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One of Rails of Sheffield’s latest exclusives, in partnership with Bachmann Europe, is the BR Battery-electric Multiple Unit, in the striking 1980s BR Railway Technical Centre (RTC) colour scheme, depicting Test Unit ‘Gemini’. The train was powered by lead-acid batteries and trialled on the Deeside line from Aberdeen to Ballater from 1958 until 1966, before moving to the RTC at Derby for use as a test train, a role it fulfilled until withdrawal in 1984.
Based on Bachmann’s Derby Lightweight two-car DMU, the model features an 8pin DCC socket in each car, plus working interior and exterior lighting. Models can be pre-ordered now, with delivery expected in December.