We are delighted to let you know that the first of our EXCLUSIVE Accurascale OO Gauge Class 89 electric locomotives have arrived in stock! 

As this shipment is so vast, we have received four variations into stock - in Intercity Executive, Intercity Swallow (Present Day) and GNER liveries. We have now received all of these into stock in both DCC Ready and DCC Sound Fitted forms!

The remaining Original Style Intercity Swallow models are awaiting QC from Accurascale and will follow along as soon as possible.

We have  extremely limited quantities  remaining to order, with some close to selling out now. So we highly recommend that you place your orders now to avoid missing out on this incredible new tooling.

These first releases depict this unique locomotive in three distinct eras - in 1986-1988 Intercity Executive livery, late 90s/ early 2000s GNER schemes and current preserved condition respectively. Each one comes complete with a special collectors box , perfect for display when not in use!

At the Greatest Gathering  we were very fortunate to spend some time with the  real life 89001 and got some pictures of our model with the full size locomotive! Check out our video below with our own Jack Morgan & Richard Watson from Accurascale checking out the 89 and touring the rest of this amazing event.

Designed by Brush Traction and constructed by British Rail Engineering Ltd at Crewe Works in 1986, the unique Class 89 was the prototype for a planned fleet of locomotives that would take over from the HSTs on the electrified ECML and supplement existing motive power on the WCML. 

Unfortunately, British Rail changed its requirements before the locomotive was even completed, eventually ordering Class 90s and 91s instead. The Class 89 design was later considered for Channel Tunnel use, but was superseded by what eventually became the Brush Class 92.

Used as a test bed between 1986 and 1988 on both the East and West Coast routes, it eventually settled into service working between Kings Cross and Leeds. Delivered in the InterCity Executive scheme, it was repainted in the new Swallow livery in December 1988 and named ‘Avocet’ by the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher the following month. It continued in this duty until July 1992 when it was side-lined following a failure.

It was subsequently purchased for preservation and wore de-named Swallow livery until, in a shock move, it was acquired by privatised ECML operator GNER in 1997 to help with a drastic motive power shortage. Repainted into GNER dark blue, it returned to operation on Kings Cross to Leeds and Bradford trains. Withdrawn for a second time in 2001 it joined the AC Locomotive Group’s preserved fleet at the end of 2006 and repainted back into its original InterCity livery the following year.

The Class 89 story does not end there. The ACLG is currently restoring this locomotive back to operational condition with plans to fit it with the necessary equipment for a return to the national network. In December 2021 it announced a partnership with Locomotive Services Ltd to fund the final stages of 89001’s rebuild that will also see the unique machine join LSL’s stunning fleet of main line certified electric locomotives for a period of five years.