Bachmann Branchline

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Bachmann Branchline is a brand name of Bachmann Industries used for British outline OO scale model railways.

U.K. Prototype model of an OO scale (1:76.2) British Railway Class 25 shown with 5 pence for size

Bachmann, a US company founded in 1835, had been purchased by Kader Industries in 1987. Kader had previously produced models for Palitoy under the 'Mainline' brand. Palitoy required its manufacturers to produce and retain ownership of the toolings and Kader had used the toolings and added new ones for models commissioned by Replica Railways following the demise of Mainline.

Kader formed Bachmann Industries Europe in 1989 and the following year launced the Bachmann Branchline range for the British market with the moulds that had previously been used for Mainline and Replica.

From this starting point Bachmann have developed the range further and now produce a large range of models competing in particular with Hornby.

Bachmann are known for their consistent quality of model trains.

[edit] Models That They Make

They currently make the following models: Class 66, Class 37, Class 20

[edit] External links

• Bachmann Branchline pages on the Bachmann Europe website

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