Tag: Bachmann Branchline

13 March 2025

Product Preview: OO Scale Class 350 and 450 ‘Desiro’ EMUs

After our N scale versions of the Class 350 and 450 ‘Desiro’ Electric Multiple Units made their debut last year, it’s now time for modellers of OO Scale to look forward to these units’ highly anticipated return to the Bachmann Branchline range as well! Each of the Branchline ‘Desiro’ units is formed of four cars, with two driving vehicles sandwiching...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

14 February 2025

Product Preview: Railway Celebrations Range

The world’s first passenger carrying railway was the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which opened on the 27th of September 1825. The opening of the railway sparked a revolution over not just the UK but the whole world, leading to huge changes not just in the way that people travelled, but also how they traded, communicated, and even measured time! The...

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6 February 2025

Prototype Power Cars from Bachmann Collectors Club for Spring 2025

As part of Bachmann Europe’s Spring 2025 British Railway Announcements, the Bachmann Collectors Club has today (Wednesday 5th February 2025) launched its latest Limited Edition models depicting the Prototype Power Cars from the High Speed Diesel Train (HSDT – otherwise known as the HST). The models are available in two formats, as a twin pack containing the pair of prototype...

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

5 February 2025

Spring British Railway Announcements Kick Off Bachmann’s Programme of New Products For 2025

Bachmann Europe Plc today (Wednesday 5th February 2025) revealed its first new products for 2025 with the launch of the Spring British Railway Announcements. As is now customary, in this, the first of four quarterly announcements scheduled for 2025, new products for Bachmann’s British model railway and model bus ranges were detailed, with most of these new items due to...

Categories Bachmann Collectors Club/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...

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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...

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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;...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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