RTC Liveried Locomotives

Four RTC liveried locomotives have recently joined the railway and these now complement an extensive rake of similarly liveried rolling stock.

However, more of that later.

As far as the locos are concerned, all of them were commissioned by ModelZone, with three being produced by Bachmann and one by Heljan.

They are as follows:

Bachmann Class 08 97800 'Ivor'

'Ivor' becomes the second 'Gronk' in our fleet, joining Hornby's D3105, which we have had since 2010.

The Catalogue Nº is 32-102W and only 500 of these models were produced in 2004.

Bachmann Class 24 97201 

This is now our third Class 24, with the other two being 24081, in BR blue livery, and D5040, in BR green livery. Both of these are by Sutton Loco Works and excellent models they are too!

The Catalogue Nº for 97201 is 32-425X and 504 were produced in 2011 although Bachmann have now added a version to their current range, named 'Experiment', with the Catalogue Nº 32-444.

 Bachmann Class 46 97403 'Ixion'

 

The third and largest of the Bachmann models is this 'Peak,' which means we now have a Class 44, 45 and 46 in the fleet.

The Catalogue Nº is 32-700Z and 750 of these models were produced in, I believe, 2002.

 Heljan W&M Railbus 999507

The last loco in this RTC quartet is a Waggon and Maschinenbau Railbus and Heljan produced 500 of these models in 2013, with the Catalogue Nº 8710.

We already have a green liveried version that primarily operates the branch line to Niggly Bottom, which therefore means we have two fifths of the prototype fleet, with four of the five fortunately being preserved.