Bachmann Europe Announce NEW Products for Autumn 2024

Contributed by: Graham Muspratt

7 Aug 2024 00:00am

Bachmann Europe today announced several new products across its Bachmann Branchline, EFE Rail, Graham Farish, Scenecraft ranges. 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

The Bachmann Branchline range which welcomes the return of the GWR Hall Class, with models of three preserved locomotives available this Autumn, alongside the Class 117 3-Car and 121 Single Car DMUs that were delivered to the Western Region when built. A selection of GWR wagons, including China Clay Wagons, Vans and Brake Vans are joined by BR Standard Brake Van and 16T Mineral Wagons – including slope-sided versions. New rolling stock additions continue with further BR Mk1 Coaches, with no fewer than nine different vehicle types available in a variety of liveries, many of which are also available with pre-fitted passengers. New versions of the SR PMV and CCT vans and the LMS 50ft Inspection Saloons complete the Bachmann Branchline rolling stock fleet this Autumn.
The first models to be produced from the all-new Bachmann Branchline Class 08 and 09 Diesel Shunter tooling provides a snapshot of the prototype’s 70+ years in traffic. From original BR Green livery through to contemporary examples in DB Cargo Red and Retro BR Blue, the versatility of the Branchline tooling suite is demonstrated, if not fully exploited, by this initial lineup. With a high specification including a full lighting suite available to analogue and DCC users and SOUND FITTED options for the first time, SOUND FITTED DELUXE models are also available which include the new Auto-Release Coupling system whilst the 08/09 is the first model to feature our new ‘Bach-Up’ Stay Alive system, fitted as standard on all models and providing uninterrupted power when running on DCC.

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EFE Rail

The EFE Range sees the introduction of four brand new models of the NAA Propelling Control Vehicle (PCV) in OO Scale. The first PCVs were built in 1993 as British Rail sought to improve efficiencies on mail trains, removing the requirement for multiple locomotives to service mail trains at Royal Mail hubs. Made by converting redundant driving cars from Class 307 EMUs, 41 production PCVs were outshopped by Hunslet-Barclay between 1994 and 1996. The entire fleet was allocated to Rail Express Systems and passed into EWS ownership in 1996 before the vehicles were effectively made redundant at the end of 2003 with the end of EWS-operated Royal Mail services.
The PCV model from totally new tooling boasts operational lighting, including directional lights at the cab end which can be switched between day and night mode using the switches mounted within the underframe. When used on DCC, lighting is controlled via a Next18 DCC Decoder.
Also announced on general release is the motorised London Underground 1962 tube stock.

Watch the EFE Rail PCV announcement video here.

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Graham Farish

The all-new Graham Farish LNER V2 Class Locomotive sees Bachmann tackle this popular prototype in N scale for the first time in twenty years. The full tooling suite is exploited by the models included in the Autumn 2024 British Railway Announcements, with LNER- and BR-era locomotives, the latter having smokebox door numberplates with the top front lamp brackets mounted in a higher position as a result, and a late-BR locomotive depicted with three separate cylinders and outside steam pipes as opposed to the monobloc cylinder castings that the entire Class was built with. Two versions of the Group Standard Tender are modelled, and named locomotives dominate the initial lineup.
With a healthy mix of LNER and Eastern Region rolling stock already available from Graham Farish, the new V2s have plenty to pull but today’s rolling stock additions to the Graham Farish range have more of a Western flavour as the Hawksworth Coaches return to the range. Four different coach types are available in GWR Chocolate & Cream and BR Maroon liveries, along with vehicles in Blue & Grey and the popular RTC Red and Blue colour scheme, plus models of the Hawksworth Auto-Trailer including RTC ‘Test Car 1’.
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Scenecraft
Bachmann’s Scenecraft range welcomes back several popular items in OO scale, including the Diesel Fuelling Point and Fuel Storage Tanks. There are new additions aimed at OO9 scale Narrow Gauge modellers too, with two new structures depicting the station at Tan-Y-Bwlch expanding the range of Ffestiniog Railway-inspired models. A selection of handy lineside and town/country accessories are also added to the Scenecraft range in O scale.

Click here to see and pre-order the new releases.

Watch the full Bachmann announcement video here.

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