Branchline Class 158 2-Car DMU 158849 BR Regional Railways
The latest, re-tooled and revised Class 158 'Sprinter' from Bachmann is now in the shops according to their latest press release!
It carries a very hefty £359 price tag but includes sound and is of course, chipped for DCC.
From the Bachmann website....
Features Include –
- Low level drive mechanism, underframe mounted beneath the saloon floor, meaning the vehicle interiors are fully modelled
- Both cars are motorised – the motor is housed within the motor detailing and drives the inner bogie of each vehicle as in real life
- Functional BSI couplings on the outer ends, by which two units can be mechanically joined to run together
- Full array of lighting functions including: Interior, Cab, Directional with Day/Night Modes, Back-lit Destination Panels, Door Interlock Lights
- Switches on underframe for non-DCC users to control the lighting functions
- Full Interior Detail – including etched luggage racks, all decorated in appropriate colour schemes for each livery/era including seats, flooring and partitions
- Easy Access DCC Decoder Fitting (first Bachmann Branchline model to feature the Plux22 interface) – decoder socket is located under a clip-fit panel on the underframe
- Conductive close-coupling between cars means just one decoder is required per unit
- Factory-fitted Speaker ready to accept Sound Decoder (SOUND FITTED versions of each model are available – ‘SF’ suffix to item number)
The class 158 'Sprinters' were built between 1989 and 1992 by British Rail Engineering at Derby. 182 2 and 3 car sets were built and despite being first introduced to service in 1990, 30 years alter sees them all still running around the network today!
This model is superb and would be a very welcome addition to my future layout but damn, this hobby is so expensive these days!!
#dumpthephone and do something amazing!!
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