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E86020NAA Propelling Control Vehicle 94340 Rail Express Systems (RM) [W]
Mail trains have long captured the imagination and interest of railway modellers but a missing link in the modern mail fleet has been the Propelling Control Vehicle (PCV) – until now! This new tooling from EFE Rail brings the PCV to OO scale, joining a host of complementary models already produced by Bachmann Branchline allowing accurate main train formations to be created.
The EFE Rail model employs a detailed bodyshell which features separate jumper cables and windscreen wipers at the cab end, plus handrails, lamp brackets and ETH connections which are also added individually. The B5 bogies include brake and suspension components, and a speedometer is fitted to the cab-end bogie, complete with representations of the cable that connected it to the solebar. Below the solebar, underframe components like the battery boxes and brake gear have been added separately.
The PCV 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 – the socket for which is accessed by first removing the body – and DCC users can enjoy the addition of a cab light as well as controlling the directional lights and their day/night modes via dedicated functions. Power collection comes from electrical pickups provided to every wheel and couplings are of the tension lock variety, fitted into NEM pockets which are attached to chassis-mounted close coupling mechanisms. Brake pipes and dummy buckeye couplings are supplied for optional fitting to each bufferbeam.
R30155TXSBR Railfreight, Class 56, Co-Co, 56060 'The Cardiff Rod Mill' - Era 8 (Sound Fitted)
56060 'The Cardiff Rod Mill' entered service in June 1979, then un-named as the 60th member of the 135 strong class to be built. It was not one of the first 30 to be built, those built in Romania and therefore the locomotive was able to enter service without the need for a rebuild.
All of the class would be in service with BR, until privatisation when all of the class would enter the ownership of EWS. Following EWS service, the locomotives would pass to various private owners. 56060 is currently owned by GBRf, awaiting conversion into the rebuilt Class 69.
R3733BR (Late), Lord Nelson Class, 4-6-0, 30855 'Robert Blake'
Entering traffic as E855 Robert Blake in November 1928, smoke deflectors were added a year later in November 1929 and the 'E' prefix was removed in July 1931.
Following nationalisation, Robert Blake was renumbered as 30855 in February 1949 while in Malachite Green livery with an unnumbered tender, not receiving the early BR crest until repainted to BR Green in September 1950. The later BR crest was added in August 1958, with the Lions correctly facing left and right.
35-801Class 30 D5564 BR Green (Late Crest)
The Brush Type Twos – Class 30s and Class 31s – are the next Diesel Locomotives to get the Bachmann Branchline treatment, with models of these long-lived prototypes joining the Branchline OO scale range for the first time. Following in the footsteps of their N scale counterparts from Graham Farish, these new OO scale models have all the hallmarks of the Branchline Class 37 & 47 locomotives and more.
Depicting a Class 30 in original condition, this locomotive was fitted with a Mirrlees engine and the Branchline model faithfully recreates this, with the correct roof exhaust ports and Mirrlees engine block detail visible through the bodyside windows.
35-801AClass 30 D5617 BR Green (Late Crest)
The Brush Type Twos – Class 30s and Class 31s – are the next Diesel Locomotives to get the Bachmann Branchline treatment, with models of these long-lived prototypes joining the Branchline OO scale range for the first time. Following in the footsteps of their N scale counterparts from Graham Farish, these new OO scale models have all the hallmarks of the Branchline Class 37 & 47 locomotives and more.
Depicting a Class 30 in original condition, this locomotive was fitted with a Mirrlees engine and the Branchline model faithfully recreates this, with the correct roof exhaust ports and Mirrlees engine block detail visible through the bodyside windows.

















