The Brush Type Twos – Class 30s and Class 31s – by Bachmann Branchline are back and better than ever, now featuring a Bach-Up Stay Alive System fitted as standard and all-wheel electrical pickup assuring the smooth and powerful performance you’ve come to expect from Bachmann Branchline models. 
Depicting a Refurbished Class 31/4 with ETH, this locomotive has had its Mirrlees engine replaced with an English Electric 12SVT and the Branchline model faithfully recreates this, with the correct roof exhaust ports and 12SVT engine block detail visible through the bodyside windows.
With high fidelity mouldings, numerous separately fitted parts and countless tooling variations to capture the minutiae of the real locomotives throughout their lives, our new Class 30 is brought to life with an exquisite livery application using true-to-prototype colours, fonts and logos. Along with an unprecedented array of lighting features, our Dual Fitted speaker system is fitted to all models. This SOUND FITTED DELUXE model provides the ultimate experience, producing realistic running sounds alongside the motorised radiator fan, authentic tinted windscreen glazing and hands-free DCC-uncoupling thanks to Bachmann’s revolutionary Auto-Release Coupling System!
•Bachmann Branchline OO Scale
•Era 8
•Pristine BR InterCity (Mainline) livery
•Running No. 31423
•Named ‘Jerome K. Jerome’
•Etched Nameplates Included
•SOUND FITTED DELUXE - Fitted with a Zimo MS450P22 DCC Sound Decoder
•Motorised Radiator Fan
•Tinted Windscreen Glazing (Driver and Second Man Windscreens only)
•Auto-Release Coupling System (Fitted at both ends)
•Length 228mm
DETAIL VARIATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS MODEL
•Refurbished Body
•Gangway Doors Plated
•Plated Headcode Panels fitted with Marker Lights
•Windscreen Washer Jets with Covers
•Bufferbeam Cowling Removed
•Original Windscreen
•Modified Main Fan Grilles with Vertical Fins
•English Electric Engine Exhaust Ports
•English Electric Engine Block Detail
•Plated Boiler Port
•Plated Water Filler Hatch
•Plated Bodyside Steps
•Battery Boxes with Additional Safety Clips
•NRN Radio Pods
•Roof Fan Grille with ‘Top Hat’
•Electric Train Heating (ETH) Fitted
•High Intensity Headlights
BACHMANN BRANCHLINE CLASS 30/31 SPECIFICATION
MECHANISM:
•Five pole, twin shaft motor with two flywheels providing drive to both bogies
•All axle drive
•Electrical pickup from all wheels on each bogie
•Separate metal bearings fitted to each axle
•Diecast metal chassis block and bogie towers
•Diecast metal gearboxes, with gearing arranged for prototypical running speeds and haulage capabilities
•16.5mm (OO gauge) wheels to NEM310 & NEM311 standards with authentic profile and detailing
•Detachable coupling pockets to NEM362 standards fitted to each bogie
•Auto-Release Couplings fitted at both ends – DCC operated, hands-free uncoupling with the press of a function button (SOUND FITTED DELUXE models only)
•Designed to operate on curves of second radius (438mm) or greater
DETAILING:
•Bogies constructed from multiple components featuring full relief detail
•Rotating radiator fan, driven by an independent motor and gearbox, operated as part of the sound project on DCC and Analogue control (SOUND FITTED DELUXE models only)
•Tinted windscreen glazing (Driver and Second Man windscreens only as per the prototype, SOUND FITTED DELUXE models only)
•Separately applied metal detail parts, including grab handles, windscreen wipers and etched fan grilles
•Sprung metal buffers
•Each model supplied with a full set of decorated, model-specific bufferbeam pipework and accessory parts including three-piece, body-mounted snow ploughs
LIGHTING:
•Directional lighting, including illuminated headcode panels and high intensity headlights where applicable, switchable on/off at either end on DCC or Analogue control
•Cab lighting*, assigned to two DCC functions for separate switching of each
•Separately switched Engine Room lighting*
•Single or twin red tail lights* (*when used on DCC)
•Authentic light colours and temperatures selected for each model based on era and application
DCC:
•Plux22 DCC decoder interface
•Bach-Up Stay Alive System providing uninterrupted power to prevent stalling, light flicker and sound cut-outs (operates on DCC only)
SOUND:
•Two quality speakers employed for optimum sound reproduction, fitted to every model as standard
•Zimo MS450P22 DCC Sound Decoder fitted to SOUND FITTED and SOUND FITTED DELUXE versions
•Two sound projects to accurately capture the sounds of Class 30 (Mirrlees Engine) and Class 31 (English Electric Engine)
•Sound files for each project produced specifically for the Bachmann Branchline Class 30/31 using recordings from real locomotives and archive audio
•SOUND FITTED and SOUND FITTED DELUXE models operate on DCC and Analogue control as supplied. On Analogue, an authentic engine start up sequence and running sounds are produced when power is applied
LIVERY APPLICATION:
•Authentic liveries applied to all models
•Multiple paint applications employed on each model using BR and corporate specification colours
•Logos, numerals and text added as appropriate using multi-stage tampo printing using authentic typefaces, logos and colours
•In addition, where applicable Etched Nameplates and Plaques are also provided