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The Bassett Lowke company dedicates itself in creating scale models such as model trains and railways.  Besides trains, they also bring in line-ups of model ships, boats, tractors, excavators, and model construction vehicles. 

As a son of a boiler-maker, W.J. Bassett Lowke only had a few years spent in proper education but had spent a considerable amount of time in an architect’s office.  In the long run, he joined his father in his business making boilers.  While making boilers, the young Bassett-Lowke used some of his free time making model steam engines which are only for display.  At the time he started his own company, he created a mail order catalogue business together with an associate who used to be a bookkeeper in his father’s boiler-making business.

Bassett-Lowke’s interest in making model trains was sharpened when he attended the Paris Exhibition in 1900 where he also bought elaborate German-made model trains with English livery paint.  The earliest scale model factory he built was at the town of Nothampton.  Initially, the first scale models his company manufactured were scale model ships used as training pieces for the navy and for display.  Afterwards, scale model trains followed but were only available to the wealthy.  Bassett-Lowke also coordinated with E.W. Twining for the production of architectural models for model railways.

In 1905, their 15 inch gauge steam locomotive called “Little Giant” performed a test run.  This trial run functioned as a preview for people on how the model train’s main line counterpart would run once it start service.
The Bassett-Lowke company continue their usual style of producing model trains in terms of materials and fine points, but they continually add new technological ways in improving the functionality of each model train and railway piece.  Innovative ways of working model trains and railways have given regulars and hobbyists alike the esteem and enjoyment they deserve.

At present, a number of legendary main line locomotives are offered by the Bassett-Lowke line up.  Among them are the Flying Scotsman and the Flying Fox.  These two iconic steam locomotives are the brainchildren of England’s well-known Chief Mechanical Engineer Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley.

Created in 1923, The Flying Scotsman was recorded to be the fastest steam locomotive of its time.  The Flying Scotsman ended its service in 1963 and the Flying Fox in 1964.

The Bassett-Lowke Flying Scotsman and Flying Fox are made from soldered sheet metal, a distinct feature the company has been doing since they started.  The in-house workings also contain revised gearboxes which makes the model trains run quieter, smoke generators to simulate the steam exhaust from the engine, electric drive, illuminated firebox, and superb paintwork and miniature details to say the least.