Tag: N Scale

12 December, 2025

The Silk Road Express from Bachmann China

Bachmann China have recently announced that they will be reproducing the iconic Silk Road Express in miniature, with a brand-new collection of models in N scale. The collection will include a train set, train pack with interior lights, electric locomotives and rolling stock.

Categories Bachmann Europe News/Continental 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...

Categories Bachmann Collectors Club/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,...

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

17 June, 2025

Product Preview | N Scale Class 47s

The Class 47 is a staple of the Graham Farish N Scale range, and with the next releases due to arrive within a few months, it’s the perfect time to have a look at these upcoming locomotives in more detail. The latest Class 47 models all contain the high levels of detail that you would expect from Graham Farish’s masterpieces...

Categories Bachmann Europe News

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...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

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...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

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...

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

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...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

20 March, 2025

Product Highlight: N Scale LMS 10000 and 10001 ‘Twins’

N Scale models of the first mainline diesel locomotives built in the UK, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway’s ‘Twins’, Nos. 10000 and 10001, made their way to the Graham Farish range last year and proved to be a popular success that were even crowned Model of the Year by Model Rail Magazine. Since then, new liveries have been announced...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways