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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.