Bachmann Europe have just announced a newly tooled range of Class 313 & Class 314 'PEP' electric multiple units in OO Gauge as part of their EFE Rail range!
Full details have now been revealed in Bachmann's Winter 2025 Announcements and pre-orders have now opened for the entire range!
This iconic piece of British Rail Engineering comes to RTR OO Gauge for the first time ever and incorporates the full history from introduction in the 1970s to withdrawal between 2019-2020s. Liveries include BR blue/grey, Network SouthEast, Southern Rail (Coastway & Heritage BR Blue/Grey), Silverlink, West Anglia Great Northern, Network Rail, StrathclydePTE (orange/black and maroon/cream), ScotRail Saltire & 'Trans-Clyde' blue/grey.
This really is a must-have for modellers in both the very South and very North of the UK! We expect these to arrive during Q2 2026 and they're all available to pre-order now.
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Product Features
Highly detailed vehicles with precision moulded bodyshells adorned with separate detailing parts and an extensive collection of underfloor equipment and separately fitted pipework
Intricately detailed centre car with manually poseable metal pantograph
Separate handrails and air conditioning pods where applicable
Twin coreless motors driving each bogie of the centre car
Diecast metal chassis in each car
Plux-22 decoder socket with pre-fitted speaker located in the centre car
Close-fitting electrical conductive couplings between cars - meaning just one decoder is required for the motors and lighting
Both outer cars are fitted with directional lighting, illuminated headcode and destination blinds and high-intensity headlights where applicable.
Outer cars feature cab lighting
All cars feature warm interior lighting as well as door interlock lights
Moulded interiors replicate the different versions of the 3+2 seating used by both classes - including high and low back seat version with defined seat cushions
Prototype Information
CLASS 313 EMU
The British Rail Class 313 is a dual-voltage electric multiple unit (EMU) built by BREL. They were the first production units that were derived from British Rail's 1971 prototype suburban EMU design which, as the BREL 1972 family, eventually encompassed 755 vehicles over five production classes (313, 314, 315, 507 and 508). They were the first second-generation EMUs to be constructed for British Rail and the first British Rail units with both a pantograph for 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead lines and contact shoe equipment for 750 V DC third rail supply.
They were, additionally, the first units in Britain to employ multi-function automatic Tightlock couplers, which include electrical and pneumatic connections allowing the coupling and uncoupling of units to be performed unassisted by the driver whilst in the cab. The Class 313 units are the oldest EMUs on the National Rail network, at 46 years old; they entered service in 1976. The fleet has started to gradually be withdrawn, with Southern & Network Rail expected to be the final operators in 2023. 313201 has been selected for preservation at the NRM.
(Information provided via Wikipedia)
CLASS 314 EMU
The British Rail Class 314 was a class of alternating current electric multiple units (EMUs) built by BREL in 1979. They were the third class of units derived from British Rail's 1971 prototype suburban EMU design which, as the BREL 1972 family, eventually encompassed 755 vehicles over five production classes (313, 314, 315, 507 and 508).The Class 314 fleet was used to operate inner-suburban services on the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport rail network in and around Glasgow, most typically on the Argyle, North Clyde, Cathcart Circle, Paisley Canal and Inverclyde lines. The units, formed of three cars each, worked either independently or in six-car pairs.
Although the fleet had undergone a number of life-extension overhauls and upgrades, they were withdrawn from service in 2018–2019 as a result of non-compliance with the requirements PRM-TSI regulations, which became legally binding at the end of December 2019. They were replaced, for the most part, by cascaded Class 318 and Class 320 units following the introduction of the Class 385 fleet. Following withdrawal, all but one unit was scrapped; the remaining unit has been converted to act as a technology demonstrator using hydrogen-powered fuel cells and was reclassified into Class 614 in October 2021.