VERIFIED SHOP LISTING
BOTHEllis Clark Trains is a nationally known O Gauge and Gauge 1 specialist with a traditional Skipton showroom, extensive online stock, its own model projects and a major pre-owned department.
About this shop
Ellis Clark Trains is a specialist retailer and manufacturer focused principally on O Gauge and Gauge 1. Its Skipton showroom combines a traditional model-shop experience with a substantial online business, covering new releases, in-house projects, finely made collectors’ models and a large, fast-changing pre-owned selection.
The pre-owned department is central to the business. Models are inspected and tested, with condition information provided for online buyers, and most qualifying pre-owned items are backed by a six-month warranty. The team also buys individual models and complete collections, offering cash purchase or part exchange and arranging collection where appropriate.
The showroom is especially useful for modellers considering a move into 7mm scale. Visitors can see and handle larger models, browse stock that may never reach the website and ask for practical buying advice. Much of the company’s manufactured stock is warehouse-held, so customers collecting a specific item should contact the team at least a day before travelling.
Facilities include an accessible showroom and toilet. Limited spaces are available in the shared car park, with additional public parking nearby; Skipton rail and bus stations are both within walking distance.
Online customers can use worldwide shipping, multi-buy offers, gift vouchers and available flexible-payment options. For other scales, the same group also operates the separately listed Clark Railworks business.
Specialisms
Gauges and services
Brands stocked
Ellis Clark Trains
Darstaed
Dapol
Heljan
Golden Age Models
Minerva Model Railways
Lionheart Trains
Sancheng
Bassett-Lowke
Ace Trains
Finescale Brass
Stock and service highlights
O Gauge and Gauge 1 specialist; new and pre-owned sales; in-house model projects; collection buying; cash purchase and part exchange; model assessment and testing; expert large-scale advice; worldwide mail order; showroom collection; gift vouchers.