Branchline 38-144B BR VDA Van BR Railfreight Red & GreyHistory from Bachmann Europe's website: The VDA van was a development of British Rails Cov AB air braked van which was first introduced in the late 1960s, with the VDAs entering traffic from 1975. Sharing the same 20ft 9in wheelbase as the original Cov ABs, the VDAs not only had sliding doors to allow the sides to be fully opened for loading unloading but these doors could also be opened individually as cupboard doors to allow quicker access to just

Simply plug into Light Hub

This livery would largely remain unchanged even after a further rebrand to Intercity Swallow

All 120 locomotives were in service by 1925 and fitted with large-capacity Wampu tenders

typical Victorian cast iron design

Brass bearings

With its energy storage (6x1 Farad capacity) the unit supplies power to all light and motor functions as well as to the sound system

#27 in a #213 monted on top

The producers at Ealing Studios need an antique locomotive to star in its new film about a local village that saves its branch line by running it themselves

in May 1936

principally on goods trains

Gives your layout a professionally finished look

The idea of the ‘bow ends’ was to reduce the length of the corridor connections between carriages following complaints from nervous passengers about walking across them when the train was travelling at speed