Douglass was founded in 1948 by R.D.W. Brittain in Halifax, GB. It pioneered both cast resin (fiberglass, called ‘Bondaglass’, hence the double S in the company name) UK outline railway modelling and British narrow gauge commercial modelling. This material does not lend itself to mass production but they do enable small runs to be produced. Over the years some 44 locomotives in standard 0 gauge and narrow gauge were produced. Top of the range was a fiberglass model of a streamlined A4 pacific, named Sir Nigel Gresley. Some locos were not made from fiberglass, but from brass sheet and the Leeds Model Company also produced a loco, made from tinplate, especially for Douglass in 1956. The narrow gauge range was still in the 1962 catalogue, but with the note “built to order only” and only for 16.5mm track, as the firm concentrated on standard 0 gauge. The locomotives made from fibreglass were offered as kits, the brass and tinplate locos were ready-made. Douglass also offered a number of coaches in 0 gauge, made from wood, and offered some lithographed papers of goods stock for standard LMC wagons and vans. Furthermore, Douglass offered drawings of locomotives, coaches, wagons and some road vehicles in 0 and 00 gauge for enthusiasts who liked to build from scratch. Douglass also rebuilt some commercially-made locos into engines they then offered as their own. The 1960 catalogue, for instance, refers to conversions of a Bassett-Lowke non-prototypical 0-6-0 tender loco into M.R., G.N.R and M.& G.N. models. The firm ceased trading in 1969.