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Bachmann - 77091 - Brake Van, 20-Ton, Epoch III - Great Western - 56831

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Stock Number77091
Original Retail Price$39.00
BrandBachmann
ManufacturerBachmann
Body StyleThomas & Friends
PrototypeBrake Van, 20-Ton, Epoch III
Road or Company NameGreat Western (Details)
Reporting MarksGW
Road or Reporting Number56831
Paint Color(s)Grey & Silver
Print Color(s)White
Paint SchemeToad the Brake Van
Coupler TypeOther
Coupler MountBody-Mount
Wheel TypeNickel-Silver Plated Metal
Kit Material(s)Injection Molded Plastic
Announcement Date2022-08-12
Release Date2023-01-01
Item CategoryPassenger Trains
Model TypeSteam
Model SubtypeThomas & Friends
Model VarietyBrake Van, 20-Ton
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: THOMAS & FRIENDS™ TOAD - Toad is Oliver's brake van. They were both saved from the scrap yard by Douglas and are very grateful to him. Toad has been completely refurbished and now works happily alongside Oliver on Duck's branch line. Toad is a standard 20-ton GWR brake van design, and is the equivalent of an American-style caboose. Bachmann carefully reproduces your favorite Thomas & Friends™ characters. All rolling stock features realistic character faces (where applicable), highly detailed, realistic plastic body shells, all-metal wheels, and international-style hook-and-loop couplers
Road Name History:
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838. It was engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who chose a broad gauge of 7 ft (2,134 mm)—later slightly widened to 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm)—but, from 1854, a series of amalgamations saw it also operate 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard-gauge trains; the last broad-gauge services were operated in 1892. The GWR was the only company to keep its identity through the Railways Act 1921, which amalgamated it with the remaining independent railways within its territory, and it was finally merged at the end of 1947 when it was nationalised and became the Western Region of British Railways.

The GWR was called by some "God's Wonderful Railway" and by others the "Great Way Round" but it was famed as the "Holiday Line", taking many people to English and Bristol Channel resorts in the West Country as well as the far south-west of England such as Torquay in Devon, Minehead in Somerset, and Newquay and St Ives in Cornwall. The company's locomotives, many of which were built in the company's workshops at Swindon, were painted a Brunswick green colour while, for most of its existence, it used a two-tone "chocolate and cream" livery for its passenger coaches. Goods wagons were painted red but this was later changed to mid-grey.

Great Western trains included long-distance express services such as the Flying Dutchman, the Cornish Riviera Express and the Cheltenham Spa Express. It also operated many suburban and rural services, some operated by steam railmotors or autotrains. The company pioneered the use of larger, more economic goods wagons than were usual in Britain. It operated a network of road motor (bus) routes, was a part of the Railway Air Services, and owned ships, docks and hotels.

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Brand/Importer Information:
Bachmann Industries (Bachmann Brothers, Inc.) is a Bermuda registered Chinese owned company, globally headquartered in Hong Kong; specializing in model railroading.

Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the home of its North American headquarters, Bachmann is today part of the Kader group, who model products are made at a Chinese Government joint-venture plant in Dongguan, China. Bachmann's brand is the largest seller, in terms of volume, of model trains in the world. Bachmann primarily specializes in entry level train sets, and premium offerings in many scales. The Spectrum line is the high quality, model railroad product line, offered in N, HO, Large Scale, On30, and Williams O gauge all aimed for the hobbyist market. Bachmann is the producer of the famous railroad village product line known as "Plasticville." The turnover for Bachmann model trains for the year ended 31 December 2006 was approximately $46.87 million, a slight increase of 3.36% as compared to 2005.
Item created by: CNW400 on 2022-08-22 09:42:26. Last edited by CNW400 on 2023-12-04 10:32:41

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