374-035K Graham Farish BR Mk1 BG Gangwayed Brake Laboratory 23

Announced in February 2022 to coincide with Bachmann Europe’s Spring 2022 British Railway Announcements, we are delighted to present this Limited Edition N scale BR Mk1 BG ‘Laboratory 23’ No. RDB975547 in the Railway Technical Centre’s revised colour scheme. Based on the Graham Farish N scale Mk1 BG, our model is highly detailed and carries a wonderful rendition of this colourful livery. Fitted with B4 bogies, the model includes NEM coupling pockets mounted on a close coupling mechanism.

MODEL FEATURES:

• Graham Farish N Scale
• Era 8
• Pristine RTC (Revised) livery
• Running No. RDB975547
• NEM Coupling Pockets
• Length 122mm
• Bachmann Collectors Club Limited Edition

 HISTORY

Laboratory 23 began life as a BR Mk1 BG Full Brake and was put into use by the RTC as a generator coach for the POP train – a test bed for the Advanced Passenger Train (APT). Still carrying Blue & Grey livery when first used in the POP train, the vehicle later gained the distinctive Red & Blue livery before being repainted into the colours seen here during the 1980s. With the APT project abandoned in the mid-1980s, the POP train was disbanded and auxiliary vehicles such as Laboratory 23 found use in all manner of tests, essentially being added at any test train that required a generator vehicle to provide a power supply.