Bachmann Jubilee history

[Lissadell]

I’ve been exploring one or two threads here on rmWeb, concerning the development of this model over quite a few years!

 

I wonder if I could ask informed colleagues one or two questions please?

 

I can’t quite get my head around the re-tooling issue with regard to chassis and body.  Round about 2014/15 I think the release 31-187, 188 and 189 seems to focus on new tooling.  But whether those shortly before, eg 186, had very different chassis/body I don’t understand.

 

Also I see that some models  in the 2000s have appeared with riveted Stanier 4000 gallon and Fowler 3500 gallon tenders, but I think I heard somewhere that others appeared with flush tenders.

 

I think you can tell that despite all the reading, I am more than a bit confused - and if I went back into the 90s era versions I’d probably fall apart!

 

Any help unravelling the Bachmann Jubilee story would be very welcome.  As I said, I have tried to explore the forum and web  in search of the information, but it’s quite likely I’ve overlooked something.

 

best regards

 

Adrian

[FoxUnpopuli]

As a relatively straightforward way of finding examples of each, you might try searching here:

 

https://www.modelraildatabase.com/locomotives/

 

Not 100% accurate, but it'll get you a fair way along.

[34theletterbetweenB&D]

The major 'break point' is the 2008 release of the all newly tooled Jubilee, cat. nos 31-175 onwards. The body represents variations of the initial build of 'short firebox' boilers , while the mechanism is a conventional DCC socket fitted unit. (Prior to this series of releases, Bachmann offered a split chassis mechanism model with a body deriving from Mainline, representing the 'sloping throatplate' boilers.)