Bachmann Europe Announce NEW Products for Summer 2024

Contributed by: Graham Muspratt

1 May 2024 00:00am

Bachmann Europe today announced several new products across its Bachmann Branchline, EFE Rail, Graham Farish, Scenecraft ranges and the new NG7 brand. Please remember this is a regular quarterly announcement and most the items announced today should be available during the next three months.

Click here to see and pre-order all the new releases, the highlights of which are below.

Bachmann Branchline

New tooling has been announced for the BR 12T ‘Palvan’ (due later this year) and the new Bachmann Branchline BR Mk1 BSO, FO and RB coaches.
The previously announced project to develop a new model of the BR Class 25 Diesel Locomotive for the Bachmann Branchline OO scale range has now reached its conclusion, allowing Bachmann to publish details of the first eleven models from this new tooling suite which will arrive in shops this Summer. Covering the Class 25/1, 25/2 and 25/3 locomotives, each model will be available in standard or SOUND FITTED format, or with a motorised roof fan and tinted windscreen glazing in the award-winning SOUND FITTED DELUXE
format. For those looking for a smaller locomotive, the LMS Fowler 3F ‘Jinty’ Steam Locomotive and the Class 03 Diesel Shunter will be of interest – both return to the Branchline range in a selection of liveries and each with a choice of standard of SOUND FITTED
versions.

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EFE Rail

Two new toolings are added to the EFE Rail OO scale range, the first of which is the Plasser 12T General Purpose Crane. A new model designed and developed for EFE Rail, the Plasser Crane has been a regular sight on the railway network since the 1970s, making it a fitting subject for EFE Rail’s first piece of ‘On Track Plant’. The final new model is the GWR ‘Bloater’ fish van which is modelled in OO scale for the first time. Built for fish traffic from 1916, the EFE Rail models cover the S8, S9 and S10 diagrams and include options for the ‘Bloater A’s which were fitted with dual braking systems. Lastly, whilst the Adams O2 has previously been released by EFE Rail, new tooling variants have been added for these OO scale locomotives, which now appear with the original, open coal rails – this option is available for both the mainland locomotives and Isle of Wight versions.

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Graham Farish

Another new tooling project set for delivery this Summer is the Graham Farish N scale Class 450 Electric Multiple Unit, and a new model in the contemporary South Western Railway livery has been added to the previously announced South West Trains version. Further new tooling variations appear on the 102 Ton TEA Bogie Tank Wagons, catering for wagons built with conical ends, and there are more releases of the venerable BR 20 Ton Brake Van to add the finishing touch to goods trains.

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Bachmann NG7

Bachmann has shared the identities of the locomotives and wagons which will lead its new Bachmann Narrow Gauge NG7 range, with the complete launch range due to arrive with Bachmann stockists in the next three months. Unveiled in mid-April at the Statfold Model Railway Exhibition, NG7 marks Bachmann’s entry into the British 7mm Narrow Gauge market and the launch range comprises the Quarry Hunslet Steam Locomotives, Dinorwic Wagons, and complementary buildings and accessories from Bachmann’s Scenecraft brand.

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Scenecraft The Bachmann Scenecraft range of finely-detailed, hand-crafted models expands with new models in OO scale include a canal lock, two types of smaller station building, and for the modern scene, a GSMR Telecom Cabin and Monopole. The popular Ffestiniog Railway series is also expanding with new models of Minffordd Waiting Room, Tan-y-Bwlch Footbridge, Boston Lodge Engine Shed and Harbour Station Goods Shed all joining the 4mm scale range for use on OO9 and OO scale layouts and dioramas. In N Gauge an SER style concrete footbridge is added to the range.

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Watch the full Bachmann announcement video here.

Subject to alteration.

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