Interested in the LNWR? Recreate the heady days of  pre-grouping steam era trains of the London & North Western Railway  with  Rails of Sheffield!  

We have many products from the  LNWR  available to order now with many more due in the future - providing plenty of opportunities for modelling  accurate freight and passenger trains  from this popular railway company.

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world. 

Dubbed the "Premier Line" , the LNWR's main line connected four of the largest cities in England; London , Birmingham , Manchester and Liverpool , and, through cooperation with their Scottish partners, the Caledonian Railway also connected Scotland's largest cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Today this route is known as the West Coast Main Line. The LNWR's network also extended into Wales and Yorkshire. 

In 1923, it became a constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish (LMS) railway, and, in 1948, the London Midland Region of British Railways. 

It's really easy to recreate trains from this era & region with Rails of Sheffield!  

We have a number of locomotives, coaches and wagons available now with more due in the future. What's more there have been many LNWR items produced in the past too, such as the Bachmann "Improved Precedent" and "Webb Coal Tank" which you may already have in your collection or can pick up from our preowned section where available.

The London & North Western Railway (LNWR) was known as the Premier Line and one of its premier freight locomotives, in terms of power and ability at least, was the G2 Class. This Bachmann Branchline model brings the G2 to OO Scale with a high fidelity rendition of the early-twentieth century powerhouse. 

The model employs a diecast running plate, along with further metal components to provide an impressive weight ensuring the model’s strength and power match its prototype’s.  

DCC Ready: £149.95 / DCC Sound: £239.95 

Towards the end of the nineteenth century the corridor revolution was in full swing and the LNWR , as the largest railway company in Britain at the time, began building corridor coaches en masse. The first 50ft Arc Roof coaches arrived before the turn of the century and were some of the company’s most successful. 

Bachmann's wonderful models of these coaches are available now in the exquisite LNWR claret and white colour scheme. With a comprehensive tooling suite, each of the four vehicle types can be modelled in various configurations depicting coaches at various points during their working lives.  

£93.45 each

Rapido's forthcoming new range of prototypically literate Evolution Bogie Coache s will provide the ultimate way to produce LNWR region express and local passenger trains - they're perfect to run on their own or mix in along with other LNWR coaching stock such as Bachmann's Arc Roof examples above. 

These newly tooled models will feature exquisite livery application, many accurate tooling variations and even full interior detail and working lighting.  

Single: £59.45 / 3-Pack: £169.95 

The new Rapido Trains UK OO Gauge LNWR wagons  will feature body tooling variants to cover the D84 4-Plank Open Goods Wagon and D90 Loco Coal Wagon variants. There are also versions of both models with either flush or overlapping side strapping. 

In 1904 the London & North Western Railway sought to increase the payload of its general merchandise open wagons and they turned to their new wagon superintendent, H.D Earl. His proposed new design increased the standard length of general merchandise open wagons to 18ft. Introduced as a replacement for the shorter Diagram 9 Open Wagons, the new wagons would retain the same side-doored 4-plank design of their predecessor. With the additional 2 feet of internal length, the new Diagram 84s proved successful.  

£27.95 each 

Complete a rake of LNWR wagons with Rapido's forthcoming 'Crystal Palace' Diagram 17B brake vans in OO Gauge! A total of 539 vans were built to this diagram, each carrying the number of their condemned predecessor. 

As a general-use van and as they were built in such quantities, the ‘Crystal Palace’ brake van could be seen across the LNWR network . Its reach expanded upon LMS ownership, and furthermore when a number of them survived into the days of nationalisation.  

£39.90 each 

You never know what treasures you might find in our  pre-owned section!  There are plenty of other wonderful  LNWR items  that have been produced in the past that sometimes pop up from time to time in  preowned collections  - such as our previous  exclusive Bachmann "Improved Precedent"  and the  Bachmann "Webb Coal Tank"  to name ut a few.

While the modern-day "LNWR"  cannot trace its lineage back to the original company - the name and railways of the region live on and we have models available that cover the current era too - including Bachmann's forthcoming Class 350 in LNWR livery.    

DCC Ready: £399.45 / DCC Sound: £484.45