Farish Class 08 diesel shunter emerges at Redhill
Date: 17 May 2008
Source: Bachmann
Bachmann Europe Plc surprised visitors to the N Gauge Societys Annual General Meeting today (17 May 2008) by unveiling a newly tooled Graham Farish N gauge Class 08 diesel shunter with outside frames. This replaces the previous model that was withdrawn in 2007.
Some 992 locomotives were built between 1952 and December 1962. Although the first locomotive was withdrawn in September 1967, many remain in service with train operating companies or in industrial use in Liberia and the UK. Over 60 have been preserved for use on heritage railways
The new Class 08 diesel shunters join the expanding Blue Riband range and meet the demands of N gauge modellers for a more accurate model to be released on to the market. All tooling has now been completed and the samples are being checked against original drawings. Graham Hubbard, Managing Director of Bachmann Europe Plc said today the Class 08 will be released to dealers later this year and once again underlines our commitment to produce N gauge models to the same high standards of our popular OO Branchline range.
Initially the new Class 08 will be released in BR green and BR blue liveries.
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