KMRC announce Exclusive Heljan 00 Gauge Class 86/4 86 402 in BR Blue livery.

Contributed by: Graham Muspratt

22 Sep 2023 00:00am

We announce an Exclusive 00 Gauge Class 86/4 86 402 in BR Blue livery.

The Class 86 Bo-Bo locomotives, originally designated AL6, were built between 1965 and 1966. Forty, numbered E3101 to E3140, being built by British Rail Doncaster Works, and sixty, numbered E3141 to E3200, built by English Electric Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows.

E3170 was built by English Electric and introduced in June 1965 and given the TOPS number 86 002 in 1973. Following being fitted with Flexicoil suspension to allow for 100mph running in 1986 it was renumbered into the 86/4 sub class as 86 402 and is the condition of this Kernow Model Rail Centre Exclusive model in BR Blue livery.

In late 1989 it reclassified as a new subclass 86/6 as 86 602 having the electric train heating isolated and re-gearing to a lower maximum speed of 75 mph and repainted into Railfreight Distribution livery for operation in pairs on long-distance freight services.
86 602 was finally withdrawn and scrapped at Crewe works in 2010.

The Kernow Model Rail Centre Exclusive highly detailed model in 00 Gauge is being produced for KMRC by Heljan and is based on their revised and updated Class 86 models that feature LED lighting, finely detailed underframe, wire handrails and is DCC sound ready with a 21-pin DCC interface.

The Kernow Model Rail Centre Exclusive model is priced at £229.99 and is available to pre-order with delivery expected Q2 2024.

8649 Heljan Class 86/4 Electric Locomotive number 86 402

Chris Trerise, Managing Director, said: “The classic BR Blue era is fondly remembered by many railway enthusiasts and modellers alike, so our first Exclusive West Coast Mainline AC electric being a BR blue Class 86/4, utilising the latest specification Heljan model, we hope will be a popular choice.”

Note: Images above are of an early sample and cab front details and pantograph will be corrected on production models.

Subject to alteration.

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