Gaugemaster GM2210801 N Gauge Class 86 86235 'Novelty' BR Blue Rainhill 150

Name: Cheltenham Model Centre
Telephone: +44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644

Product Code: GM2210801

Manufacturer Number: GM2210801
Condition: New
Category: Model Railways, Locomotives, Electric Locomotives
Brand: Gaugemaster, Dapol
Range: Gaugemaster 2022
Loco Class: Class 86
Era: Era 7: British Rail TOPS 1973 - 1985
Livery: BR Blue
Scale: 1:148
Gauge: N
DCC Type: DCC Ready
DCC Pin: Next 18

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Release Date: TBC

Est Price:

£110.46

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The British Rail Class 86 is the standard electric locomotive built during the 1960s. One hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965 to 1966, either by English Electric at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows or British Rail (BR) at their Doncaster works. The class was built to haul trains on the then newly electrified West Coast Main Line (WCML) from London Euston to Birmingham, Crewe, Liverpool, Manchester and later Glasgow and Preston. The introduction of the class enabled the replacement of many steam locomotives, which were finally withdrawn by British Rail in 1968.

Under the earlier BR classification system, the type was given the designation AL6 (meaning the sixth design of AC locomotive) and locomotives were numbered E3101-E3200. In 1968, this was changed to Class 86 when British Rail introduced the TOPS classification system. The class was built to haul passenger and freight trains alike on the West Coast Main Line, however, some members of the class also saw use on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) between London Liverpool Street and Norwich, after that line was also electrified in the mid-1980s.

The type has had a generally long and successful career, with some members of the class seeing main line service lives in the UK of up to 55 years. Most regular passenger duties of the class came to end on both the WCML and the GEML in the early to-mid-2000s, after a career of up to 40 years. Some members of the class remained in use for charter work and for freight work with Freightliner until 2021. A number of the class were exported to Bulgaria and Hungary and remain in use. As of 2022 three Class 86s remain preserved in usable condition in the UK, all in private ownership.

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We have been in business for over 40 with the shop located in a few different places around the town in that time. We are now located at the Eastern end of Cheltenham High Street.

As well as stocking the latest plastic kit, diecast and model railway releases we have a big selection of slot cars and modelling tools.

We are able to carry out repairs on radio control cars & model railway locos, including DCC & DCC Sound fitting.

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Cheltenham Model Centre

39 High Street
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1DX
England

+44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644
sales@cheltenhammodelcentre.com

Gaugemaster GM2210801 N Gauge Class 86 86235 'Novelty' BR Blue Rainhill 150

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