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Bachmann’s donations and an exciting winter catalogue revealed

BACHMANNTrains capped off a busy autumn with the November 2 announcement of its winter catalogue that includes several exciting new toolings.

The date of Tuesday, October 18 saw Bachmann Europe pay a visit to the North Norfolk Railway, where rail brand manager Richard Proudman presented Richard Bonnett, director of the 76084 Locomotive Company Limited, with an OO scale model of the BR 4MT mogul.

BR 2-6-0 4MT No. 76084 was outshopped in 1957 and operated in the north west of England until withdrawal in December 1967, moving to Woodham’s scrapyard the following year. After 14 years languishing there, it was bought by enthusiast Phil Rollin in 1982, who moved the locomotive to his back garden in

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