N GAUGE NEWS

Rapido Trains have released images of the EP sample for their N Gauge Metrovick Class 28 Co-Bo locomotive. The models are set to feature: Designed from original works drawings Post-1961 flat screen version Next18 decoder socket Quality mechanism Directional lighting Accurately applied liveries down to minute detail differences NEM coupler pockets The samples have been thoroughly checked, tested and inspected before feedback has been passed onto Rapido's factory and release is

Dapol have announced a new run of their N Gauge Class 68 locomotive, with a brand new livery featuring for the first time. The Class 68 is Dapol's first ‘Next Generation’ Diesel model, with entirely re-designed chassis and electronics. This model reproduces all the detail and functionality of their OO gauge model (other than Halo-lights) and incorporates Dapol's new iron cored 5 pole motor offering excellent slow running and exceptional pulling power with reliability and robu

At the London Festival of Railway Modelling, Bachmann Europe displayed the first EP samples for the forthcoming Graham Farish N Gauge Class 158 DMU. First announced in 2018, the Class 158 is now making excellent progress, and the model is a completely new tooling replacing the decades old original Farish model. The new model is already showing impressive levels of detail in EP form, with the underframe being a particularly impressive feature, quite possibly one of the best we

First introduced in 2011, the diminutive Graham Farish Class 03 diesel shunter represented an impressively small feat of engineering. The model has now been updated by Bachmann to feature a DCC socket for a micro 6 pin decoder, making digital conversion significantly quicker and easier than the original versions. The Prototype Constructed between 1957 - 1961, 230 Class 03 shunters were produced, primarily for light shunting duties in the various locomotive and carriage depots