EFE Rail 1959 Stock train pack (OO gauge)

[pauluni]

The LTM has announced an exclusive train pack. Full details www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/ug-1959-stock-4-car-model-set

As today is the Bachmann announcement day there may be additional models announced in the next hour.

[spsmiler]

Well I suppose that its not surprising that this is happening, as the non-motorised models have already been available to buy.

But what next?

Standard Stock? Gate Stock?

2024 tube stock?

[brigham]

Gate stock, hopefully, seeing as how the 'real thing' is unlikely to be ressurected.

[metman]

I doubt there would be much of a market for gate stock to make it worth the expense of production.

I expect we may see 2024 stock in the future if it is rolled out over several lines but it would be a real challenge to build in 4mm scale especially with the cantilevers.

My bet would be 1967/72 stock for tube trains and perhaps bogie stock for the sub surface trains.

We might see Dreadnoughts but I wonder if a stock that is still used at events might take priority?

[grumpycat]

Nov 1, 2023 22:37:25 GMT metman said:

I doubt there would be much of a market for gate stock to make it worth the expense of production.

I expect we may see 2024 stock in the future if it is rolled out over several lines but it would be a real challenge to build in 4mm scale especially with the cantilevers.

My bet would be 1967/72 stock for tube trains and perhaps bogie stock for the sub surface trains.

We might see Dreadnoughts but I wonder if a stock that is still used at events might take priority?

I can see the 2024 stock being done in OO eventually since it's gonna be quite significant like the S stock

[jimbo]

A 5-car version for the Waterloo & City seems a possibility. 3-car would be a minimum given the wheel-less intermediate cars.

[metman]

I would imagine a 5 car formation would be suitable for most layouts being a similarish length to a 4 car train of S Stock.

Additional Motor/Bridging pairs would probably be available to lengthen trains like the S stock.

I wonder if any other releases using the chassis will be produced like the Isle of Wight two car sets?

[jimbo]

A W&C 5-car train would have 3 conventional cars with 2 wheel-less cars between, so two coupled would be 6+4=10 cars. The current W&C 4-car trains are half a Central Line train, but the next Central Line trains will be 11 cars, i.e. 6+5. So the coming W&C trains will be shorter than the current ones, which were shorter that the Southern Railway trains they replaced! The Picc build is 5+4=9 cars which is slightly shorter than the current Bakerloo 7-car trains, but much longer than the 6-car trains they will replace.