Category: UK Model Railways

6 August 2025

NEW CLUB MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS AND EXCLUSIVE MODELS AVAILABLE NOW

At the start of July the Bachmann Collectors Club revealed three new membership options with prices starting from only £29.99 a year. Standard Membership includes a year’s subscription to the Bachmann Times magazine, full of news, modelling and historic articles and home to the quarterly British Railway Announcements catalogue, plus a discount of at least 10% on the full range...

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6 August 2025

GREAT EIGHT! – STANIER’S ICONIC 8F JOINS THE BACHMANN BRANCHLINE RANGE

The LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 was one of Britain’s most numerous and successful steam locomotives, and after producing award winning models of the iconic type for its Graham Farish N Scale range, ninety years since the first example emerged from the LMS’s Crewe Works it’s time to welcome OO scale models of the 8F to Bachmann’s Branchline range for...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

6 August 2025

STEAM DREAMS COME TRUE IN THE AUTUMN 2025 BRITISH RAILWAY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Today (Wednesday 6th August 2025) we launched our Autumn 2025 British Railway Announcements and made steam dreams come true with a second brand new steam locomotive for the OO Scale Branchline range in the space of a week! Following hot on the heels of the NER E Class (J71) 0-6-0 Tank Locomotive that was launched ahead of The Greatest Gathering,...

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31 July 2025

Bachmann Branchline Launches NER E Class at The Greatest Gathering

With 2025 marking the bicentenary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, Bachmann has selected the North Eastern Railway E Class Tank Locomotive, which was an unsung hero at the centenary celebrations 100 years ago, as the next steam locomotive for its OO Scale Bachmann Branchline range. The NER E Class 0-6-0 Tank Locomotive, later classified as J71...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

31 July 2025

Graham Farish Launches NER P7 and LNER D12 Coal Hoppers in Railway 200 Year

Two hundred years ago in 1825 the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR) opened, heralding the age of the train and kickstarting rail travel as we know it today. Established deep within the rich coal fields of North East England, the S&DR connected collieries and docks, ports and pitheads, to move coal faster than ever before, fuelling the industrial revolution. Later,...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

28 July 2025

Product Preview | EFE Rail Class 74s

At the start of the year we revealed a new and exciting project for our EFE Rail range – the Class 74 Electro-Diesel. Never before has this prototype been produced as a mainstream ready to run OO Scale model and so our new model has really caught the imagination of Bachmann enthusiasts worldwide. We launched the project with Engineering Prototypes...

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3 July 2025

Product Preview | It’s T(3) Time!

Our OO Scale models of the LSWR Adams T3 first broke cover at the Swanage Railway during the 2024 Bachmann Collectors Club Members Day, and today we are delighted to share the livery samples for the five colourful locos that make up our launch range! The London & South Western Railway (LSWR) T3 Class was part of a family of...

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13 June 2025

Bachmann to Support Andy’s Man Club With a Model of Class 69 No. 69013

Bachmann Europe Plc has teamed up with GB Railfreight (GBRf) to produce a OO Scale model of the operator’s Class 69 Diesel Locomotive No. 69013, which will be sold to help raise funds for Andy’s Man Club, the mental health charity that encourages men to talk and aims to prevent male suicide. The Class 69 locomotive debuted in its striking...

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2 June 2025

Exclusive Members Only Event – ‘Practically Perfect’ Sale 2025

Date and Time: Sunday 8th of June, 10:00 – 13:00.   Location: The Battlefield Line, Market Bosworth Station, Off Station Rd, Market Bosworth, Nuneaton, CV13 0PF.  Following last year’s successful Practically Perfect Sale at the Battlefield Line, we are delighted to confirm we will once again be in the Goods Shed at Market Bosworth Station on Sunday 8th June 2025 with this year’s...

Categories Bachmann Collectors Club/Exhibitions and Shows/UK Model Railways

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...

Categories Bachmann Collectors Club/Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways