Bbl-35337Sfx Bachmann Branchline Class 37/4 Refurbished 37423 Sir Murray Morrison Br Rf Metals

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BBL-35337 Bachmann Branchline Class 37/4 Refurbished 37423 'Sir Murray Morrison' BR RF Metals Sector OO-Scale DCC Ready

$429.00 AUD

BBL-35337
35-337
Bachmann Branchline
OO-Scale
Class-37/4 Diesel-Electric
#37423 ‘Sir Murray Morrison’ in BR Railfreight Metals Sector livery
DCC ready

As part of our Autumn 2022 British Railway Announcements, we are delighted to present the stunning all-new Bachmann Branchline Class 37/4 as Refurbished loco No. 37423 ‘Sir Murray Morrison’ in BR Railfreight Metals Sector livery.

The British Rail Class 37 is a favourite among enthusiasts and modellers alike, and this iconic loco returns to the Bachmann Branchline range for 2022, but not as you know it. Following in the footsteps of the award-winning Bachmann Branchline Class 47, our all-new OO scale Class 37 has been designed from the rails up to ensure this classic locomotive is modelled more accurately than ever before, whilst the technical specification is equally impressive and incorporates the same great features as our Class 47. With high fidelity mouldings, numerous separately fitted parts and countless tooling variations to capture the minutiae of the real locomotives throughout their lives, our new 37 is brought to life with an exquisite livery application using true-to-prototype colours, fonts and logos.

Era 8
Pristine BR Railfreight Metals Sector livery
Running No. 37423
Named ‘Sir Murray Morrison’
Etched Nameplates included
Length 245mm

DETAIL VARIATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS MODEL

Central Headcode Panels – Plated and fitted with Sealed Beam Marker Lights
NRN Aerial
High Intensity Headlight
Bufferbeam Valance Removed
Coupling Bash Plate
Oval Buffers
Original Windscreen
English Electric Cantrail Grilles
Welded Boiler Roof
Plated Boiler Port and Safety Valves
Sealed Water Filler Door and Plated Access Steps
Fabricated Bogies
Original Speedo Drive
Mileage Counter
Twin Fuel Tanks with one Gauge per Tank (left hand tank each side)

BACHMANN BRANCHLINE CLASS 37 SPECIFICATION

MECHANISM:

Five pole, twin shaft motor with two flywheels providing drive to both bogies
All axle drive
Electrical pickup from all wheels
Separate metal bearings fitted to each axle
Diecast metal chassis block and bogie towers
Diecast metal gearboxes, with gearing arranged for prototypical running speeds and haulage capabilities
5mm (OO gauge) wheels to NEM310 & NEM311 standards with authentic profile and detailing
Detachable coupling pockets to NEM362 standards fitted to each bogie
Designed to operate on curves of second radius (438mm) or greater

DETAILING:

Bogies constructed from multiple components featuring full relief detail
Separately applied metal detail parts, including grab handles, windscreen wipers and etched fan grilles
Sprung metal buffers
Each model supplied with a full set of decorated, model-specific bufferbeam pipework and accessory parts

LIGHTING:

Directional lighting, including headlights and high intensity headlights where applicable, switchable on/off at either end on DCC or Analogue control
Cab lighting*, assigned to two DCC functions for separate switching of each
Separately switched Engine Room lighting*
‘Yard Light’ mode*, red tail lights and/or marker lights displayed at both ends (*when used on DCC)
Authentic light colours and temperatures selected for each model based on era and application

DCC:

Plux22 DCC decoder interface

LIVERY APPLICATION:

Authentic liveries applied to all models
Multiple paint applications employed on each model using BR and corporate specification colours
Logos, numerals and text added as appropriate using multi-stage tampo printing using authentic typefaces, logos and colours
In addition, where applicable Etched Nameplates and Plaques are also provided

CLASS 37 HISTORY

The British Rail 1955 Modernisation Plan paved the way for the large-scale replacement of steam traction with diesel locomotives, and one of the most successful diesel locomotive designs to result from this was the English Electric Type 3. These 1,700hp Types 3 diesel-electric locomotives were built at English Electric’s Vulcan Foundry and by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns between 1960 and 1965, with 309 examples produced in total. When TOPS was implemented the type was designated Class 37.

The class proved popular with railwaymen and so in 1985, a major refurbishment programme for the Class 37 locomotives was sanctioned to extend the working lives of 135 locomotives. Features of the refurbishment involved plating over the four-character head codes and sealing off the nose end communication doors. Dedicated freight locomotives received lower gearing to increase the tractive effort, and some were fitted with extra ballast or even more powerful engines. A new subclass was created for locomotives refurbished with Electric Train Heating (ETH) equipment, allowing their use on passenger trains the whole year-round.

With the sectorisation of British Rail taking hold in the early-1980s, the locomotives returned to traffic following refurbishment in a wide and diverse range of liveries. Passenger machines appeared in BR Blue Large Logo, InterCity and Regional Railways schemes to name just three, whilst freight engines received numerous varieties of Railfreight livery, Transrail, Mainline and Loadhaul. The Class continued to be widely used into the Privatisation-era, with examples operating for the likes of EWS, DRS, West Coast Railways and Colas, whilst others have received ‘retro’ heritage repaints.