Great Train Robbery Class 40
Date: 17 September 2007
Source: Bachmann
Bachmann Europe Plc has today issued a statement regarding the company declining to produce a model of the Class 40 locomotive D326. This was the locomotive hauling the Glasgow - London postal train involved in the Great Train Robbery near Cheddington, Bucks on 8 August 1963.
Graham Hubbard, Managing Director of Bachmann Europe Plc said "we are aware of the sensitivity that still exists in the railway industry regarding the injuries that Driver Jack Mills received on the night of the robbery. The British Railways Board as a result refused filming facilities to the production team of Buster in 1988 and the locomotive itself was cut up in record time so as to avoid any attempts to preserve it. We work very closely with the railway industry and we fully appreciate their stance on this. As a result we have declined various requests to produce a model of this particular locomotive and we will do so again in future."
BE 2007-47
