Description
Bachmann 35-830 Class 31/4 (Refurbished) 31407 Mainline Freight
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 Refurbished Class 31/4 with ETH, this locomotive has had its Mirrlees engine replaced with an English Electric 12SVT and the Branchline model faithfully recreates this, with the correct roof exhaust ports and 12SVT engine block detail visible through the bodyside windows.
With high fidelity mouldings, numerous separately fitted parts and countless tooling variations to capture the minutiae of the real locomotives throughout their lives, our new Class 31 is brought to life with an exquisite livery application using true-to-prototype colours, fonts and logos. Along with an unprecedented array of lighting features, our Dual Fitted speaker system is fitted to all models
- Bachmann Branchline OO Scale
- Era 8
- Pristine BR Railfreight Petroleum Sector livery
- Running No. 31435
- Equipped with a Plux22 DCC Decoder Socket
- Length 228mm
DETAIL VARIATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS MODEL
- Refurbished Body
- Gangway Doors Plated
- Plated Headcode Panels fitted with Marker Lights
- Windscreen Washer Jets with Covers
- Bufferbeam Cowling Removed
- Original Windscreen
- Original Main Fan Grilles with Horizontal Fins
- English Electric Engine Exhaust Ports
- English Electric Engine Block Detail
- Plated Boiler Port
- Plated Water Filler Hatch
- Plated Bodyside Steps
- Battery Boxes with Additional Safety Clips
- NRN Radio Pods
- Roof Fan Grille with ‘Top Hat’
- Electric Train Heating (ETH) Fitted
- High Intensity Headlights
BACHMANN BRANCHLINE CLASS 30/31 SPECIFICATION
MECHANISM:
- Five pole, twin shaft motor with two flywheels providing drive to both bogies
- All axle drive
- Electrical pickup from all outer wheels on each bogie
- Separate metal bearings fitted to each axle
- Diecast metal chassis block and bogie towers
- Diecast metal gearboxes, with gearing arranged for prototypical running speeds and haulage capabilities
- 5mm (OO gauge) wheels to NEM310 & NEM311 standards with authentic profile and detailing
- Detachable coupling pockets to NEM362 standards fitted to each bogie
- Designed to operate on curves of second radius (438mm) or greater
DETAILING:
- Bogies constructed from multiple components featuring full relief detail
- Separately applied metal detail parts, including grab handles, windscreen wipers and etched fan grilles
- Sprung metal buffers
- Each model supplied with a full set of decorated, model-specific bufferbeam pipework and accessory parts including three-piece, body-mounted snow ploughs
LIGHTING:
- Directional lighting, including illuminated headcode panels and high intensity headlights where applicable, switchable on/off at either end on DCC or Analogue control
- Cab lighting*, assigned to two DCC functions for separate switching of each
- Separately switched Engine Room lighting*
- Single or win red tail lights (*when uséd on DCC)
- Authentic light colours and temperatures selected for each model based on era and application
DCC:
- Plux22 DCC decoder interface
LIVERY APPLICATION:
- Authentic liveries applied to all models
- Multiple paint applications employed on each model using BR and corporate specification colours
- Logos, numerals and text added as appropriate using multi-stage tampo printing using authentic typefaces, logos and colours
- In addition, where applicable Etched Nameplates and Plaques are also provided
