Mainline Blue Class 37/0 – Sales Area Exclusive

We are pleased to announce another new addition to our range of OO Branchline area sales representatives exclusive models. Class 37 No. 37055 in Mainline Blue livery, will be available with (32-775TLDS) and without (32-775TL) sound. Due for release later this year, you can pre-order this model exclusively from Bachmann retailers in the following areas:

Bath & East Somerset
Cornwall
Devon
Dorset
Hampshire
Kent
The Isle of Wight
Surrey
Sussex
Wiltshire
*Does not include Bachmann Retailers inside the M25.

Mainline Freight was created in 1994, along with Transrail and Loadhaul, when British Rail’s Trainload Freight operations were split – with Mainline centring around South East England, East Anglia and the East Midlands. Several locomotives were soon decorated in Mainline’s ‘Aircraft Blue’ livery including Class 37/0 No. 37055. In association with EMAP/Bauer Media magazine ‘RAIL’, No. 37055 received the name ‘Rail Celebrity’ during a naming ceremony at Toton in 1995.

Mainline, Transrail and Loadhaul were later subject to a takeover bid by a US led consortium and, together with Rail Express Systems, were formed into a new company – English, Welsh & Scottish (EWS). Despite now being a EWS loco, No. 37055 remained in Mainline blue livery into the 2000s, appearing on a variety of workings including London Underground train deliveries and railtours alongside its usual freight turns.

Each of our Area Sales Representatives have commissioned specific models to be produced for them which are only available from stockists within their geographical area. Details of the areas from which each model is available can be found in the relevant news story.