Bachmann Europe have revealed today its spring 2026 British Railway Announcements that includes LBSC Raw Umber livery versions of the ex LBSC IoW coaches in the EFE Rail range and new livery versions of the SR 12T Covered van in the Bachmann Branchline range.
Following the delivery of EFE Rail’s OO Scale Isle of Wight Coach sets, these models now form the basis of a new range of 54ft non-corridor coaches which will be available as individual vehicles in a selection of colour schemes. At the time these models were conceived, models of bogie coaches, authentic or otherwise, did not exist for many of the pre-grouping railway companies, and so the liveries of several early-twentieth century railway companies have been applied to these ornate vehicles. Third Class, Composite and Brake Third coaches will each be available in Lined Teak, LBSCR Raw Umber, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) Lined Blue and CR Plum & Off-White.
As the Isle of Wight coaches were cut and shuts from original mainland LBSC coaches, onto 54ft chassis’, they are not strictly prototypical, but these will offer mainland LBSC modellers as RTR option in this post 1910 livery.
- E86025 EFE Rail 54ft non-Corridor Brake Third LBSCR Raw Umber
- E86026 EFE Rail 54ft non-Corridor Third LBSCR Raw Umber
- E86027 EFE Rail 54ft non-Corridor Composite LBSCR Raw Umber
- E86035 EFE Rail 54ft non-Corridor Brake Third S&DJR Lined Blue
- E86036 EFE Rail 54ft non-Corridor Third S&DJR Lined Blue
- E86037 EFE Rail 54ft non-Corridor Composite S&DJR Lined Blue
The SR 12t covered van van to Diagram 1458 built from 1936 to 1938 makes a welcome reappearance in the Bachmann Branchline OO range with three versions:
- 38-070E Bachmann SR 12T Even Planked Ventilated Van No. 48472 SR Brown – SR pre-1936 style large lettering
- 38-071C Bachmann SR 12T Even Planked Ventilated Van No. S49107 BR Bauxite
- 38-072A Bachmann SR 12T Even Planked Ventilated Van No.48359 ‘Express Dairies – one of four SR Diagram 1460 Covered Vans converted from Diagram 1458 to carry eggs covered vans and carried this livery between June 1938 and Feb & March 1942.
You can view and pre-order any of the Bachmann (click here to watched the video) models announced today from retailers such as Kernow Model rail Centre here.
Thank you Graham!
Like the LSWR Cross-Country sets, EFE’s IoW coaches are absolutely super models and make an excellent basis for other liveries – well done to EFE!
Yes, I do have a Crimson Lake IoW set despite modelling the mainland (or North Island as those from the IoW describe us)….
Are they only providing one Brake vehicle per livery? I would have thought they’d produce one for each end as per the main IOW release.
It was not going to be economical to produce two brake versions. But will be a relatively simple renumbering job.
Okeydokey, thanks
Thanks Graham. Although it’s good to make more use of these moulds (and I am impressed the two IoW preserved specials I’ve purchased), I’m puzzled by the use of SR running numbers rather than LBSCR ones. Still trolling through Gould to get my head around the best diagram matches for possible follow-on number suggestions.
The Brakes are a good representation of a 1912-built D-/193 7-compartment Brake Third. Only 5 were built, three being slip coaches. They should of course have duckets, but it’s hard to see from the artwork whether they will. Hopefully the final artwork will include four panels on what is currently shown as one large single panel (for which there’s no remotely similar prototype).
Richard, these are simply reveries on the existing IoW coaches so will not have duckets or any other tooling changes. The decoration will be as per the artworks shown.
It’ll be a real shame if the brake van sides cannot be printed with the lining, even if the mouldings are not there. And hopefully appropriate LBSCR rather than SR running numbers can be used.
The models are in production already.
The thirds are very good representations of the various and numerous LB&SCR 54′ 9-compartment thirds. D160/171 were 42 carriages built 1910-11 and oil lit.
D162/198 are probably more appropriate, being three batches of 105 carriages with electric light built in three batches (50 by Met Amalgamated 1910-11, 25 built by the Brighton in 1912-13 and a final batch of 30 in 1921).
in 1925-6 all 105 were converted into DC electrical trailers.
The LB&SCR Composites are more problematic. Bachmann only show 1st and 3rd classes, disposed 3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3
D151/- were Tricomposites, disposed 3-2-2-1-1-2-2-2, of which 66 were converted in 1909-10. Second class was largely abolished in 1912, so the lack of second is not a huge issue (it is more so for the Rapido Evolution LB&SCR carriages representing earlier liveries).
From 1912 some became D-/113 with all the seconds reclassified as 3rd: 3-3-3-1-1-3-3-3.
It appears the others had their seconds re-graded initially as 1st, but after a short time all 66 carriages became D-/92 with 3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3, so that’s really the representation Bachmann have, although with two compartments in the wrong order. Close enough for a representation.
Richard, the compartments represent those as per the IoW coaches, so that they match the compartment physical widths rather than the practice prior to them being cut and shut for the IoW.
At the end of the day these livery versions are essentially ‘Freelance’ and not sold or marketed as faithful representations of any mainline prototypes.
Yes, Graham, I entirely understand that, and the compartment dispositions in the Composite are far better than the Rapido composite. The more important thing is that the commode handles are of the distinctive LBSCR pattern.
I think my word “problematic” was wrong, and this livery really doesn’t apply to composites with 2nd class, so actually it’s a very fair “representation” of an LBSCR 54′ composite.
A sensible set formation would appear to be BT – C – BT + two loose Thirds (and I think this is what I’ll be buying). But BT – C – Pullman – C – BT is an intriguing possibility, if Hornby would produce one of their 12-wheel Pullmans in LBSCR “White Pullman” livery.