Bachmann announce Class 101 DMU

[Michael Delamar]

E79268_Stratford_21-1-67 by robertcwp, on Flickr

[Western Scottish]

Looking good, but can't help thinking Bachmann have missed a trick by not announcing a 3 car one at the same time. At the moment the markets split between 3 Car Hornby and 2 Car Bachmann. With just a little extra investment (they already have a 3 car one in "N") they could have taken the whole market . I've no demand for a 2 car unit but a three car and I'd bite their hand off!

[Michael Delamar]

DMU at Burntisland by 4buttongnome, on Flickr

[34theletterbetweenB&D]

And look at that nice three-arc coach roof profile of what is presumably a grounded vehicle behind the Landy. That's a lovely little modelling cameo altogether, the bridge, signals, bus, steeply rising ground in rear..

[MJI]

I have 2 101s

 

Triang 3 car

DC Kits 3 car

 

DC kits is DMCL TBSL DMCL

 

So Bachmann ought to do DMBS DMCL DTCL TCL TBSL Buffet - any others?

 

Would like DMBS TCL DMCL in WR PTE

[brushman47544]

Looking good, but can't help thinking Bachmann have missed a trick by not announcing a 3 car one at the same time. At the moment the markets split between 3 Car Hornby and 2 Car Bachmann. With just a little extra investment (they already have a 3 car one in "N") they could have taken the whole market . I've no demand for a 2 car unit but a three car and I'd bite their hand off!

 

Bachmann appears to be following a common approach to DMU models - first the 108s, then the 105s and now the 101s. Initially produce a 2-car set and confirm there is sufficient interest for the model and only then invest in additional tooling to produce 3-car and/or other 2-car variants.

 

This seems emminently sensible to me, although I too would like a 3-car set. But a 2-car power/trailer set will do fine in the meantime.

[Michael Delamar]

BR (Class 101) DMU approaching Woodbridge, Suffolk by Crewcastrian, on Flickr

[ThaneofFife]

i can almost feel the warmth of the sun and hear the bird song before the clickety clack of the approaching unit......and a nose full of fumes as it trundles past.

[stewartingram]

BR (Class 101) DMU approaching Woodbridge, Suffolk by Crewcastrian, on Flickr

 

Surely that is one of the 'pre-101' 79xxx type?

 

Stewart

[dmustu]

It certainly is, one of the Met Cam lightweights.

[New Haven Neil]

Is it me, or is the second car blue?

[giz]

Is it me, or is the second car blue?

 

It does look like it.

 

It was fairly common for the early East Anglian units (both Derby and Met Camm) to have a mix of liveries in their final years.

[MJI]

I have a Triang and a DC kits one

 

Lots of cars needed.

 

Different front ends, then DMCL DMBS TCL DTCL and BSL so enough to keep them going

[New Haven Neil]

Personally a 3 car has no interest for me, they were all 2 car sets in South Tyneside, with some 4 car (some with the buffet IIRC) on the Carlisle services from Newcastle. I can't recall seeing a 3 car oop north, there were power twins I think on the Whitby line though.

['CHARD]

Personally a 3 car has no interest for me, they were all 2 car sets in South Tyneside, with some 4 car (some with the buffet IIRC) on the Carlisle services from Newcastle. I can't recall seeing a 3 car oop north, there were power twins I think on the Whitby line though.

 

I just applied some mathematics to your predicament, and - with some great modelling opportunities thrown in - I reckon two 3-car units are exactly what you require.

[MJI]

Only interested in 3 car sets but I have 2 even if one is poor

[Michael Delamar]

may not be the best shot of a 101 but full of atmosphere.

 

121 48063 climbs up from Birkenhead docks to Rock Ferry by edgehillsignalman, on Flickr

[New Haven Neil]

I just applied some mathematics to your predicament, and - with some great modelling opportunities thrown in - I reckon two 3-car units are exactly what you require.

 

Mmm, should have clocked that one myself! can't see the buffet being done though. There used to be one on the KWVR, not sure if they still have it? Could be scanned if they do. Slobber.

[the penguin of doom]

Think the buffet cars were the same body pattern as the trailer cars but with two of the end saloon windows painted green/plated.

 

If memory serves, the window frames were still in situ despite being plated/painted.

 

Cheers.

 

Sean.

[the penguin of doom]

http://album.atomic-systems.com/showPic.php/39357/TBS.jpg

[New Haven Neil]

Plated by the look of that, no 'Widney' sliding windows. The buffets were out of use by the time I travelled on one on the Carlisle line, but I've had a pint in the KWVR one!!!

[New Haven Neil]

I see it's now at the GCR and has been restored

 

http://preserved.railcar.co.uk/59575.html

 

This states it was green at the KWVR, well, it was maroon with a cream stripe when I rode in it!!

[45568]

Good to see it close to completion, I missed it on my visit to the Autumn steam gala!

Cheers, Peter C.

[Michael Delamar]

some nice colour shots of green units.

 

Harrogate 1967.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/5546384387/

 

3 car, centre car from another class..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/5546953848/

 

class 111 headcode box variant , again with non matching centre car..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/5586002340/

 

and a good close up of the front of a 111 with wiskers at Tadcaster 1960.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanoz/6491465645/

[keefer]

pic of blue buffet in 1979: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianews/5808808267/in/set-72157626627223211/

 

don't know if the buffet would still have been in use by this time. ISTR these were technically cl.111?

 

looks like a bit of a scratch set, possibly with a cl.122 substituting for a 101 DMS