20 wagons - available to collectors - they will be released soon.
9th April 2009 The latest Limited Edition wagon is now available for sale - The G.B. Union Jack Tanker - No. W5522. The tanker, carrying the Union Jack is available in three patriotic colours - Red, White and Blue. The Edition is of 60 wagons, 20 each of the three colours and as of today our Collectors have already bought 49 of the 60 wagons - only 11 left. We have also launched the first 2 wagons in our coloured Ventilated Vans Series. For pictures and full details please see the 'Limited Edition' page via the 'BUY WRENN link above.
2nd April 2009 The new Club Newsletter, No. 4, has now been sent out to our Members. The Newsletter contains details of our latest Limited Edition and Numbered Edition wagons which are now available for purchase by Club Members. These wagons will be made available via the web-site for general purchase next week, Wednesday 8th April - please check the 'Buy Wrenn' pages for Limited Edition wagons for updates.
17th
March 2009 FOR
INFORMATION:
There appears to be an amount of current speculation and rumour
concerning the connection of Ian
Coburn with the Company G. & R. Wrenn Ltd.
Ian Coburn was connected with production for the Company between 2001 and
2005.
2nd February 2009 TWO new Catalogue wagons have now been launched - W5077 UNITED MOLASSES Tanker and the W5082 SYKES Hopper (with coal load) - these are both rare wagons and there is only limited stock available. We have also added items to the 'Parts and Spares' page, many available with discount to Club members.
2nd February 2009 The NEW Wrenn loco box is proving to be very popular with our collectors - full details are on the 'Parts and Spares' page. These boxes have been printed so as to preserve most of the original 'Basildon' artwork in the body and sides of the box lid. The box ends incorporate details of the new Company address at Cheshunt. We do have over 100 of the original box end stamps and the new boxes can be stamped with those identities. We have also now produced printed labels so now allowing ALL loco identities to be affixed to the new boxes.
9th November 2008 Please do visit the NEW 'TRIALS' page that has been created via the 'Buy Wrenn' page link above. Some of the original TRIALS of wagons and loco bodies have now been made available to collectors - these come complete with Certificates of Authenticity. Various Trials of potential new models will be added to the page as and when they become available.
9th November 2008 The latest Limited Edition wagon - W5521 - the 1 plank wagon with 'MINI' car load was launched at the CHESHAM event on Saturday 1st November at The Chesham High School. The day was a great success and provisionally the event is already planned for 2009. The edition of 60 wagons is almost completely SOLD OUT with ALL of the red cars being sold and only three wagons (two Blue cars and one Black car) remaining.
9th November 2008 The latest item in the 'Nostalgia Collection' - The W2503 Railfreight Bo-Bo Class 20 was also launched at The Chesham Show and the 1st batch of ten models has already SOLD OUT. We are expecting the next batch of 4 models to be available by the end of November.
9th November 2008 The new 'Railfreight' Class 20 Bo-Bo (mentioned above) is the first model to be sold in our NEW long loco boxes just freshly received from the printers. The boxes are also available direct to collectors - details on the 'Parts and Spares' pages - and the boxes will be printed with the loco identity of choice from the original Basildon box stamps if your choice of loco is amongst the 110 original box stamps that we have in the archives or you may wish to have the box supplied with 'blank' ends so as to house any of your original unboxed locos.
25th October 2008 The latest addition to the range of Catalogue wagons will also be launched on 1st November - the B.R. version of the Prestwin Wagon - W4658X - a chance to own a brand new version of this very rare wagon at only £35.
25th October 2008 The latest Limited Edition wagon - W5521 - the 1 plank wagon with 'MINI' car load will be launched at the CHESHAM event on Saturday 1st November, Chesham High School, White Hill, HP5 1BA - entry from 11am. The edition is of 60 wagons but with three different colour Mini cars - 20 of each.
28th September 2008 Please see the 'BUY WRENN' Limited Edition pages for details of new variations of the Limited Edition wagons W5516 - Long Wheel Base Fruit and W5517 - Silver Tanker. There will be 25 wagons of each variation available and both will come in boxes with yellow card inserts so as to highlight the differences.
28th September 2008 W5400 Limited Edition Silver MINI car 1:72 scale - an Edition of only 25 models - NOW available.
28th September 2008 The NEW 2008 Club Wagon in Blue will be available as from the 1st October - available ONLY to members of the Club. The 2007 version of the Club wagon will cease production on 30th September 2008.
7th September 2008 The Black - Richard Wrenn - W2502 - is now in full production. The version with the edged name-plate (A) is currently sold out but we are awaiting delivery of more. The George Wrenn - W2501 - is also is the same position with edged name plate versions currently being out of stock but with more expected soon.
2nd August 2008 The Black - Richard Wrenn - W2502 - has commenced production. It is now available and is in the same 'A' and 'B' formats as the W2501 George Wrenn.
2nd August 2008 The W5512 YELLOW racing Car with Lowmac is now SOLD OUT. The fifth and final racing car - in Black - has also now been produced and immediately SOLD OUT. The W5512 LIMITED EDITION made up of five different batches of 20 racing cars, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and Black are completely SOLD OUT.
1st August 2008 The newest 'Catalogue Wagon' - W5051 - SHELL Mineral with grey mineral load is now available for sale. There are two different versions of the Shell emblem itself and the colour of the name transfers as shown on the 'BUY WRENN' page under New Catalogue wagons. There are very few of these wagons available and they are already selling quickly.
24th June 2008 The Black 'George Wrenn' - W2501 - is selling very well indeed. The 1st batch of bodies is now almost sold out, with only 2 models of the Type 'B' body remaining at this date.
24th June 2008 The W5512 YELLOW racing Car with Lowmac is now available. This is the 4th of 5 different colour racing cars with the Red, Green and Blue cars being previously SOLD OUT. There are only 20 of each colour car and the YELLOW car is over-subscribed but as it has been some time since the last cars were issued, there may be some people on the list who do not take up the opportunity to purchase. If you would like to join the 'Reserve' list for these cars please email - Rita@Moorwrenn.co.uk.
24th June 2008 The W5519 - our 1st Commission Wagon - The Keith Lawrence Hopper Wagon is now totally SOLD OUT
6th June 2008 The Black George Wrenn - W2501 - is selling well in almost equal numbers for each version 'A' and 'B'. Production is now underway for the W2502 "Richard Wrenn" in the same 'A' and 'B' format - pre-delivery orders are now being taken.
6th June 2008 The new Catalogue Wagon - W5114 - a long wheel base Fruit Van in red with 'ESKIMO' boards is now available at £45
25th May 2008 Latest Update on the black George Wrenn R1 Body - W2501 - these are NOW available to buy in either version 'A' or 'B'.
25th May 2008 Latest Update on Edition W5518 FYFFES wagon - is now SOLD OUT.
16th May 2008 We will be attending a special "WRENN - Hornby Dublo" collectors fair to be held at Chesham, Bucks. on Saturday 1st November 2008 - FULL details will follow shortly but get the date in your diary !!!!
16th May 2008 Latest Update on Edition W5512 Lowmac and Yellow Racing Car - This is now in production and should be available to those collectors who have one reserved by late June/July - The Edition is oversubscribed with a waiting list. There are currently eleven (11) models of the Gold Racing Car and Lowmac still available at the same price.
16th May 2008 Latest Update on Edition W5513 Guards Van - This model, based on the rare ex-L.M.S. British Railways Grey guards van, W5090, but with a different running number, now has only 13 models remaining - Buy Now whilst stocks last.
16th May 2008 Latest Update on Edition W5518 FYFFES wagon - there is now only ONE Blue model remaining.
29th April 2008 The NEW colour version of the George Wrenn R1 Body - W2501 - has now started production in two slightly different finishes - both locos are in unlined black with red buffer beams and brass buffers but one has the name "George Wrenn" edged with a name-plate effect border (Type A) whilst the other has the name on the tank without a border edge (Type B). Pre-delivery orders can be made but please indicate which type - A, or B - that you are ordering - please email rita@moorwrenn.co.uk . Photographs are on the Limited Edition page. This loco body, like the silver W2500 version, comes in a Numbered Edition with Certificate and is the latest addition to our "Nostalgia Collection". Further details of the items to be included in the Nostalgia Collection will follow shortly.
29th April 2008 The new Commission Limited Edition W5519 - Lawrence Hopper wagon - is now in final production (see pictures on Limited Edition pages) with ALL of the light green board versions going to Keith Lawrence himself and the remaining 15 dark green board versions ALL being pre-sold.
10th April 2008 The new Commission Limited Edition W5519 - Lawrence Hopper wagon - is already over-subscribed although not available until MAY. However - if you wish to be placed on a reserve (cancellation) waiting list please email Rita at rita@moorwrenn.co.uk.
10th April 2008 Latest Update on Edition W5518 FYFFES wagon - there are now only six (6) Blue models and five (5) Green models of this Edition left for sale - BUY NOW before they sell out !! - AS OF 19th April there are now only 2 Blue and 1 Green models left
1st April 2008 At the Alexandra Palace Exhibition we launched FOUR new wagons: FIRST - New Catalogue Wagon W5069 British Soda with Black Load now available on Catalogue Wagons page SECOND - New Limited Edition W5518 Fyffes Banana Wagon in BLUE, THIRD - New Limited Edition W5518 Fyffes Banana Wagon in Green and FOURTH the next batch of W5516 (Limited Edition) Black Long Wheel Base Fruit Van is now available. The details of the Limited Edition wagons can be found at our Limited Edition wagon page.
3rd March 2008 As of today the Catalogue wagon - W5060 - 1 Plank Wagon is SOLD OUT. We will be introducing a new Catalogue wagon very shortly to replace this catalogue wagon.
15th January 2008 Please put details in your diary to visit the Company stand at The London Exhibition of Railway Modelling, Alexandra Palace, London on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th March 2008. We are at Stand No. 159 in The West Hall. Please come and say 'HELLO' and introduce yourselves - we will be very pleased to see you.
15th January 2008 The latest Limited Edition Wagon, W5517 - The Silver 'WRENN RAILWAYS' 4 Wheel Tanker is now available and can be seen on the 'Limited Edition' page - follow the links in "Buy Wrenn" above.
26th December 2007 Two NEW wagons have been added to the Catalogue and can be seen on the Catalogue Page - click here - or you can see them on the New Wrenn Wagons page under the BUY WRENN link above - they are W5040 - the rare version of the SHELL 4 Wheel Tanker and W5010 the Brown Robertsons Ventilated Van.
6th December 2007 A NEW page has been added to the web-site showing the full catalogue of everything made by the Company since December 2001. You can access that page from a link on the HOME page or from HERE.
1st December 2007 The 1st 4 Wheel Tanker - W5041 MOBIL - has now been added to the new wagons list - please see details inside "Buy Wrenn". Also 'coming soon' the W5040 SHELL Tanker - please watch this space. The Silver finish version of the "George Wrenn" R1 0-6-0 body is now SOLD OUT.
23rd November 2007 The new Hopper wagons have proved to be very popular and the first batch of wagons have now sold out. Further delivery is expected by the 14th December - please see details inside "Buy Wrenn".
20th November 2007 As of today we have made 30 models of the W2500 "George Wrenn" R1 0-6-0 loco body. Currently we do not plan to make any more of this particular model in this Silver finish. Please see the Limited Edition page inside 'Buy Wrenn' for availability - only three remain at the time of this update.
10th November 2007 If you are looking for NEW Wrenn wagons then please check the 'BUY WRENN' pages on the links above. Three new Hopper wagons have been added to the list of wagons for sale.
10th November 2007 As originally posted on this NEWS page in December 2006, please be reminded: There are a number of COPIES of the original Wrenn Blue Booklets being sold that have have been printed since the Company closed down - these are NOT original booklets and they do differ in front cover print in size, in format and in font. If you have bought what purport to be NEW - UNUSED copies of the Blue Booklet recently, please compare the front cover with an original booklet from your other locos - the differences are quite easy to spot.
29th October 2007 An interesting point for Collectors has emerged recently which does need a note of caution - certain items have been offered for sale purporting to be Company TRIALS of certain wagons in different colours to those issued by the Company, even appearing for sale as 'boxed'. Please be aware that ALL 'TRIALS' sold by the Company (since 2001) will be accompanied by confirmation of authenticity or Invoice to validate the Trial status of the item. Without such confirmation it may be that people are trying to sell you something that is NOT what it seems.
17th October 2007 As of today the Black 6 wheel tanker Limited Edition W5511 is now sold out. Please do have a look at the Limited Edition page inside "Buy Wrenn" for the currently available Limited Editions and if you missed the original wagon W5510 there are some TRIALS still available. The Wrenn NEW wagons page inside "Buy Wrenn" has also been updated - do have a look.
16th October 2007 We now have only one of the Black Milk Marketing Board 6 wheel tankers (W5511) left for sale - we do have a small number of TRIALS of the original Limited Edition wagon, the W5510 Black Presflo, available for sale. Please see "BUY WRENN" - Limited Edition page for further information.
14th October 2007 The GOLDEN Jubilee arrived on 7th October and is now already part of the Company history. The new Official collectors club has been launched (click here) and several new items were unveiled at the show. The NEW "George Wrenn" R1 loco body, W2500, proved to be a huge success with all initial stocks being sold on the day - orders are now being taken - priced at £45 plus postage. The loco can be easily fitted to an R1 chassis if you want the loco to be a working model or for Showcase display.
Details of the new collectors club members wagon W5300, can be seen on the collectors club page (click here) and here is a picture of the new Golden Jubilee wagon - the W5515 Lowmac and gold racing car No. 50 priced at £90 plus £5 Special Delivery postage. The racing car is a completely new body mould and the unfortunate production difficulties that we faced with the original W5512 Lowmacs have now been overcome but have meant a price increase in the Lowmac and Car wagon price.
6th September 2007 Tomorrow is the day and we hope to see a great turn out for the Jubilee. Photographs of the event and full details of the new wagons will be on the Jubilee pages next week.
20th September 2007 Less than 3 weeks to go to the Jubilee Event at Stafford Showground - are you coming ? Will you be there to share in the fun and the celebrations ? The first TEN Wrenn Collectors who email Maurice or Rita on the email addresses found elsewhere on the web-site will receive a FREE entry ticket to the show - the ticket will be an 'Early Bird' entry ticket so you can gain access to the show before the doors open !!!! This item will be updated when the tickets have been claimed - Good Luck and see you at Stafford.
3rd September 2007 Details for joining the new Official Wrenn Collectors Club are now available at the Collectors Club page - follow this link for further details
Less than 5 weeks to go to the Golden Jubilee celebration on the 7th October but still lots to do with plans for a Collectors Club wagon and the launch of a new Limited Edition wagon linked to the Jubilee - watch this page and the JUBILEE page for updates as production progresses.
24th June 2007 Details for the Jubilee Event on October 7th are becoming clearer and travel directions have now been added to the 'Jubilee' page
A separate page has now been added to the site for the new Official Collectors Club although final details for joining have yet to be confirmed - follow this link to the NEW page and check back regularly for updated information. It is expected that full details will be added to the site during September in readiness for the launch of the Club on 7th October.
3rd April 2007 If you are interested in buying some of the remaining WR1 and WR2 wagons then visit 'BUY WRENN' and then click on the WR1/WR2 page - details of the final run of the remaining wagons are now updated together with photographs.
The two upgraded NEW wagons are proving to be very popular, W4655 and W5060 - PLEASE NOTE - there are only four (4) more examples of the W5073 B.A.C. Mineral Wagon for sale and this wagon will then join the W4640, the W5052 and the W5069 in being SOLD OUT !!! Buy yours now before they GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12th March 2007 The new Limited Edition wagon, W5513, the ex-L.M.S. Grey Guards Van is now available in an Edition of only 50 wagons - check for full details by clicking on the 'BUY WRENN' at the top of the page and then look under - Limited Editions.
28th February 2007 October 2007 will mark the 50th Anniversary of the Company - G. & R. WRENN Ltd. To celebrate that land-mark we are holding a Special Event for the Golden Jubilee - Sunday 7th October 2007 is the date for your diary !! One of the many 'SPECIALS' to help mark the Jubilee is the launch of the NEW Official Wrenn Collectors Club Click HERE for further details about the Jubilee and about the Collectors Club
26th December 2006 If you are looking for spare copies of the Wrenn Blue Instruction Booklet to go with your prized loco, then please be aware that ORIGINAL copies of the Booklet are still available on the www.MoorWrenn.co.uk web site. These are from the remaining copies of the Booklets (printed whilst the Company was trading at the factory premises in Basildon) and bought with the G. & R. Wrenn Company in 2001. There are a number of COPIES being sold that have have been printed since the Company closed at Basildon - these are NOT original booklets and they do differ in front cover print in size, in format and in font. If you have bought what purport to be NEW - UNUSED copies of the Blue Booklet recently, please compare the front cover with an original booklet from your other locos - the differences are quite easy to spot.
14th December 2006 The CD-Rom The Story of Wrenn (first issued in October 2005) has had its first complete UPDATE - 2007 EDITION. The CD now contains 1224 pages, each with a full description of the item, full colour pictures and price-guides as at 30th September 2006. The Book - THE STORY OF WRENN is now down to the last few boxes with the Publishers and the Edition is almost SOLD OUT - please do get your copy before they all go !!
TWO NEW WRENN WAGONS have been added to the range - W5060 and W4655 - and the W5069 British Soda is now SOLD OUT Final figures for this model will be published shortly. Please see the 'BUY WRENN' pages.
3rd July 2006 The latest topic in Collectors' Corner - The use of Hornby Dublo Couplings is now available to view. The discussion topic is beautifully introduced with a detailed report by David Smith of Wishaw (Scotland), but points of clarification and questions can be emailed to collectors@gandr-wrenn.co.uk. Does your loco, wagon or coach have the correct couplings inside the box?
19th December 2005 The NEW Limited Edition CD-Rom is now available from Maurice Gunter (Maurice@MoorWrenn.co.uk) The CD carries over 1200 pages accessed by a powerful built-in Search Engine, every page carrying details of one of the wagons, locos or coaches made by the Company between 1966 and 2005 - Pictures, descriptions and latest market valuations. Designed to supplement the Book - "The Story of Wrenn", published by Irwell Press but available as a signed copy direct from Maurice.
The CDs are £22 each plus £1 P & P in the UK.
10th April 2005 The NEW Collectors' Corner page is now available for viewing. Please have a look by 'clicking' HERE and send us an email at collectors@gandr-wrenn.co.uk. We will be starting a page of places in the world from which we receive Collectors' emails. Happy Collecting !!
6th April 2005 Well, the year is well under way and it was good to meet so many of you at the Alexandra Palace Festival last weekend - thanks for stopping by and saying 'Hello'. The Festival saw the launch of our new Limited Edition wagon, the Lowmac with Series 152 Racing Car Load, Catalogue No. W5512. The wagons are available at £67.50 plus £5 p&p, but please be advised that they are almost SOLD OUT already.
Please have a look at the wagons on our 'Limited Edition' page and contact us for availability.
The CD Rom to accompany the Book - The Story of Wrenn - is not quite finished, but demonstration copies were available at the show and it was well received. It should be in its final run by the end of May and by then should have almost 1200 photographs of Wrenn items loaded.
COLLECTORS CORNER - Please follow the news items on this page for the imminent launch of the 'Collectors Corner' pages on this Web Site, run by Collectors and dealing with the things that Collectors of Wrenn Railways want to talk about.
30th December 2004
A very Happy New Year to everyone and hoping that Santa brought you all LOTS of Wrenn goodies - even if they were really from yourself !! Please visit the updated pages for our 'NEW' Wrenn wagons and also the updated page for the sale of our final stock of Dapol/Wrenn WR1 and WR2 wagons - just follow the 'Buy Wrenn' link above and then follow the headings to the new pages.
Some dates for your Diary for 2005: Saturday 29th January 2005 - Barry Potter (Vectis) Railway Auction at Rugby 5th March 2005 - Sandown Park Toy Fair - Saturday 19th March 2005 - Barry Potter (Vectis) Railway Auction at Rugby - Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd April 2005 - Alexandra Palace - The London Festival of Railway Modelling
22nd December 2004 A very Merry Christmas to all of our visitors to the Web-Site. The final 'trials' for the new Limited Edition wagon are in place and the first of the Lowmac and Car wagons should be available in January. The Lowmac wagon will be the same for each of the 100 wagons but there will be a choice of 5 different colours of car, Red, Blue, Black Green and Yellow. A photograph of the latest 'trial' wagon is now posted on the 'Limited Editions' page which you can see by clicking on 'Buy Wrenn' and then selecting 'Limited Editions'.
In the three years since we bought the Company from Dapol Limited, the collectables market demand for top quality examples of Wrenn Railways models has continued to rise with the arrival of many new collectors adding to the demand. 'Selling' prices continue to rise especially it seems for those of you who regularly bid on EBAY. The actual publication of the Company production figures in the Book "The Story of Wrenn" also seems to have added confidence into the market for models across the range and not just for the rarer smaller number production items.
Best wishes for your collections in 2005.
22nd November 2004 Work is still underway with the latest Limited Edition wagon, the Lowmac and Car Load. We are waiting for the final printing of our new Limited Edition 'Long Boxes' for the longer wheel base wagons such as the Lowmac, together with a standard art-work 'Long Box' which will be available for sale to collectors as 'replacement' boxes for their own models.
Dates confirmed for 'Swapmeets' and exhibitions for the coming months are: Saturday 29th January 2005 - Barry Potter (Vectis) Auction at Rugby - Saturday 5th March 2005 - Sandown Park Collectors Fair - Saturday 19th March 2005 - Barry Potter (Vectis) Auction at Rugby - Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd April 2005 - Alexandra Palace, London, The London Festival of Railway Modelling - Saturday 28th May 2005 - Sandown Park Collectors Fair
4th November 2004 Both the Book and the 2nd Limited Edition Wagon - the Black Milk Marketing Board Tanker - continue to sell well. As of the end of October 2004 almost 1700 of the 2,000 copies of the book had been sold. Don't delay - buy your copy for Christmas and convince someone near and dear what a good Christmas Present it would be !!! Contact Maurice@MoorWrenn.co.uk for your personally signed copy of the book.
Final trials are well under way for the 3rd Limited Edition Wagon. This is going to be a Lowmac Wagon with a Wrenn Series 152 size Racing Car body as the load. This resulted from a remark by Audrey Wrenn that her late husband felt that the 152 Series Racing Cars had been his greatest achievement. Watch this site for further news or email sales@gandr-wrenn.co.uk to be added to the 'waiting list'. There is no need to send any money at this time.
5th May 2004 The book is now selling well and many of you will already have your copy. For those of you who still do not have a copy it is available by mail order direct from the author, Maurice Gunter at a cost of £22. Postage in the UK will be £3 towards the cost, with Europe costing £4.95, World Zone 1 (North America) £9.75 and World Zone 2 (Australia, South Africa etc.) £10.75. Please contact Maurice direct at maurice@MoorWrenn.co.uk
Work on the companion CD Rom is continuing and further information will be available soon.
30th March 2004 The Book launch took place at Alexandra Palace on Saturday 27th March and in addition to the author, Maurice Gunter, Mrs Audrey Wrenn, her daughter Vanessa, and Mr. Malcolm Root (Guild of Railway Artists) also attended. Audrey Wrenn and Malcolm Root very kindly also signed copies of the book.
13th March 2004 The Book launch has now been confirmed as taking place at The London Model Railway Exhibition at Alexandra Palace in North London at 12 noon on Saturday 27th March 2004. If you have ordered copies to be delivered by post they will be posted to you on Monday 29th March. For details how to order a copy of the book please see (1st March 2004) below.
1st March 2004 For those of you who cannot make the book launch, copies of the book are available by mail order direct from the author, Maurice Gunter. Postage in the UK will be £3 towards the cost, with Europe costing £4.95, World Zone 1 ( North America) £9.75 and World Zone 2 (Australia, South Africa etc.) costing £10.75. Please contact Maurice direct at maurice@MoorWrenn.co.uk
29th FEBRUARY 2004 The new Wrenn book has been delayed at the printers and will NOT now be ready for Sandown Park on the 6th March. The new book launch has been agreed and will take place at The London Model Railway Exhibition at Alexandra Palace on Saturday 27th March.
In addition to the Book Launch -we do have a table at the Exhibition where both 'new' Wrenn items and good examples of previously owned 1966-1992 Wrenn items will be for sale. Please do drop by the stand (No.148) and say hello.
17th FEBRUARY 2004 The following dates and places are confirmed at Exhibitions or Swapmeets if you want to come and meet us and see the new Wrenn products:
Saturday 6th March - Sandown Park Toy Fair - still the target date for the launch of the book, but we will be there anyway, even if the book isn't ready!
Saturday/Sunday 27th & 28th March - Alexandra Palace, London, the National Model Railway Exhibition. If you haven't been before then this is the one to come to - fabulous day out with everything for the modeller, the collector and the enthusiast !
Saturday 17th April - The Barry Potter Railway Auction at Rugby, we are there with a table at the back of the Hall just in case you don't spend ALL of your money in the auction itself.
Saturday 31st July - Sandown Park Toy Fair.
8th FEBRUARY 2004 The news is that the book is almost there! Details are as follows:
ISBN 1-903266-42-4 Hard-backed and with 64 pages of colour. 160 pages in all - only £22!
Publication and Book Launch are still set for Saturday 6th March, but confirmation of those details will follow as soon as we receive delivery from the printers.
30th JANUARY 2004 As stated on the front page of the site, my son, Steven Gunter died very suddenly from a heart attack on the 15th January. We had just finished the rebuild of the Company site and also the outline of the CDrom which is to be released to accompany the Book. The book is still on target for publication by the 6th March.
Please watch this page for further information and updates as the publication date approaches. The price is still yet to be fixed, but is thought that it will be in the region of £25. Thank you for your patience at this difficult time - Maurice Gunter
29th NOVEMBER 2003 Things are progressing well with the book - the manuscript and final photographs are now with the Publishers at Irwell Press Ltd. Mrs. Audrey WRENN, ex-Director and Company Secretary of the Company when they were situated at Basildon, has been extremely helpful in supplying historical photographs for the book. It is hoped that she and her daughter will be able to attend the Book Launch which is now provisionally booked for Sandown Park Toy Fair on Saturday 6th March 2004.
28th OCTOBER 2003 The 2nd Batch of Limited Edition wagons - the satin version of the Black Milk Marketing Board tanker are now available. Both the Matt and the Satin version are £59.99 in a total Limited Edition of 100 wagons - 50 of each. They are selling quickly, so, don't delay - order yours today !!
24th OCTOBER 2003 Details are starting to become clearer about the new Book to be published on the History of the Company which is currently nearing completion by Maurice Gunter. The book will cover details of all OO/HO models - locos - wagons - coaches made by the Company between 1966 and 2003. There is a check list of all Catalogue Numbers issued with a current market value guide for each item. The book will be generously illustrated in full colour.
Anticipated publication is on the 6th March 2004 - full details to follow. In the meantime - get a flavour of the book on the web-site of the Publishers - Irwell Press at "www.irwellpress.co.uk" - check out their modelling section. The price is yet to be confirmed.
To reserve your copy without any obligation, email us at sales@gandr-wrenn.co.uk Money will only be necessary when the book is ready for delivery.
23rd OCTOBER 2003 The Black Milk Marketing Board 6 wheeled tanker is now available and is selling well. Many collectors who bought the first wagon and/or the coach have already ordered their new wagon and we have managed to allocate most of them the same Limited Edition Certificate number throughout.
The first 50 wagons of the 100 will be finished in a matt lacquer finish (a la Hornby Dublo) and the second 50 will be finished in a late Wrenn 'satin' lacquer.
The first 50 wagons are now available - don't delay too long if you want to order one! £59.99 plus £5 Insured delivery in the UK. If you would prefer to reserve one of the 'Satin' finish tankers, contact Maurice without delay for one to be reserved for you.
15TH SEPTEMBER 2003 G. & R. Wrenn Ltd. are pleased to announce the imminent arrival of their NEW Limited Edition wagon.
The 2nd in the Series of Limited Edition wagons follows the successful sale of the 1st wagon, the Black Presflo wagon which is now completely SOLD OUT.
The NEW wagon, a 6 wheeled tanker is of "The Milk Marketing Board" tanker, originally issued as W5023, but this time issued in BLACK, rather than the original BLUE. When the current owners bought the 'stock' and 'parts' from Dapol Ltd. in November 2001, two TRIAL bodies of the Black Milk Marketing Board tanker body were found amongst a number of other 'trial' wagon bodies. This NEW wagon, being issued in a Limited Edition of only 100 models will be available in time for the Wrenn Railways Collectors' Club fair to be held on Sunday 12th October. The wagon will cost £59.99 plus £5 postage and packing.
Please contact Maurice Gunter at 'maurice@moorwrenn.co.uk' to check availability.