Announced in February 2022 to coincide with Bachmann Europe’s Spring 2022 British Railway Announcements, we are delighted to present this Limited Edition N scale BR Mk1 BG ‘Laboratory 23’ No. RDB975547 in the Railway Technical Centre’s revised colour scheme. Based on the Graham Farish N scale Mk1 BG, our model is highly detailed and carries a wonderful rendition of this colourful livery. Fitted with B4 bogies, the model includes NEM coupling pockets mounted on a close coupling mechanism.

MODEL FEATURES:

• Graham Farish N Scale
• Era 8
• Pristine RTC (Revised) livery
• Running No. RDB975547
• NEM Coupling Pockets
• Length 122mm
• Bachmann Collectors Club Limited Edition - 504 Certificated Pieces

 HISTORY

Laboratory 23 began life as a BR Mk1 BG Full Brake and was put into use by the RTC as a generator coach for the POP train – a test bed for the Advanced Passenger Train (APT). Still carrying Blue & Grey livery when first used in the POP train, the vehicle later gained the distinctive Red & Blue livery before being repainted into the colours seen here during the 1980s. With the APT project abandoned in the mid-1980s, the POP train was disbanded and auxiliary vehicles such as Laboratory 23 found use in all manner of tests, essentially being added at any test train that required a generator vehicle to provide a power supply.