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HELJAN CLASS 86/6

It was in May of last year when I got the opportunity to inspect Heljan’s revisited OO gauge Class 86 tooling, depicting the Class in its as-built condition for our July 2021 issue. Less than a year later, the manufacturer has continued its planned release of the models, with the final form of the locomotives in their 86/4 and 86/6 guises now arriving with customers.

These new models feature design improvements from its Class 86/0 and represent the mixed-traffic 86/4 and

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