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Heljan 9622

Newton Chambers - BR Maroon - E96287/91/94 - OO Scale - Triple Pack

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Prototype Era
Era 5 (1956 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest

Manufacturer description

 

Featuring a high specification and fine detail throughout, the vehicles will be offered in matching triple packs in BR Lined Maroon and BR ‘Motorail’ Blue/Grey covering their entire 25-year career. Close attention to detail means that vehicles will feature either the original or revised pattern of fibreglass roof lights plus vacuum brake/steam heat and dual brake/dual heating vehicles with the Electric Train Heat (ETH) and air brake equipment added to several car transporters towards the end of their life.

Fine details include separately fitted handbrake wheels, end door details, air pipes, etched train ferry lashing eyes, steam heat, vacuum brake and ETH equipment. NEM couplers and sprung buffers are fitted as standard.

HISTORY

Originally designated as TCVs, the vehicles later became NVV (vacuum braked) and NVX (dual braked) under BR’s TOPS computer system. Unusually, they featured a hydraulically operated central well capable of storing two cars as well as four cars on the upper deck – a 50% increase in capacity over more conventional car carrying vehicles of the time.

When introduced in the early-1960s, the TCV car transporters were used between London, York and Edinburgh in sets of five or six vehicles with a handful of BR maroon Mk1 coaches, hauled by ex-LNER ‘Pacifics’ and later BR green ‘Deltics’, Class 40s, 45s, 46s or 47s. From the late-1960s onwards, they were painted in BR blue/grey and started to venture further afield on ‘Motorail’ services from London and northern England to the West of England, being hauled by Class 45s, 46s, 47s and ‘Westerns’. However, they were closely associated with the East Coast Main Line throughout their career.

FEATURES

• Finely Applied Livery Details
• NEM Couplings
• Early/late rooflight arrangement
• Steam/dual heating parts
• Vacuum/dual braking parts
• Fine bogie/underframe detail
• Authentic livery differences between vehicles in each pack
• Weathered finish

Bodyshell - factory-fitted separate details

Bodyside Steps
Door handles
Door operating equipment
Handrails
Lamp irons
Roof lights - original or revised
Train ferry lashing eyes

Bufferbeam detail (pre-fitted)

Cosmetic screw link coupling
Electric train heating box/ pipes
Pipework - pre-fitted to front
Pipework - pre-fitted to rear
Sprung buffers

Chassis/underframe detail

Footsteps
Handbrake wheel/ lever

Wheel "aesthetics"

Metal-pin point bearings
Painted

Body Construction

Plastic with metal parts

Chassis construction

Plastic & metal

Coupling socket/mounting

NEM pockets

Coupling type

Tension lock

Minimum radius

Radius 2

Weighting (to assist adhesion)

Within chassis

Catalogue listing

Model details

Prototype information

^* 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.

Heljan has announced a new range of 'OO' gauge rolling stock, featuring six coach packs of Newton Chambers-built double-deck car transporters for the British Railways Eastern Region.

These vehicles were built between 1960 and 1961 and were originally designated as TCVs, later becoming NVV and NVX under the TOPS computer system. They featured a unique hydraulic central well capable of storing up to six cars.

The models will be released in triple packs in BR Lined Maroon and BR 'Motorail' Blue/Grey liveries, covering their 25-year career. Each vehicle will be highly detailed, with features such as finely applied livery details, NEM couplings, early and late rooflight arrangements, and steam and dual heating parts. The models will also include vacuum and dual braking parts, fine bogie and underframe detail, and authentic livery differences between vehicles in each pack.

The car transporters were used on services between London, York and Edinburgh, and later on 'Motorail' services from London and northern England to the West of England. They were hauled by a variety of locomotives, including ex-LNER Pacifics, BR green Deltics, and Class 45, 46, 47 and Western locomotives.

The models are designed for use on minimum radius curves of 2 and are available with weathered finishes.