Name: Heljan 8600 Class 86 Electric locomotive 86205 City of Lancaster in Virgin Trains livery
Brand: Heljan
SKU: 8600
Price: 134.95 GBP

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Prototype Era
Era 9 (1995 to 2004) Initial Privatisation

Manufacturer description

Catalogue listing

Brand

Heljan

Product Code

8600

RRP

£134.95

Model details

DCC status

DCC Ready 8-pin socket

Livery

Virgin West Coast

Gauge

Power pickup

All wheels

Coupling

NEM / Tension lock

Scale

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

Chassis construction

Plastic & metal

Tooling date

2010

Coupling type

Tension lock

Coupling mount

NEM pockets

Minimum radius

Radius 2

Finish

Pristine

Minimum radius curve

2nd Radius (438mm)

Name

City of Lancaster

Running number

86205

Features

Directional lighting

Prototype information

Builder

British Rail Doncaster Works
English Electric at Vulcan Foundry

Main duties

Express Passenger
Heavy Freight

Wheel configuration

Bo-Bo

Tractive effort

60,000 lbf

Total built

100

Locomotive type

Electric 25kV AC Overhead

Build dates

1965 to 1966

Operated by

British Rail
Anglia Railways/ one
Bulmarket Bulgaria
Caledonian Sleeper
Colas Rail
Europhoenix
EWS
Floyd Zrt
Freightliner
Hull Trains
Locomotive Services Ltd
Network Rail
West Coast Railway Co.
Vintage Trains
Virgin Cross Country
Virgin Trains West Coast

In service until

Present

Locomotive class^*

British Rail Class 86

Motive power

Electric

Wheel arrangement

Bo-Bo

Built

August 1948

Built by

British Rail Doncaster Works English Electric at Vulcan Foundry

Total produced

100

^* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.

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The Heljan Class 86 electric locomotive 86205, named City of Lancaster, is supplied in Virgin West Coast livery for OO gauge layouts. The model is presented in a pristine finish and carries the British Rail Class 86 running number 86205.

It is DCC ready with an 8‑pin socket, features directional lighting and all‑wheel power pickup. The locomotive uses NEM/tension‑lock couplings, has a Bo‑Bo wheel arrangement and a minimum curve radius of the second radius (438 mm). It represents an electric motive power unit built between 1965 and 1966, of which 100 were produced at British Rail Doncaster Works and English Electric at Vulcan Foundry.

The model portrays the period of the initial privatisation of British railways and is intended for use with Virgin Trains West Coast. Manufacturer part number is 8600.