Tag: OO scale

6 May, 2026

TURBOSTARS AND TWENTIES HEADLINE THE SUMMER 2026 BRITISH RAILWAY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Our Summer 2026 British Railway Announcements have just landed (Wednesday 6th May 2026) bringing together new tooling projects for both the Graham Farish N scale and Bachmann Branchline OO scale range alongside a host of new additions to the N and OO scale ranges. In N scale the Class 20/0 Diesel Locomotives hit the headlines in March when new tooling...

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24 April, 2026

It’s Turbo Time! Brand New ‘Turbostar’ DMUs revealed by Bachmann Branchline ahead of Model World LIVE 2026

To coincide with Model World LIVE which takes place at the NEC, Birmingham this weekend, we are delighted to unveiled brand new OO Scale models of the Class 168, Class 170 and Class 171 ‘Turbostar’ DMUs for its Bachmann Branchline range. The ‘Turbostar’ Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) were built at the historic Derby Litchurch Lane Works to a modular design,...

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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...

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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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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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6 June, 2025

Product Highlight: OO Scale Open Plank Wagons

Whilst many people nowadays tend to first think of passenger services when they think of the railway, many of the lines throughout the history of the UK were built primarily to carry freight. In order to do this, many open wagons were designed to a variety of shapes and sizes to suit different loads, and very similar wagons were used...

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23 May, 2025

Product Highlight: OO Scale LNWR Round Up

The original London and North Western Railway (LNWR) opened in 1846 and lasted for over 75 years until it was absorbed into the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) as part of the 1923 Grouping. The LNWR’s influence can still be felt on the modern railway network as their main line connecting London to Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool ultimately became...

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