31-065 NER E (J71) 495 NER Lined Green & Maroon Steam Tank Locomotive Class-60 which makes it an impressive

which makes it an impressive display piece

The driving cab on the Autocoach meant that the locomotive could be controlled from there and negated the requirement to run the locomotive round at the end of the journey

The model is inspired by Woody Bay Station on the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway

This necessitated large windows on both ends of the coach

Early repaints had a lighter shade of blue

31-065 NER E (J71) 495 NER Lined Green & Maroon Steam Tank Locomotive Class-60 which makes it an impressiveThe North Eastern Railway E Class 0 6 0T, later the LNER J71, was the forerunner to the E1 (LNER J72) and whilst models of the E1 have famously been made by Bachmann and its predecessor Mainline Railways for almost 50 years, the NER E Class has never been produced in OO Scale, until now! Drawing inspiration from the all new Branchline E1 model that was launched to great acclaim just a few years ago, the new E Class employs a wealth of new tooling to