Tag: EFE Rail

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...

Product Highlight: O Scale Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 Tank Locomotives

EFE Rail have recently welcomed their first O Scale steam locomotive models to the range, the Hudswell Clarke 0‑6‑0 Tank Engine. Originally developed by Australian manufacturer Ixion Model Railways, these locomotives were voted as Model of the Year by readers of Model Rail Magazine and RMweb shortly after their release. Since Ixion now focus primarily on models based on Australian...

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...

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 Confirms Details of Six New Tooling Projects in Final British Railway Announcements of 2024

Bachmann Europe today (Wednesday 6th November) delivered its final new product announcements for 2024 when it revealed 168 new items in the Winter 2024 British Railway Announcements. The new products detailed today are the culmination of six new tooling projects that have been unveiled during the Autumn, alongside a host of other models that are returning to the range with...