Name: Heljan 8601 Class 86 Electric locomotive 86214 Sans Pareil in Intercity Swallow livery
Brand: Heljan
SKU: 8601
Price: 134.95 GBP

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Prototype Era
Era 8 (1983 to 1994) British Rail Sectorisation

Manufacturer description

Catalogue listing

Brand

Heljan

Product Code

8601

RRP

£134.95

Model details

DCC status

DCC Ready 8-pin socket

Livery

Intercity

Gauge

Power pickup

All wheels

Coupling

NEM / Tension lock

Name

Sans Pareil

Tooling date

2010

Scale

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

Coupling mount

NEM pockets

Minimum radius curve

2nd Radius (438mm)

Finish

Pristine

Coupling type

Tension lock

Minimum radius

Radius 2

Chassis construction

Plastic & metal

Running number

86214

Features

Directional lighting

Prototype information

Main duties

Express Passenger
Heavy Freight

Total built

100

Wheel configuration

Bo-Bo

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

Build dates

1965 to 1966

Builder

British Rail Doncaster Works
English Electric at Vulcan Foundry

Locomotive type

Electric 25kV AC Overhead

In service until

Present

Tractive effort

60,000 lbf

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 model 86214 represents the British Rail Class 86 named Sans Pareil in the Intercity Swallow livery. It is a 4 mm scale (OO gauge) model with a pristine finish and carries the running number 86214.

The locomotive is DCC ready, featuring an 8‑pin socket for digital command control, and includes directional lighting. Power is picked up via all wheels and the model uses NEM couplings with a tension lock. The minimum curve radius is listed as the 2nd radius, 438 mm.

Technical details reflect the prototype built between 1965 and 1966, of which 100 were produced. The original units were constructed at the British Rail Doncaster Works and at English Electric's Vulcan Foundry. The model depicts the British Rail InterCity operator period of sectorisation and has a Bo‑Bo wheel arrangement.