Oxford Diecast - NOWB006 - Bus, Bedford, OB/OWB - British Rail - DFE 891

Specific Item Information: This latest release on the N scale Bedford OWB Bus appears in the British Railways livery and it will be of particular interest to N gauge railway modellers of the period. Decorated in its immediate post-war drab grey, the bus features a Private destination blind, which indicates it might have been used to transport staff or railway workmen. Registered DFE 891, the austere colour scheme is relieved by a white stripe running across the front and the sides of the vehicle with the serial number 5298 W and British Railways printed within the stripe along the sides. The interior brown wood effect slatted seats configuration includes a raised section with four seats on each side at the rear of the bus. Not too that this model comes with the small headlight option.

Road Name History: British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages between 1994 and 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission, it became an independent statutory corporation in 1962 designated as the British Railways Board.

British Rail designed and manufactured rolling stock from 1948 to 1989, at which time its subsidiary British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) was privatised.

1997 marked the end of the privatization effort in which the last assets of British Rail were sold to 31 regional freight and passenger operators as well as Railtrack (which was later brought under public control as Network Rail), which was given the track and infrastructure.

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Manufacturer Information: Established in 1993, Oxford Diecast is a British Company that specializes in high-quality die-cast metal vehicles. Produced in various scales, the firm's models are marketed as collector items, gifts, and promotional products. Their largest production goes to OO scale (1:76) and in 2015 they introduced railway products under 'Oxford Rail' brand.
Their N-scale collection is using the 1:148 scale ratio as most British manufacturers.