- Bachmann Branchline
Bachmann Branchline is a brand name of
Bachmann Industries used for British outline00 gauge model railway s.Bachmann, a US company founded in 1835, had been purchased by Kader Industries in 1987. Kader had previously produced models for
Palitoy under the 'Mainline' brand. Palitoy required its manufacturers to produce and retain ownership of the toolings and Kader had used the toolings and added new ones for models commissioned by Replica Railways following the demise of Mainline.Kader formed Bachmann Industries Europe in 1989 and the following year launched the Bachmann Branchline range for the British market with the moulds that had previously been used for Mainline and Replica.
From this starting point Bachmann have developed the range further and now produce a large range of models competing in particular with Hornby.
Items
Bachmann are known for their consistent quality of model trains. Many of their trains include NEM pockets, so that you change a standard coupler to a close coupling systems (such as
Kadee s.)Models Produced
The following models have been produced, or announced by Bachmann Branchlines:
Diesel locomotive sSteam locomotive sRivals
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Hornby Railways - Bachmann and Hornby are the two largest OO manufacturers
*Dapol - Produce wagons in OO
*Heljan - Produce a number of locomotives and wagons
*Vi Trains - Recently started producing OO locomotivesReferences
External links
* [http://www.bachmann.co.uk/price1.php4?prod_selected=branchline Bachmann Branchline pages on the Bachmann Europe website]
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