Monthly Archive: May, 2025

30 May 2025

Bachmann Collectors Club Exclusive Member Events 2025

Members of the Bachmann Collectors Club are invited to join us at our annual special events, the Practically Perfect Sale and the Members Day, and we are pleased to confirm the details of this year’s events.  Practically Perfect Sale 2025 Date and Time: Sunday 8th of June, 10:00 – 13:00. Location: The Battlefield Line, Market Bosworth Station, Off Station Road, Market...

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27 May 2025

Bachmann on the Road – Kernow Model Rail Centre – Guildford Branch Open Day

Date and Time: Friday 30th of May, 09:30 – 17:00.  Location: Kernow Model Rail Centre (Guildford), 75b Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 4HT.  This Friday, Kernow Model Rail Centre’s (KMRC) Guildford branch hosts its annual Open Day and Bachmann will be in attendance with a selection of the latest models on display. Visitors will have the chance to meet and talk to members...

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23 May 2025

Product Highlight: OO Scale LNWR Round Up

The original London and North Western Railway (LNWR) opened in 1846 and lasted for over 75 years until it was absorbed into the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) as part of the 1923 Grouping. The LNWR’s influence can still be felt on the modern railway network as their main line connecting London to Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool ultimately became...

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15 May 2025

Product Highlight: Thomas & Friends™ N and OO9 Scale New Arrivals

It’s been 80 years since Reverend W. Awdry first published his book The Three Railway Engines, which became the first entry in The Railway Series, and which was later adapted for television as Thomas & Friends™. It’s only fitting that Bachmann Europe celebrate this long running series’ anniversary by having several new Thomas & Friends™ models arrive this week for...

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12 May 2025

Product Highlight: OO Scale Thomas & Friends™ Locomotives

Today we celebrate 80 years since The Three Railway Engines, the first book of Reverend W. Awdry’s The Railway Series, was published on the 12th of May 1945. These books and their TV adaptation Thomas & Friends™ have inspired many railway modellers of all ages over the last 80 years, and this anniversary is a perfect opportunity to start your...

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12 May 2025

Bachmann on the Road – Salisbury Railex 2025

Date and Time: Saturday 17th of May 2025, 10:00 – 16:30. Sunday 18th of May 2025, 10:00 – 16:30.  Location: The Thruxton Centre, Thruxton Circuit, Andover, SP11 8PN The Bachmann Collectors Club are pleased to return to the Salisbury & South Wilts Railway Society’s model railway exhibition, which this year is going to be held at a new larger venue. 20 model layouts...

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7 May 2025

Bachmann on the Road – Tony’s Trains’ 10th Anniversary Special Event

Date and Time: Saturday 10th of May 2025, 10:00 – 16:00. Sunday 11th of May 2025, 10:00 – 16:00.  Location: Mountsorrel & Rothley Community Heritage Centre, 240 Swithland Lane, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7UE.  Our second outing for this weekend is Tony’s Trains’ 10th Anniversary Special Event at the Mountsorrel & Rothley Community Heritage Centre in Leicestershire. This show will feature a number of...

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7 May 2025

British Rail Icons Lead the Way in Bachmann Europe’s Summer 2025 British Railway Announcements

Wednesday 7th May 2025 saw Bachmann Europe reveal the latest additions to its British model railway ranges with the launch of the Summer British Railway Announcements. In the build-up three high profile new tooling projects have already been unveiled and today, further new models were added to the Bachmann Branchline, Graham Farish and Scenecraft ranges. The company’s flagship N Scale...

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7 May 2025

Bachmann Collectors Club Welcomes Colourful New Models in N and OO Scale for Summer Spring 2025

The Bachmann Collectors Club today (Wednesday 7th May 2025) launched its latest Limited Edition models as part of Bachmann Europe’s Summer British Railway Announcements. In N Scale a pair of BR Mk1 POT Post Office Tenders in original Royal Mail Red livery have joined the range – these models first broke cover during Model World LIVE at the end of...

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2 May 2025

Product Highlight: N Scale Signal Boxes

The ability to provide information to the crew and control the path of a train are a requirement for any railway, and these tasks have been traditionally handled by Signal Boxes which are located either to the side of the line or at the end of a platform at a station. Due to the essential nature of these structures, it’s...

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