Andy Y Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Branchline Lanky tank is no Yorkshire pudding Bachmann Branchline is to introduce its first ever OO scale 2-4-2T locomotive in the form of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 1008 Class. Designed by Aspinall, 330 locomotives were built between 1889 and 1910. Belpaire boilers and superheated versions were developed from 1905 onwards. The class were used extensively on local and branch line passenger services around Blackpool, Doncaster, Hull, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield. The last of the class remained in service until 1961 with one locomotive being preserved. Three versions are due to be introduced into the range over the next 18 months and include No. 10818 in LMS black (31-165), No. 50795 in BR lined black with early emblem (31-166) and No. 50764 in BR lined black (weathered) with early emblem and DCC ON BOARD (31-167DC). Features of the model include; • Highly detailed cab backhead • Short bunker version • 21PIN DCC socket Each model has a recommended retail price of £79.95. The DCC ON BOARD version will have a recommended retail price of £97.45. Edited March 16, 2012 by Andy Y Correction of designer 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted March 13, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Guess who recently bought the London Road kit Fantastic news as far as I am concerned though Edited March 13, 2012 by Sandside Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Savoyard Posted March 13, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 13, 2012 Something new for Holcombe Brook & Tottington! Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 One of these for me I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.C Martin Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Not for me personally, but what a sublime choice from Bachmann. I know at least one modeller who will be over the moon with this news. Unfortunately he's just got the London Road kit off eBay...! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted March 13, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2012 I'll be pressing ahead with the London Road kit anyway (my second ever loco kit so it may not go too well) but I never in a thousand years thought there would be an RTR version released. If this encourages more people to model the Lanky then (a) it can only be a good thing and (B) I guess we'd all best start learning to weather stone built buildings until they are almost black. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 On 04, a Pom Pom and a Lanky Tank - guess who is plotting a steam Woodhead style model in his head. Course I do N so a bit longer to wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I really wasn't expecting that one- but I'm very glad to see it- a very welcome addition to the existing armoury of LMS/LMR passenger tanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Darn it, just bought a second hand Cotswold kit and have been buying in upgraded components. Who knew? It may be worth buying the model - we'll see. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley Melrose Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Two of these were station pilots at Liverpool Exchange during the 1950s (until replaced by Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2Ts). They had prominent round-head rivets on the rear bunker delineating the coal/water spaces which are not on the London Road etchings so I hope Bachmann ensure they are represented on the model versions. Splendid choice of prototype, though! Well done Bachmann! But please can we have some Period I, II and III ex-LMS non corridor coaches soon . . . ATB, Stan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Bachmann Branchline is to introduce its first ever OO scale 2-4-2T locomotive in the form of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 1008 Class. Designed by Barton Wright.... Er... hesitates to argue with Andy... Designed by J.A.F. Aspinall, surely? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy C Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Do I or don't I !! Might use this with my already built London Road Chassis as the body is pants. Looks to have made jason happy though. i hope Bachmann warm to the theme and do an A class now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted March 13, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2012 Very happy Andy; how can you model Bacup without an Aspinall? I really am dreading the London Road kit after your sage advice but I had to have one....... until now that is. The kit is for a belpaire long bunker so different to the one Bachmann are planning. Theirs will probably be on sale long before mine gets made anyway and even then, it'll probably look more like Thomas the bloody Tank Engine than what it is supposed to be 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy C Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 There will always be room for two on the layout of various versions Anyway it means you can get on with building the push pull set now! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 This really has to be the stand-out release from the whole pantheon of new offerings from Barwell. A perfect curveball right out of the blue for most of us and utterly startling in its boldness! It has to be said that modelling 'somewhere in 1950s Manchester' has just become a lot easier with the Bachmann offerings of this year and last. And probably with the DC electrics too. Dave. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 we had a discussion on the old rmweb a few years back about the kits available and also the long and short bunker versions.. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=18334 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted March 13, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2012 I can see two possibilities for limited edition versions: 1. In L & Y livery as preserved at the NRM; 2. The Wirral Railway bought no. 1041 (built Horwich, 1890) from the L & Y in June 1921 which became no. 6. It had coal rails added to its bunker for extra capacity. In 1923, it became LMS no. 6762 instead of logically being 10638, latterly becoming a station pilot at Preston until withdrawal in 1952. Wirral Railway's loco livery was black lined with white, yellow and vermillion, coupling rods were either red or vermillion but all with black edging and vermillion lining; bufferbeams were vermillion with a black edge and the buffer casings were black. I haven't seen a photo of it in WR livery but a photo of it as 46762 is on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia..../L%26YR_Class_5 Very few locos from pre-grouping minor railways have been made available RTR. As I lived in New Brighton for a while, it would be a desirable addition to my collection. Sources: Steel wheels to Deeside by John W. Gahan, p.61 (Countywise/Avon-Anglia, 1983), The Wirral Railway by Campbell Highet, p.23-24 (Oakwood Press, 1961) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp8873 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I can one of these resting in the shed with my three LMS Pugs. Finally another RTR L&YR Loco on the scene! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I wonder if the wheelbase is the same as the Webb LNWR 2-4-2 tanks? The two locomotives look very similar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I wonder if the wheelbase is the same as the Webb LNWR 2-4-2 tanks? The two locomotives look very similar. Mark, the wheel sizes are near enough, but the L&Y had a longer coupled and much greater overall wheelbase. There isn't a preserved example of the LNWR 2-4-2 tanks (either version) to scan, which seems to be the RTR manufacturers preferred way of creating the model, so I would have thought it think it unlikely that they'll do one. However, other than the Great Eastern, I don't know who used this wheel configuration so we'll have to wait and see. Jol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigwelsh Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 An interesting release this one. One thing I have noticed is the £17 premium for chip fitted, does this mean its something better than normally fitted or a general increase in chip prices? (Or that i've just had my head in the sand concerning DCC on board RRP!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Hmmm, don't think I would opt for DCC On Board since I have a mistrust of the major manufacturers DCC products (esp. the other manufacturer!). I think this model would benefit from the DCC Concepts decoder and stay alive capacitor. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Mark, the wheel sizes are near enough, but the L&Y had a longer coupled and much greater overall wheelbase. There isn't a preserved example of the LNWR 2-4-2 tanks (either version) to scan, which seems to be the RTR manufacturers preferred way of creating the model, so I would have thought it think it unlikely that they'll do one. However, other than the Great Eastern, I don't know who used this wheel configuration so we'll have to wait and see. Jol I couldn't quite work it out looking at old photos of the two classes, I'd spotted there were a number of detail differences between the two classes but not the wheelbase. I just thought it might be an easy way to try and use the chassis for a kit built Webb tank (which even I could probably master, it's difficult to mess up semi matt black even with a brush...) but never mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 the wheel sizes are near enough, but the L&Y had a longer coupled and much greater overall wheelbase. There isn't a preserved example of the LNWR 2-4-2 tanks (either version) to scan, which seems to be the RTR manufacturers preferred way of creating the model, so I would have thought it think it unlikely that they'll do one. However, other than the Great Eastern, I don't know who used this wheel configuration so we'll have to wait and see. There were: The NER. class A (LNER F8), the GCR classes 3 and 9G (LNER F1 and F2) and three ex-Colne Valley and Halsted Railway locos (LNER F9). The first three classes might be possibles for the Aspinall chassis. See: http://www.lner.info/locos/F/f1.shtml Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) one inside Aintree shed, used for station pilot duties at Liverpool exchange and also for push pull workings on the Ormskirk to Rainford junction via Skelmersdale line. Edited March 14, 2012 by michael delamar 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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