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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
14 March, 2025

New EFE Rail Coaches Provide the Perfect Ryde for Isle of Wight Enthusiasts

To coincide with the London Festival of Railway Modelling, sponsored by Bachmann Branchline and Graham Farish, Bachmann Europe Plc today (Friday 14th March 2025) unveiled brand new models of the Isle of Wight Coaches as part of its EFE Rail OO Scale range. The railways operating on the Isle of Wight came under Southern Railway (SR) control upon Grouping in...
Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways
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...
Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways
6 February, 2024

Brush Type Twos get the Bachmann Treatment

Today Bachmann Europe Plc unveiled brand new models of the Brush Type Two – BR Class 30 and Class 31 – Diesel Locomotives in OO scale for its Bachmann Branchline range. Launched ahead of the company’s Spring 2024 British Railway Announcements, the new Branchline models were unveiled in a special Hornby Magazine production, with a selection of Engineering Prototypes and running samples showcased by Graeme Watkins, Bachmann’s Design Engineer responsible for the project.
Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways