January - 2023

Jan 31

REVIEW - Revolution Trains MTV/ZKV Zander

Revolution Trains new MTV/ZKV 'Zander' engineers wagons are now arriving with modellers and retailers, and we've taken a close-up look at these useful little wagons. The Prototype The Standard Wagon Works company began construction of the MTV wagons during 1975 using redundant 35t tank wagon underframes combined with a new open body. 150 were built and given TOPS code MTV and numbered B390000-390149 with the intended use being carrying sand and aggregates. Later in their live

Jan 31

Bachmann Spring 2023 product announcements

Join us tomorrow at 9:30 am to watch the Bachmann Europe Spring 2023 product announcements, and see what they have in store for the Graham Farish range in over the next few months! We'll post full details of any new N Gauge products on N Gauge News shortly after the announcements finish.

Jan 27

New Exclusive China Clay Dries & Chimney in N Gauge available now from Kernow Model Rail Centre

Kernow Model Rail Centre has announced the release of two exclusive commissions from Graham Farish Scenecraft in N Gauge of China Clay Dries and Clay Dries Chimney. The mining of china-clay, kaolin, for the purposes of porcelain production began in Cornwall back in 1745. By the early 19th century, the deposits in Cornwall had emerged as the largest in the world. After arriving from the pit the china clay in slurry form had to be dried because of its very high water content. T

Jan 20

Exclusive Kernow Model Centre GWR Truro Type 7 Signal Box announced

Kernow Model Rail Centre has announced the release of an exclusive commission from Graham Farish Scenecraft in N Gauge of the Truro GWR Type 7 signal box. The Great Western Railway first introduced the Type 7 signal box design in 1896 and the design was used across the network with the last of its type being built in 1927. Key features of the GWR Type 7 signal boxes were a hipped roof, ornamental eaves brackets and highly distinctive operating room windows with sashes divide

Jan 19

Dapol release Super Voyager artwork with additional livery announced.

Dapol have released artwork images for their next batch of Class 221 Super Voyagers, and have also added an additional livery to those previously announced. Dapol state that: "Artworks are now complete and have been submitted to the factory. We are currently waiting for decorated samples to arrive." Liveries expected to be released during Q2/Q3 2023 are as follows: 2D-023-001 Class 221 5 Car Set 221108 Sir Ernest Shackleton Virgin Original 2D-023-002 Class 221 5 Car Set 22110

Jan 18

Revolution Trains Class A & B Tanks and Zander wagons inbound

Revolution Trains new Class A tanks and Zander aggregate wagons are expected to arrive in the next few weeks, with the second run of Class B tanks also due to arrive at the same time. Revolution state that balance invoices will be sent out shortly to customers who have pre-ordered Zanders and Class A tanks direct from them. Some Revolution stockists are also accepting pre-orders for these models. The new run of Class B tanks are available to pre order direct from Revolution

Jan 11

Chivers Finelines N Gauge Blue Spot Fish Van kit returns

Chivers Finelines have produced a new run of their N Gauge Blue Spot fish van kits which are available to purchase now. The kit is designed to produce a model of the BR Dia 800 Blue Spot Fish Van after it had been fitted with roller bearings in 1957. They were numbered in the E87000- E87499 series, but only 275 were fitted with roller bearings for the dedicated blue spot trains. After the decline of fish traffic they were reclassified as SPV or NRV for express parcels service

Jan 9

Rapido Trains UK Class 28 / Conflat P statement

Rapido Trains UK have issued a statement regarding their recently released N Gauge Class 28 diesel locomotive and 'Conflat P' wagons: N Gauge News now has two Class 28's in our possession and outside of the minor issues raised in our review of the model, we have experienced additional issues with either locomotive. We are aware that some owners have experienced issues with the glue holding the bogie pickup strips in place failing and the strips coming loose, which can then ca

Jan 3

2022 NGN Diesel & Electric Poll - The Results

The votes are in! Thank you to all those who took time to vote in the 2022 N Gauge News Diesel & Electric poll. This was the first poll we have run, and it has returned some interesting results. So, without further ado, here are the results! Top 10 overall The LMS D16/1 Twins are the overall winner of the poll, with the Class 205 Thumper unit and Class 25/3 hot on their heals. As a point of interest however, if we were to add the number of votes cast for a re-tooled Class 37

Jan 1

2022 - The year in N Gauge

Happy New Year to all NGN readers! We'll start by saying THANK YOU to each and everyone one of you who visit the site or follow our social media channels. We hope you've enjoyed the content over the last year and we'll hopefully have plenty more for you in 2023. We'd also like to say thank you to all of the manufacturers who've allowed us to take close-up looks at new products, including Bachmann, Revolution Trains, Cavalex Models and Rapido Trains. As has become custom, here

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