The LMS Jubilee Class locomotive has long been a popular model in the Bachmann Branchline steam portfolio and for 2026 the Jubilee returns, better than ever before and with new tooling to allow models of the entire Class to be offered to modern standards for the first time.
The LMS built 191 Jubilees during a 3-year period and following their withdrawal by BR, four were preserved including No. 45596 ‘Bahamas’, a unique survivor as the only remaining Jubilee fitted with a double chimney. The Jubilees are popular performers on heritage railways and the mainline, none more so than ‘Bahamas’ which returned to steam in 2018 and has recently been withdrawn for overhaul after seven years of successful running. Bachmann is proud to partner with the locomotive’s owners, the Bahamas Locomotive Society, to produce this model of their iconic machine and Bachmann will make a donation to the society from every sale to help ‘Bahamas’ return to the rails again!
The Branchline model is constructed around a diecast metal running plate and employs precision moulded components like the boiler, firebox and cab which are then adorned with countless separate detailing parts like the metal handrails, turned brass safety valves and whistle, lamp irons, lubricators and sandboxes. With authentic pattern driving wheels and a detailed front bogie, the chassis is further enhanced with brake blocks, brake rigging and sandboxes with separate wire sandpipes. 
The locomotive is coupled to welded Stanier tender using an adjustable drawbar to suit individual layout conditions, whilst electrical connections are incorporated into the drawbar and a poseable fallplate is fitted to the tender. Combining a finely detailed body and chassis, the tender is completed with sperate metal handrails, water pick-up gear, tank vents and lamp irons. A realistic coal load is included which is removable, beneath it the empty coal space is modelled too. Sprung metal buffers are fitted to both the front of the locomotive and the rear of the tender.
Within the cab, a detailed boiler backhead is present and the pipework and controls are enhanced with individual decoration. The ventilator on the cab roof is a separate part, allowing it to be posed in the open or closed position, or somewhere in between. The high level of decoration is not reserved only for the cab interior of course, and the model boasts an authentic rendition of the iconic BR lined Green livery complete with full-colour BR crests and embellishments to accurately capture the locomotive in its latest, preserved condition. The name is carried on the splasher and etched nameplates are supplied for user-fitting to complete the look of this express locomotive.
With a powerful three pole motor and a proven drive train, the Branchline Jubilee is surefooted machine that boasts electrical pickups from the driving wheels and tender wheels. Upgraded to include a firebox lighting system that works on both analogue and DCC, the DCC provision has also been enhanced and a Plux22 DCC decoder socket is now fitted in the tender along with a pre-fitted speaker and these developments are used to full effect in this SOUND FITTED model which is ready to run on analogue and DCC systems and will provide a range of authentic sound effects to bring another level of realism to your model railway.
•Bachmann Branchline OO Scale
•Era 9
•Locomotive is Preserved
•Pristine BR Lined Green Late Crest livery
•Running No. 45596
•Named ‘Bahamas’
•Etched Nameplates included
•SOUND FITTED – Fitted with a Zimo MS450P22 Plux22 DCC Sound Decoder
•Length 261mm (over couplings)