Ultimate Model Railways

On 07/04/2024 at 08:14, Clink junction said:

Morning. Is there any update on the release date?

Hey there - sorry for the slow reply. 

The latest is that they're progressing well through production and we hope they'll be on their way over the next month or so. Given the current issues with global shipping it's a bit tricky to get a firm timeline, but we'll hopefully know more soon - so the short answer is hopefully within 2-3 months, but with the usual caveats. 

edit - here's a little taster with some of the preproduction ones :D https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5hEb_3NTvz/

17 hours ago, Krieghoff said:

Thanks Roy. I am presuming these have been bought ???, for preservation. Cant see them being here if they are to be scrapped. the 37 is an interesting one. Im going to try to get access next week to get a better look at them 

I read somewhere that there was a change in policy at Wensleydale and they cleared out anything that doesn't have an immediate restoration plan. Afaik these are "preserved" but as we've seen, these days that can mean many things!

Morning! - we just put a few remainder 56s up https://ultimatemodelrailways.com/collections/in-stock

These are new models that we held back for returns/replacements etc.*

Ones that were previously sold out are:

008 x1

049 x1

055 x1

120 x1

074 x1

railtour pack x1

(all DCC ready)

Aside from these we have 13 x 018, 8 x 019, 8 x 070, 4 x 077

All being well we'll do the same next Monday with a couple more, but then that's about it!

We also have a couple of pairs of replacement EM/P4 wheels, and we're uploading the TEA/BBA/PGAs etc today. (if you want to combine postage with an order for one of the 56s above just let us know)

*(If you have a current conversation with us about pre-orders/replacements/overseas etc. then those are accounted for)

17 hours ago, Southwich said:

Next month or so all being well - we’re happy to accept suggestions in the meantime though! 

 

Kind regards,

 

Will

I think we can all agree the next run should be the whole Westbury construction pool. 

Quick update from us - We're back, thank you for bearing with us. All of this week's orders are either with Royal Mail, or ready for Monday's pick up.

We still have a few pre-orders that we're chasing up - if you've not heard from us about a pre-order please get in touch.

We're about 80% through our stock and only have DCC Ready left (sold out completely of 091 and the rail tour pack). Next to sell out are probably 023 (x8) and 120 (x3). We currently have 1x EM wheel pack and 2x P4.

54 minutes ago, Gilbert said:

https://ultimatemodelrailways.com/products/cavalex-class-56-56008-br-blue-romanian?variant=42875580022949

We only have DCC Ready I'm afraid, after 091 it was the next to go!

15 minutes ago, Chrisjh said:

 

Many thanks thats great not sure who John Dutfield is? Best Wishes and thanks Chris 

They're in Chelmsford, great place if you're ever in town! https://www.johndutfieldmodelrailways.co.uk/

Hi everyone, what a busy week!

This is the DCC Sound stock we have:

018 EWS x 4

019 RF Red stripe x 7

046 Construction x 3

055 LoadHaul x 4

097 Metals x 6

Railtour pair x 1 (only 3 DCC Ready)

We have all DCC ready numbers in stock currently (and there are plans for sound chips, so that might be a good route to the sold out sound ones!)

So here's the rub - we're travelling next week and after tonight we're not able to ship until next Saturday (10th)*. It's lousy timing but we thought it's better to be upfront rather than hastily arrange an attempt at normal service. And given how hectic this week has been that's a big ask - we've shipped over 300 grids so far! 

We're checking email/messages for support/delivery queries/returns, and we have people in place to help with things going wrong, but we don't want to commit to shipping next week. 

We also, frustratingly, have a small number of orders that were dropped off with DPD on Wednesday night that haven't updated tracking. We're assured that they are on the move, and things should resolve themselves shortly. Next on the list is to message the affected orders with an update but I wanted to be transparent here. In the future we're going to look at alternative shipping options also.

Lastly thank you for the kind words on here, we appreciate people ordering with us.

*we're going to call last orders at midnight, so anything ordered tonight will get to DPD tomorrow. 

20 minutes ago, R.Langley said:

Quick question, is there a closing date for preorders?

Morning - Nothing planned, we'll post on here if we're at risk of selling out on preorder but all being well we'll be fine. 

46 minutes ago, lego legs said:

sTop iT wiTh These Teasers.

we're just dotting the 'i's and circling the 'T's

7 hours ago, XChris said:

So Ultimate Model Railways are having there own limited edition? So we have 60062 & 60081 for rails and now another for ultimate to look forward too…

Yes, will have more deTails soon

7 hours ago, norfolkchinaclay said:

Do Ultimate Model Railways have a telephone number? I cannot see one on their website.

 

 

It’s on the list to sort :D but we’re on email and dm on here, and happy to call back

Thanks everyone who has ordered with us — everything up to 4pm today is with DPD or arrived. 

We have a couple of pre-orders that we’re still trying to get in contact with, if you’ve put a preorder in with us and not heard anything please get in touch (hello@ultimatemodelrailways.com or pm on here).

Our current stock levels (we’ve posted these on our instagram this evening but they’re already out of date 😀)

DCC Sound:

077 x3

023 x2

018 x9

046 x9

093 x4

019 x9

055x8

097x9

Railtour pair x3

DCC Ready: all in stock currently, Colas/DCR and the railtour pair are probably first to sell out at this point.

As a heads up, I’m on holiday from Saturday and we’ll have limited ability to ship most of next week - we’re working out how we handle next week but if you’re planning on ordering, this week we’ll be able to get it to you quicker!

4 hours ago, reddragon said:

Seems like I need to learn how to drive a class 56 properly!!

If you're driving from the Mendips then you'll need a big cup of tea whilst a Westbury fitter puts it back together!

1 hour ago, Awes0mesauce said:

Is the twin pack DCC sound factory fitted for £579?

 

thanks

Yes - both factory fitted with DCC sound

Hi everyone

It's great seeing the 56 out there in people's hands! I thought I’d do an update on our stock and what we’ve been up to since our delivery on Friday. 

Current orders:

Firstly thank you for your business - we appreciate that we’re a new name and a bit of an unknown company but you have to start somewhere! Thank you for your patience as we get things mailed, we’ve sent 100+ so far. 

• We’ve shipped all our paid preorders, so they should either be delivered or with DPD. We had a slight delay getting them to pick up from us so we sent a load through the post office (still DPD). If your tracking status shows it’s dropped at a pickup shop that’s likely us putting it there rather than they’ve delivered it to a shop (unless you’ve requested that via them).
• Orders from Friday and Saturday are shipped also.
• Sunday and today’s orders are either shipped or will go tomorrow morning.
• We have a few preorders that haven’t been paid - we’ll chase up on those but if you have an order with us and we haven’t been in touch, please give us a shout.

New orders:

Our stock levels are tied to the site, so things go out of stock in real time.

🔊 Sound: 

We’ve currently sold out of 091 (DCR), 049 (Colas), 008 (BR blue), 074 (Coal), 070 (BR Blue).

As of this morning 30th Jan we have the rest in stock in sound - 120 (Blue large logo), 077 (RF) & the Railtour pair are running low and the rest are between 5-10. 

DCC ready:

Currently all versions in stock - Colas, DCR and BR blue will probably be first to sell out. 

The range is here - https://ultimatemodelrailways.com/collections/cavalex-grid-class-56

Holding until pay day!

A few people have reached out about this - we can hold stuff for a few days. First step is to create an account here and then drop us an email (hello@ultimatemodelrailways.com) and we can set up an order for you. 

thanks - Elliot @ UMR 

25 minutes ago, Krieghoff said:

Just paid for my pre-order to Elliot. Many thanks and look forward to receiving my DC Rail DCC Sound fitted 😃👍

thank you!

FYI if anyone is after the DC Rail sound fitted - that was our quickest selling one and we sold our last one today! We still have DCC ready. 

Hi all, hopefully not to add to the noise too much, but we're excited to receive our delivery this week (looking like Friday currently).

We have availability on all currently though we're down to our last two sound DC Rail ones (56091), we just updated the site to reflect full price rather than pre-order. 

If you have a pre-order with us (thank you!) we'll be sending invoices & payment links out over the next day. 

Our stock is here - https://ultimatemodelrailways.com/collections/cavalex-grid-class-56

As an aside - we have some TEAs, BBAs and PGAs that we'll add to the site shortly, plus preorders for the 60s. 

13 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

How do I order a wagon for delivery to Australia please?

Hey there, I’ll look into this and work out the best way to do it. We’ll figure it out!

Hey all, just a quick note to say we've now got the single inners, and double outer packs available for preorder. We left the 5 packs up as bundles, please be aware these are formed of the same wagon running numbers as the separately available wagons. 

So in total there will be 12 original FY (4 outer 8 inner), 5 revised FY (2 outer 3 inner) and 5 unbranded (2 outer 3 inner).

https://ultimatemodelrailways.com/collections/cavalex-pha-jya

Sorry for the delay getting these live, it took a lot longer to put it all into the system and check it's all correct. I'm going to have big (cup of) T or two now. Maybe 60 🤐 

Edit — we’re having an issue with taking PayPal payments at the moment, we’re working to resolve that with them. 

We've had a few people ask about payment plans and such, it's on our list of things to set up but we don't have them yet. We do have payment via paypal which includes some options on their side, and we're happy to set up something manually in the mean time though as required. 

Sure, with the caveat that these are subject to change (but unlikely)

Original Outer

3268

3270

3276

3279

Original Inner

3289
3277
3300

3295
3315
3325

3285
3321

Revised Outer

3307

tbc 3269

Revised Inner

3305
3281
3293

Unbranded Outer

3312

3273

Unbranded Inner

3280
3296
3316

41 minutes ago, 47007stratford said:

Hi, Will the running numbers be different than the wagons in packs of 5?

No the 5 packs are made up of those running numbers - so effectively there are two running numbers for original inners that aren't included on the packs. Once the site is updated I'll change the existing orders so they're made up of packs of outers & single inners, and get in touch if anyone is after the extra two original inners. 

Morning! I'll get this sorted now, shouldn't be long. 

FYI we're doing 4 outers / 8 inners in original, 2/3 in revised and 2/3 unbranded. 

8 minutes ago, WCML100 said:

Yeah would be great to have options as a lot of sets ran around in rakes of 14.

Hehe there's been lots of discussion about this. In theory they ran in sets of 5, but when a set of say 14 or 18 was required then a couple of inners would be dropped out at the quarry. Plus they'd be mixed in with PTAs, which muddies things further! So in the end we crunched the numbers from the expression of interest spreadsheet and did as many running numbers as we could for each variant. 

1 hour ago, 47007stratford said:

Hi

any timeframe on when these can be ordered 

Hey

We have them up as 5 packs at the moment but we’ll update with singles/pairs of outers over the next day. We’ve been looking at different ways to handle pre-orders on our store, but we’ll bite the bullet and put them live!