Tag: Steam

31 July, 2025

Bachmann Branchline Launches NER E Class at The Greatest Gathering

With 2025 marking the bicentenary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, Bachmann has selected the North Eastern Railway E Class Tank Locomotive, which was an unsung hero at the centenary celebrations 100 years ago, as the next steam locomotive for its OO Scale Bachmann Branchline range. The NER E Class 0-6-0 Tank Locomotive, later classified as J71...

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7 September, 2024

 T3 Steams into the EFE Rail Range

The 2024 Bachmann Collectors Club Members Day was today (Saturday 7th September) held at the Swanage Railway, a prime venue for the Club’s annual outing which sees 150 members enjoy a free day out including train rides, behind the scenes tours and even lunch – all courtesy of Bachmann. The venue also presented the perfect location for Bachmann’s next new...

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17 July, 2024

V2.0 for Graham Farish V2 in N Scale

Today (Wednesday 17th July 2024) Bachmann Europe Plc revealed that it has been working on a brand new model of the LNER V2 Class Steam Locomotive for its Graham Farish N scale range. The V2 Class locomotive was one of the LNER’s most successful designs, commonly referred to as ‘the engines that won the war’ owning to their contribution to...

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4 May, 2023

British Railway Announcements | Summer 2023

The start of May means that it’s time for our Summer British Railway Announcements and all was revealed on Wednesday 3rd May 2023. The largest offering of new products via a single British Railway Announcements to date, the Summer collection showcases new models in N, OO and O scale, all of which are scheduled for release in the coming months.

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25 October, 2022

Little and Large Standards meet at North Norfolk Railway

On Tuesday 18th October 2022 Bachmann Europe visited the North Norfolk Railway to present a model of resident BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 No. 76084 to the locomotive owning group.

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30 November, 2020

Closer Look – Midland 1532 (1P) Tank with SOUND FITTED

It’s time for a closer look at the array of sound functions available in our latest Collectors Club exclusive model, the SOUND FITTED Bachmann Branchline Midland 1532 in Lined Blue S&DJR livery (31-740KSF).

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29 October, 2018

Bachmann Products on the Great Model Railway Challenge

The fourth episode of ‘The Great Model Railway Challenge’ (Friday 26th October 2018) challenged the three teams – The Railway Children, The Fawley Flyers and The Diesel Dynamos – to create a layout based upon this week’s theme of ‘Fire and Ice’. The teams had three days to build their layouts before being judged by Steve Flint and Kathy Millatt, with one...

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28 September, 2018

The Great Model Railway Challenge on TVs Soon!

On Friday 5th October 2018, Channel 5 will launch a new six-part program called ‘The Great Model Railway Challenge’. The series will see teams of railway modellers compete to create layouts against the clock. Watch the short teaser video below! In each challenging episode the teams will explore a theme and have to interpret it in the most exciting and unexpected...

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23 August, 2018

Latest Steam Arrivals from Branchline

We recently received a delivery into the Bachmann warehouse consisting of a number of Branchline OO scale steam locomotives. Make sure you don’t miss out and contact your local stockist to secure yours now. The locomotives included in the delivery are: 32-083A – Class 56xx Tank No. 6644 BR Green, Late Crest (Weathered) 32-227DS – Class 3F Tank ‘Jinty’ No. 7365 LMS Black...

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19 July, 2018

Class 9F Arrives at Bachmann

A recent arrival to our Branchline OO range is our model of our BR Standard Class 9F No. 92211 in BR Black livery with Late Crest (32-860). This highly detailed model includes features such as etched smoke deflectors, sprung buffers and removable coal loads with coal space modelled beneath. The last of the British Railways Standard Class locomotives to be...

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