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Heljan 9625

Newton Chambers - BR Blue/Grey - E96288/89E/93E - OO Scale - Triple Pack

Manufacturer catalogue image - please note that pre-release images may be CAD renders or CGI/AI images rather than photographs

Prototype Eras
Era 6 (1967 to 1972) British Rail Blue (Pre-TOPS)
Era 8 (1983 to 1994) British Rail Sectorisation

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 the addition of six new coach packs to their OO gauge range, featuring Newton Chambers built double-deck car transporters for BR Eastern Region. These models will be released in triple packs, with two packs featuring BR Lined Maroon and one pack in BR Motorail Blue/Grey livery.

The models will be built to a high specification, with fine details including separately fitted handbrake wheels, end door details, and air pipes. They will also feature etched train ferry lashing eyes and steam heat, vacuum brake and ETH equipment. NEM couplers and sprung buffers will be fitted as standard.

The TCV car transporters built by Newton Chambers in 1960/61 were originally designated as TCVs, later becoming NVV and NVX under BR's TOPS computer system. They featured a unique hydraulically operated central well capable of storing two cars or four cars on the upper deck. The vehicles were used between London, York and Edinburgh in sets of five or six, hauled by various locomotives, and later saw service on Motorail services from London and northern England to the West of England.

The models will be available in weathered finish and will feature authentic livery differences between vehicles in each pack. The specifications include a minimum radius curve of 2, and the class is Car Carrier with a unique 6' 9" bogie arrangement.