Your source for N Gauge news. 03.04.2009 Issue 6. GBRF class 66 passes through Doncaster while returning two heritage locomotives to Barrow hill roundhouse. Note the size of the Deltic in comparison to the rest of the train. Was the Lima N gauge Deltic too big? Mike Hudson Collection. Hello!! Welcome to N News. I hope to run this at least once a week. I hope to bring you the N gauge modeller all the breaking news of the week from the world of N gauge model railways. I hope you enjoy this news sheet. I would like to hear your comments. See back page for contact details. I will be using the Bachmann Period Table for all British outline trains. BREAKING NEWS FARISH BY BACHMANN Have announced an agreement with two of the Countries newest freight train operating companies. They have signed deals with DB Schenker & Jarvis Fastline to produce models in their livery. 371-383 Class 66 DB Schenker. Livery red body with red & yellow ends & white lettering & grey lower body stripe. DB Schenker is the new owners of EWS & is based in Doncaster. Period 9. 371-393 Class 66 Jarvis Fastline. Livery body grey with dark grey roof with black body side grills & black & yellow stripes with full yellow ends. Period 9. N news 03.04.2009 1 C Copyright MIKE HUDSON 2009
Farish will also be producing previously announced HYA bogie coal hopper in Dapol 377-576 HYA hoppers Jarvis Fastline. Livery Released the following information on their website today 01/04/2009 about their 2009 releases. Latest product delivery times announced We have now progressed far enough on the following outstanding products to be able to confirm delivery dates for those still needing to reserve their models at Dapol stockists. Terrier:- In shops now!! MK3 DVT:- End of April MK3 coaches:- End of May Class 156:- End of May Light Bars:- End of May Class 67:- End of June Class 86:- N gauge show (Leamington Spa) Catenary:- N gauge show (Leamington Spa) Class 58:- N gauge show (Leamington Spa) Britannia:- Warley show These dates are now almost certain, but should for some reason any of them slip slightly we will post revised dates on this page. None of the dates above affect any of the 'Magnificent 7' which can and will appear at any time in the next 18 months. Place your orders now to avoid disappointment. Remember that all releases are limited. NEW ARRIVALS. FARISH BY BACHMANN Have released their first new N gauge parts for a while they are all in poly bags with card headers. They are. 379-401 NEM couplings Standard (Arnold) type X20. 379-402 NEM couplings short (Arnold) type X20. 379-405 Farish couplings & springs X10. 379-410 3 hole disc wheels X10 axles.* 378-411 spoked wheels X10 axles.* N news 03.04.2009 2 C Copyright MIKE HUDSON 2009
379-412 Coach wheels X10 axles. * These are the large plain wheel used on pre BR coaches & BR MK stock. (not suitable for BR MK2/3 or 4 coaches 379-420 replacement traction tyres for the new Jubilee tender. May fit the new Royal Scot tenders as well. * The above wheel sets are the new finer stained wheels being fitted to the new coaches & wagons from Farish. They look very nice. AMERICAN. ATHEARN Have announced they will be releasing 40ft Frauhoff smooth-side Z van trailers in a number of road names. There will be two numbers per road they are. 14225/6 Boston & Maine. Livery grey body with B&M logo 14227/8 Illinois central livery grey body IC pig on wheels logo with white band with Illinois Central in black. 144229/30 Missouri Pacific. Livery grey body with MOPAC logo. 14431/2 PENN Central. Livery Grey body with green backed PC logo. 14233/4 Southern Railway Livery grey body with Southern Railway intermodel freight green lettering. 14235/6 Southern Pacific Livery Grey body with large letter S & P the other lettering is black. The livery details of the above trailers are based on the Southern Pacific pair shown on the Athearn PDF file. TECHNICAL DETAIL Era 1960 s to 1990 s Smooth body side. Alternative landing gear wheels for up position# Perfect for trailer on flat car operations (TOFC). PRICE $18.98 for two trailers. Contact your favourite dealer for price in GB Pounds or Euros & release dates. ATLAS. Have announced the following additional locomotive to there March new releases list. It is. N SD-35 Locomotive Low Hood - New Road Numbers! DC versions. Three numbers per road 49410 Undecorated w/o HL 49411 Undecorated w/ HL 40 000 157/8/9 Atlantic Coast Line* Livery black body with yellow body stripes & silver lettering. 40 000 160/1/2 Baltimore & Ohio* Livery blue body with yellow sole bar stripe, handrails & lettering. 40 000 163/4/5 Conrail. Livery Blue body with white lettering & markings. 40 000 166/7/8 Seaboard Coast Line* Livery black body with yellow body stripes & silver lettering. N news 03.04.2009 3 C Copyright MIKE HUDSON 2009
N SD-35 Locomotive Low Hood - New Paint Schemes! Two running numbers. 40 000 169/70 Utah Railway. Livery grey body with red ends and red body stripe with yellow lining & yellow Utah Railway lettering. N SD-35 Locomotive High Hood New Road Numbers! 3 running numbers. 49400 Undecorated. 40 000 173/4/5 Norfolk & Western. Livery black body with gold grab rails & lettering. N SD-35 Locomotive High Hood - New Paint Schemes! Two running numbers. 40 000 171/2 EMD Leasing. Livery black body with white numbers & blue EMD lettering logo on white square background. TECHNICAL DETAIL. Directional lighting Walkway safety tread Blackened metal wheels Scale speed motor Factory-equipped with AccuMate knuckle couplers Painted handrails Golden-white LEDs AccuMate couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc. Price $104.95 Place your order with your Favourite dealer for price in GB Pounds now for estimated delivery September 2009. BRITISH. DAPOL 2009 Welcome to part 2 of this in depth look at Dapol s 2009 releases. In this issue we will look at this year s rolling stock & train packs. TRAIN PACKS. This year Daopl are offering a varied collection of train book packs. This year s selection is. CLASS 86. ND-099E 86259 Virgin Trains. Livery red & grey body with white stripes & white Virgin logo & numbers with black & yellow front ends. Set includes Two MK3 Coaches & Mk3 DVT. Which type of Mk3 not known at this time? Period 9 ND-099F 86637 Freightliner. Livery Ex BR two tone grey livery with Black lettering & red Freightliner logo with black diamond depot plaques with yellow & black ends. This loco is correct for Period 8/9. The set includes 3 spine wagons in Freightliner livery which may be correct for Period 9. ND-099G 86219 BR Intercity. Livery BR Intercity Charcoal grey & light grey with red & white stripes & white intercity lettering & Swallow logo. With N news 03.04.2009 4 C Copyright MIKE HUDSON 2009
yellow & black ends. This set includes matching Intercity MK3 coaches & MK3 DVT. Which type of MK3 s coaches not know at this time? Period 8. All versions are fitted with TMD (Time Multiplex division Push Pull equipment) to allow them to work with the DVT (Driving van trailer) or in multiple. TECHNICAL DETAIL. NEM LFM A SCM FW DL DCC P Delivery dates & prices to be announced. CLASS B17 FOOTBALL 4-6-0 FISH TRAIN. A chance to own one of the many East coast fish trains of the BR steam Era with a Great Eastern flavour. ND-079 Set 3, 61665 Leicester City BR. Livery BR passenger lined Brunswick green with slight weathering. This set also includes 6 new numbered fish vans. Livery white with slight weathering to match the engine. All wagons feature new running numbers. Period 5. Please note this set is limited to 250 units. TECHNICAL DETAIL 40 NEM SCM A DCC P Price & delivery date to be confirmed. CLASS 67 WITH MK3 COACHES & DVT. ND-101D 67012 Wrexham Shropshire. Livery two tone light grey with white lettering. Comes with matching Mk3 Buffet car, Mk3 second class coaches & a MK3 DVT. Wrexham Shropshire & Marylebone to give them their full title are one of a number of new open access train operators. They run frequent services between Wrexham Shrewsbury the West Midlands & Marylebone station in London. Until recently they hired coaches from train leasing company Cargo D. These coaches where in the old Br blue & grey livery 7 where top & tailed by a pair of class67 s. They are now receiving their own dedicated stock. Period 9. TECHNICAL DETAIL. NEM LFM A SCM FW DL DCC P LBR ROLLING STOCK. Dapol have not announced any new coaches at present for 2009. Here is an in depth look at whets coming this year. MK3 Coaches. See last issue for information about these new coaches. TECHNICAL DETAIL P DCC NEM A LBR MK3 DRIVING VAN TRAILER (DVT). Introduced by BR to cut down the turn round times at West coast mainline terminals. IE Glasgow, Manchester & London Euston. They where built to work with Classes 86 87 & 90 in push pull mode. They could not operate with any diesel locomotive. They are still in service today with EWS, National Express Anglia & Wrexham, Shropshire & Marylebone. N news 03.04.2009 5 C Copyright MIKE HUDSON 2009
Two liveries are being released. They are. N-089A/B 82106/25 Virgin. Livery red & grey body with white stripes & virgin logo Front ends are black Yellow & white. Period 9 N-089C 82116/32 Br Intercity. Livery body charcoal grey & light grey body with red & white body stripes. Front ends Black & yellow. Period 8. TECHNICAL DETAILS DCC NEM DL P A LIGHT BAR Popular in European & Japanese models is interior lighting. Dapol are releasing a lighting bar to fit the following coaches class 156, MK3 & Collett GWR coaches. They will be DCC compatible. Two versions will be released. 1. NC-040A Light bar white 2. NC-040B light bar yellow Each bar features 6 Yellow or white Led s on a printed circuit board witch pick up current from the coach bogies. They can be used on DCC layouts with the use of a lighting chip. TEAK GRESLEYS Dapol have released three versions of their Gresley coaches in LNER teak livery. To allow modellers to extend the recent LNER Football book packs. They are. NC-044 first class 31878 NC-045 first / third composite 32556 NC-046 All third 384 Period 3. Also released but not listed in the Dapol catalogue is a leak liveried buffet car. These coaches feature revised bogie centres & NEM couplings. Dapol will release other running numbers in 2009 & 2010 if there s a demand. GWR COLLET COACHES He Collet coaches are returning in GWR livery. Three versions are being released. They are. NC-041 7052 composite coach. Livery GWR chocolate & cream with GWR crest & shirt button badge in centre of coach. NC-042 6486 brake coach. Livery GWR chocolate & cream with GWR crest & shirt button badge in centre of coach. NC-043 1084 Third class coach. Livery GWR chocolate & cream With Great Western lettering separated By GWR crest All are for period 3. & are light bar ready. See breaking news item for release dates of these models. WAGONS. Dapol have announced the Silver bullet depressed centre bogie tank cars. For 2009 four running numbers will be released. They are. ND-074A 789 8 046-0 ND-074B 789 8 047-8 N news 03.04.2009 6 C Copyright MIKE HUDSON 2009
ND-074C 789 8 047-7 ND-074D 789 8 062-7 All models will feature shinny chrome finish bodies hence the name. They will also feature a number of etched brass parts. These wagons can be seen the length & breath of the UK & even in Europe. Period 9. MEGAFRET LOW RIDING INTERMODEL WAGONS. Dapol are releasing these distinctive wagons. Notable for there low riding capabilities they are capable of handling the new 9 6 maritime containers. They can be seen throughout the UK & across Europe Four running numbers will be released. They are. 1. NB-076A 22 69 490 9 796-7P 2. NB-076B 33 68 490 9 915-3 3. NB-076C 33 68 490 9 889-0 4. NB-076D 33 68 490 9 360-2P These wagons feature ultra small wheels as per the prototype. The accessories bag contains spare prototypical drawbar coupling and optional Knuckle couplings. To compliment the new Megafret intermodal wagons Dapol are releasing the following containers. NB-067B Tesco Stobart 06 NB-067C Tesco Stobart 10 NB-067D Tesco Stobart 17 NB-067E Tesco Stobart 21 Dapol will also be releasing 45ft high cube containers product code NB-077. Livery details & numbers not released yet. TELESCOPIC HOODWAGONS. Four new running numbers are planned for the VTG ferrywagon Steel coil wagons. They are. 1. NB-075A VTG 589 9 068 2. NB-075B VTG 589 9 078 3. NB-075C VTG 589 9 055 4. NB-075D VTG 589 9 057 Livery silver body with blue band with black VTG lettering & logo. These wagons are now owned by Tiphook Rail Period 8. The rest of the Dapol wagon range is unchanged at present. See breaking news item for release dates of these models. To avoid disappointment place your orders with your favourite dealer now. DAPOLS MAGNIFICENT SEVERN. Dapol announced the following additional 7 new locomotives at there open day last year. For the benefit of anyone who missed this press release. I have included them here with Dapols press release. Dapol state that Whilst it is possible to release ALL these models within a 12 month period we have decided to complete the models to a ready to build standard (tooling finished, 1 st samples made, painted and tested) and release them as circumstances dictate (being wary of the economy, other manufacturer s announcements etc). N news 03.04.2009 7 C Copyright MIKE HUDSON 2009
This will allow Dapol to release models with a 30-60 days notice should the market or other announcements warrant it. Otherwise they will drip feed models into the market over the next 24 months. Announcing availability via there website. The new models are. 1. Virgin Pendolino High Speed Electric Train (4 car book set) Extra coaches will be released nearer to the release of the four car pack. The model will feature a tilting mechanism if it does not affect the models performance. 2. Class 153 Single unit sprinter. This model is at the cam/cad development stage and has mentioned in a previous issue looks superb 3. Class43 HST power cars. These models will feature working directional lighting. Both original & rebuilt exhausts & close coupling to match the soon to be released MK3 coaches. 4. LNER/BR classb1 4-6-0. This model will feature similar specifications to the award winning class B17 footballer. 5. BR class56 CO-CO Diesel. The first model will represent the Romanian built examples. With Doncaster & Crewe Examples to follow 6. GWR/BR class38xx 2-8-0 Heavy goods engine. This is the version with the windows in the cab side. 7. Class 26/0 BO-BO diesel. This model will be to the same standards as the recent Hymek. As when information is released it will be posted here. DCC NEWS. ATLAS Have announced they will be releasing DCC ready SD35 CO-CO diesel locomotives. Two running numbers per road unless stated otherwise. N SD-35 Locomotive Low Hood - New Road Numbers! 40 000 178/9 Atlantic Coast Line* 40 000 180/1 Baltimore & Ohio* 40 000 182/3 Conrail. 40 000 184/5 Seaboard Coast Line*. N SD-35 Locomotive Low Hood - New Paint Schemes! 40 000 186/7 Utah Railway N SD-35 Locomotive High Hood - New Road Numbers! 40 000 191/2 Norfolk & Western N SD-35 Locomotive High Hood - New Paint Schemes! 40 000 189/90 EMD Leasing. TECHNICAL DETAIL. Livery & specifications same as Dc versions. Comes with Dcc chip fitted. PRICE $139.95 Place your orders now with your favourite dealer for price in GB Pounds. Delivery as DCC versions estimated September 2009. N news 03.04.2009 8 C Copyright MIKE HUDSON 2009
BONUS PICTURE. A vintage Wallace Arnold coach is seen in the coach park at the national Railway museum York. Photo Mike Hudson collection. With the announcement that both Farish & new company Oxford Die cast are to release N gauge road vehicles throughout 2009. An in depth look at what s available now. Farish have already released a number of cars onto the market. Oxford Die cast releasing a number of buses with cars to follow Please note from this issue N News is only available to read at the Yorkshire Area group website. http://www.yorkshirengauge.org/page22.html That s all for this issue. I hope you have enjoyed reading it. Please feel free to send to your friends. If you have any comments contact me at. Harry.hudson7@ntlworld.com Bye for now. N news 03.04.2009 9 C Copyright MIKE HUDSON 2009