🏗️ EFE Rail Plasser YOB Cranes In Stock Now

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Plasser Crane
Plasser Crane
Plasser Crane
Plasser Crane

EFE Rail's highly anticipated new range of Plasser 12 ton General Purpose Cranes (GPCs) have now arrived in stock, with three models available!


The new EFE Rail model brings this important piece of On Track Plant (OTP) to OO scale for the first time. With extensive detailing to be found throughout the model, the true character of these versatile vehicles is captured resulting in a stunning model suited to any layout set in the 1970s onwards. 


With a high level of decoration including the many markings and safety warnings seen on the prototype, each model is also supplied with an accessory pack containing a set of bufferbeam parts – these can be fitted if the standard coupling is removed first. Removal of the couplings is simple thanks to the use of NEM coupling pockets, which are attached via close-coupling mechanisms. 


Being unmotorised, each bogie is fitted with metal wheelsets mounted on pin-point axles, with the wheel tyres decorated accordingly. The crane itself is modelled in the stowed position.

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Product Features

Highly detailed model with many separate parts including handrails, gates, handles, pipework, lamp irons and more

Intricate decoration with many marking and safety warnings as seen on the prototypes

Accessory pack with optional extra bufferbeam parts

NEM standard tension lock couplings

Model is unmotorised. Each bogie is fitted with metal wheelsets with pin-point axles.

Crane modelled in the stowed position

Prototype Information

Plasser crane
Image by Dan Adkins

The YOB diesel-hydraulic cranes were developed in the mid 1970s and were largely used for relaying track at sites all over the country. With a safe working load of 12 tons, they were compact enough to allow them to be used without disrupting traffic on neighbouring lines. Whilst our models are unpowered, the real cranes were self-propelled to allow them to be easily moved around sites, although they were generally transported to the sites as part of larger engineering trains.

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