January, 2025 - BACHMANN EUROPE NEWS

31 January, 2025

Class 74s Get the EFE Rail Treatment

Ahead of its Spring 2025 British Railway Announcements, Bachmann Europe Plc today revealed that it has commissioned a OO Scale model of the Class 74 Electro-Diesel Locomotive for its EFE Rail range. The Class 74 Electro-Diesel Locomotives (known as ‘HB’s before the introduction of the Total Operations Processing System (TOPS)) began life as Class 71 Electric Locomotives (originally ‘HA’s) of...

Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

31 January, 2025

A Brace of Bulleids Joins the Bachmann Branchline Range

Ahead of its Spring 2025 British Railway Announcements, Bachmann Europe Plc today revealed that it is adding two new coaches to its highly acclaimed range of Bulleid Coaches that are produced as part of the Bachmann Branchline OO Scale range. These new Bulleid Coaches were first revealed in our video with Hornby Magazine. The two new vehicles depict the Diagram...

Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

30 January, 2025

Product Preview: OO Scale Class 69s

It has been a few years since our upcoming OO scale models of the Class 69 were first announced for the Bachmann Branchline range, and it’s clear from all of the questions that we’ve received since then that there is a keen interest for these new locomotives. Our models have been developed concurrently with the production of the real locomotives and...

Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

24 January, 2025

Product Highlight: New OO Scale BR Mk1 Coach Types

The British Railways Mark 1 Coaches were a common sight on the railway for nearly half a century, so it only makes sense for models of these familiar carriages to be available as part of the Bachmann Branchline range of OO Scale models. Last year, we announced several new variants of these coaches which have been produced with new tooling;...

Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

17 January, 2025

Product Highlight: OO Scale BR 12 Ton ‘Palvan’ Pallet Vans

It’s the start of a new year and with it comes the arrival of some newly tooled OO scale models into the Bachmann Branchline range! These new wagons are the BR 12 Ton ‘Palvan’ Pallet Vans, which have been highly anticipated since their engineering prototypes were first displayed last year’s London Festival of Railway Modelling. These wagons have been produced...

Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

10 January, 2025

Winter Sale Prize Draw Winner!

Our Winter Sale took place over the last few months of 2024, which culminated in a Prize Draw for one lucky subscriber to the Bachmann Newsletter to win a hamper of OO and N Scale products worth a combined Recommended Retail Price of over £1400. The lucky winner of this hamper was Mr. Ken Sayce, who is pictured above with...

Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

9 January, 2025

Product Highlight: OO Scale Class 40 No. D213 ‘Andania’

Bachmann’s Winter Sale is coming to an end, but there’s still a little bit of time left to find price reductions of up to 50% on selected lines from across many of Bachmann’s ranges at participating Bachmann retailers. Included in the Winter Sale is this OO Scale Class 40 No. D213 ‘Andania’ (32-487) from Bachmann Branchline, so this is a...

Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

Monthly Archive: January, 2025

Class 74s Get the EFE Rail Treatment

A Brace of Bulleids Joins the Bachmann Branchline Range

Product Preview: OO Scale Class 69s

Product Highlight: New OO Scale BR Mk1 Coach Types

Product Highlight: OO Scale BR 12 Ton ‘Palvan’ Pallet Vans

Winter Sale Prize Draw Winner!

Product Highlight: OO Scale Class 40 No. D213 ‘Andania’