NEW The Titfield Thunderbolt
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Just arriving into stock are the OO Gauge The Titfield Thunderbolt Standard Train Packs!
This release follows on from the recently released Deluxe Train Pack (DCC Sound Fitted).
Standard pack includes Thunderbolt, aka L&MR 0-4-2 Lion (DCC Ready), GWR Diagram AA20 ‘Toad’ Brakevan No. W68740 and ‘Dan’s House’, aka GWR ‘Loriot Y’ No. 41989 with fictitious Victorian coach body.
This release follows on from the recently released Deluxe Train Pack (DCC Sound Fitted).
Standard pack includes Thunderbolt, aka L&MR 0-4-2 Lion (DCC Ready), GWR Diagram AA20 ‘Toad’ Brakevan No. W68740 and ‘Dan’s House’, aka GWR ‘Loriot Y’ No. 41989 with fictitious Victorian coach body.
Standard pack priced at £254.95, order below:
Rapido Trains UK is delighted to reveal a range of models inspired by The Titfield Thunderbolt that will be available in time to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the film’s release in 2023. These will be the most accurate The Titfield Thunderbolt models ever produced and are being developed with full co-operation of STUDIOCANAL, which owns the rights to this seminal railway film.
The Titfield Thunderbolt tells the story of group of villagers determined to save their branch line after British Railways announces its closure. When a rival bus company sabotages the newly acquired train prior to an official inspection, the villagers resurrect the line’s first locomotive, Thunderbolt, and, against great odds, obtain permission to keep their line open.
The story was inspired by the group of enthusiasts, led by Tom Rolt, who took over the 2ft 3in gauge Talyllyn Railway in 1951 and thus kick-started the railway preservation movement. The film was the first of Ealing Studios’ famous ‘Ealing comedies’ to be filmed in colour and it was released in March 1953.
The Titfield Thunderbolt tells the story of group of villagers determined to save their branch line after British Railways announces its closure. When a rival bus company sabotages the newly acquired train prior to an official inspection, the villagers resurrect the line’s first locomotive, Thunderbolt, and, against great odds, obtain permission to keep their line open.
The story was inspired by the group of enthusiasts, led by Tom Rolt, who took over the 2ft 3in gauge Talyllyn Railway in 1951 and thus kick-started the railway preservation movement. The film was the first of Ealing Studios’ famous ‘Ealing comedies’ to be filmed in colour and it was released in March 1953.
The Titfield Thunderbolt Deluxe Train Pack can be ordered above and includes the same loco, wagon and coach body plus a DCC Sound Fitted Thunderbolt 'Lion' Locomotive, plus commemorative booklet on the making of the film, 3 X Modelu 3D-Printed Figures - (Rev. Sam Weech, Squire Gordon Chesterford and Bishop Ollie Matthews), certificate of authenticity. All included in a special presentation box!