Darstaed is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive agreement with the A1 Locomotive Trust, owners of the first brand new mainline steam engine locomotive to be built in the British Isles in 50 years, to manufacture and jointly market a three rail gauge O model of Tornado. Shamrock Trains is delighted with this development as this will provide a very high level of visibility to the gauge O ready to run hobby. The first two liveries will be factory grey and BR apple green as it is currently running and any future liveries the A1 Trust may adopt. Darstaed will also offer a range of Peppercorn A1s which will differ slightly from Tornado. The price of the Tornado will be around £850.

Click here if you would like to be notified when the Tornado and the A1 Peppercorns become available.

Darstaed’s first ‘Tinplate Collection’ offer will feature a highly versatile 2-6-2 tank locomotive that can be used for a variety of traffic duties and is accompanied by a matching set of non-corridor stock. Darstaed has created new ground with these rather stylish suburban non-corridor coaches that certainly capture the mood from the early part of the previous century. The five coach sets include two brake, two 3rd class and one 1st class or composite coach. All coaches have plastic seating interiors, central lighting and rear lamp on one brake.

2-6-2 locomotive price £325.00 (+P&P) Five coach set price £325.00 (+P&P)

London Brighton & South Coast Railway (LBSCR) 2-6-2T locomotive order
London Brighton & South Coast Railway (LBSCR) five coach set order

Great Western Railway (GWR) 2-6-2T locomotive order
Great Western Railway (GWR) five coach set with clerestory roofs order

London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) 0-6-0 J19 locomotive order
London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) five coach set with clerestory roofs order

London & North Western Railway (LNWR) 2-6-2T locomotive order
London & North Western Railway (LNWR) five coach set order

London, Scottish & Midland Railway (LMS), Maroon 2-6-2T locomotive order
London, Scottish & Midland Railway (LMS), Black with red lining 2-6-2T locomotive order
London, Scottish & Midland Railway (LMS) five coach set order
London, Scottish & Midland Railway (LMS) five coach set with clerestory roofs order

Caledonian Railway (CR) 2-6-2T locomotive order
Caledonian Railway (CR) five coach set with clerestory roofs order

London & South Western Railway (LSWR) 2-6-2T locomotive order
London & South Western Railway (LSWR) five coach set order

South East & Chatham Railway (SECR) 2-6-2T locomotive order
South East & Chatham Railway (SECR) five coach set order

Southern Railway (SR) 2-6-2T locomotive order
Southern Railway (SR) five coach set order

British Railways (BR Brunswick Green, late crest) 2-6-2T locomotive order
British Railways (BR Maroon) five coach set order

In the second stage of 2-6-2T locomotive and non-corridor coach production Darstaed will manufacturer the following railway company liveries.

Great Central Railway (GCR) 2-6-2T locomotive order
Great Central Railway (GCR) five coach set with clerestory roofs order

Great Eastern Railway (GER) 2-6-2T blue painted locomotive order
Great Eastern Railway (GER) five coach set with clerestory roofs order

Metropolitan Railway (METRO) 2-6-2T locomotive order
Metropolitan Railway (METRO) five coach set order

London Transport (LT) 2-6-2T locomotive order
London Transport (LT) five coach set order

To accompany the Darstaed British Railways 2-6-2Ts, the ACE BR Brunswick Green and the gloss lined black versions of the 4-4-0 Schools Class and the Bassett-Lowke BR gloss lined black Maunsel 2-6-0 Class N, there will be a new set of BR Southern Region non-corridor green coaches.

British Railways (BR Southern Region green) five coach set order

In addition, there will be an extra batch of 2-6-2T locomotives in the following liveries with new numbering.

Great Western Railway (GWT) II order
Southern Railway (SR) green II order
London, Scottish & Midland Railway (LMS) maroon order
Caledonian Railway (CR) with new chimney order
Southern Railway (SR) malachite green order
Southern Railway (SR) black gold letters green wheels order
Southern Railway (SR) black green wheels brass dome order
London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) green order
Midland Railway order

The first of Darstaed’s new 40 cm continental Marklin style coaches will be the Night Ferry. Full details of this special sleeper service set appear below. However, the Night Ferry (Paris-Londres Ferry Boat de Nuit) will be just the first in a whole series of planned continental 40 cm coaches based on the finest offerings from both the Markin and earlier Darstaed production era. This will include CIWL Pullman blue and cream liveried coaches used to make up special continental express train services such as the French half of the Golden Arrow (Fleche D’Or), the Blue Train (Train Bleu) to the Mediterranean coast and the earlier brown and cream coaches of the Istanbul bound Orient Express. These wonderful coaches can be run with an assortment of MTH continental steam and electric locomotives.

Above Right: 'The Night Ferry' courtesy of artist Malcolm Root

A first in the history of British and continental O gauge tinplate, the unique London to Paris (and Brussels) Night Ferry (Paris-Londres Ferry Boat de Nuit) service set will be Darstaed’s first tinplate European style rolling stock. The Night Ferry incorporated CIWL sleeper cars used on both sides of the channel. Why not recreate the magic of the London to Paris Night Ferry service with this very special edition? The Night Ferry will comprise a rake of sleeping cars together with NORD and SNCF mail and baggage vans which operated on Southern and continental rails alike.

Detailed design work is now underway, lined drawings and other details of the CIWL sleeping cars will be provided during the year. And if you can’t wait then one of these very special sleeping cars (No: 3792 from 1936) can be seen in real life at the National Railway Museum in York.

And if you’re looking for suitable motive power to pull your Darstaed Night Ferry, then ACE Trains E/9 SR Bullied ‘West Country’ and ‘Battle of Britain’ Spam Cans will provide the ideal solution. As the Night Ferry was frequently doubled-headed other visitors for this service could include the ACE E/10 4-4-0 Schools class and Hornby Bassett-Lowke’s Maunsell 2-6-0 N Class locomotives as the perfect accompaniment. For continental operators you will not have to go much further than MTH’s Nord and SNCF liveried Chapelon Pacific locomotives to power the Night Ferry in to Europe.

Shamrock Trains through its unique relationships with Darstaed, MTH and ACE Trains is able to help model railway operators and collectors alike to recreate the era of boat-train services to Europe and beyond by reproducing many of the well known express train services of the time. Darstaed over the following years will launch a wide variety of very special European continental coaches and some as very unique and collectable sets. To borrow the phraseology of the above 1928 poster Shamrock Trains is really the ‘Gateway to the Continent’ for gauge O ready to run trains.

The Night Ferry will be a very special edition – its likely to be much sought after that will appeal to both British and continental operators alike. We, therefore, recommend that you place your interest now to guarantee a set once they are available.

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The Darstaed ‘Express Dairy – Milk for London’ tanker in royal blue is now available. Designed in the classic style these tankers will look superb with your London bound express trains, mixed traffic or simply as a goods service. They come with with finely detailed chassis and incorporate sprung buffers, cast spoked wheels, interchangeable drop link couplings and suitable for both two and three rail running.
£39.00 (+P&P)
Milk Tanker order

These powerful and colourful designed vans from Darstaed are based on station and bridge advertising boards sold by Bassett-Lowke in the period from 1904 to 1915. The professionally designed advertising artwork produced on the van sides really captures the spirit of the time when typography was far more important than the visual image of today’s branded products.

Darstaed’s private label style vans represent first class value. There are only 500 of each of the ten designs available world-wide. This first batch of ten will form part of a total of 30 advertising designs that captured the essence of British and Irish life during the first half of the 20th Century. These will be released over a two year period and will not be repeated again. Be sure to place your order soon to ensure that you are not disappointed.

The private label vans are produced with finely detailed chassis and will incorporate sprung buffers, cast spoked wheels, interchangeable drop link couplings and suitable for both two and three rail running. These vans will add colour to your freight trains but, more importantly, will complement the new range of Darstaed O gauge 2-6-2 tank locomotives and the vintage non-corridor suburban coaches that are coming in the late autumn.

Darstaed’s private label style vans have been competitively priced at £45.00 each (+P&P).

Wright’s Coal Tar Soap order	Bass Beer order

Wood Milne Rubber Heels order	The Captain Magazine order

Spratt’s Dog Foods order	Rowntree’s Elect Cocoa order

Rocket Lubricating Oil order	Henry Murton order

Melrose’s Teas order	Burgoyne’s Wines order

 

Darstaed’s Brighton Belle, the world’s first all-Pullman all-electric service is now available for purchase. Wallow in the golden hazy glow of the past with our beautifully crafted version of this famous train. The Brighton Belle was the country’s premier electric train and almost at once became the most famous electric multiple-unit in the world. The Brighton Belle was characterised by its plush decor, deep armchairs and pink lampshades and for providing a regular and timely service to the south coast in style. Darstaed’s evocative and distinctive five car Pullman service certainly looks the part.

Inspired by the fabulous artwork of the Leeds Model Company, the composition of the five-coach Brighton Belle is based on Unit 3051 and is the standard model. Sets 3052 and 3053 are also available to buy at no extra cost. Unit 3051 comprises motor brake third 88, kitchen firsts Hazel and Doris, parlour third 86 and motor brake third 89. Available initially in three rail format with interior lighting powered through a pick-up in the motor coach. An AC/DC version and a two rail version will be available at a later date. An additional set of ivory or pewter grey roofs is available at a cost of £30.00. This special Brighton Belle set in either Southern or BR era days will be on your layout to speed you to London by the Sea in luxury.

Brighton Belle - Set A
No 3051 is composed of motor brake third 89, trailer third 86, trailer first kitchen cars Doris and Hazel, motor brake third 88.
Price £495.00 (+P&P)
order (ivory roof)
order (pewter grey roof)

Brighton Belle - Set B
No 3052 is composed of motor brake third 91, trailer third 87, trailer first kitchen cars Audrey and Vera, motor brake third 90. Audrey and Vera are Pullman cars on today’s Orient Express.
Price £495.00 (+P&P)
order (ivory roof)
order (pewter grey roof)

Brighton Belle - Set C
No 3053 is composed of motor brake third 93, trailer third 85, trailer first kitchen cars Mona and Gwen, motor brake third 92. Gwen is a Pullman car on today’s Orient Express.
Price £495.00 (+P&P)
order (ivory roof)
order (pewter grey roof)

 

Based on the illustrious era of Pullman cars from the mid 1920s to the early 30s, Shamrock Trains offers a total of nine exclusive Darstaed Pullman sets. These Pullman trains can be run with a wide variety of ready to run locomotives. The exquisite 35 cm coach sets reflect the many memorable named Pullman trains found operating across Britain and Ireland during the pre and post war years. These include:

• The Golden Arrow
• Torbay Pullman Limited/Bournemouth Belle
• Devon Belle
• Cunarder
• Queen of Scots
• Yorkshire Pullman
• Tees/Tyne Pullman
• South Wales Pullman
• Irish Pullman

Each Pullman set comes with a coach roof named Pullman train and destination boards. Available with ivory or pewter grey roofs and initially in three rail format with interior lighting powered through a common pick-up in the brake end coach. Other features include AC/DC 20 volts compatible and new rigid compensating bogies (without the screw on the side) with insulated wheels making them suitable for either two or three rail running. A two rail format for lighting will be developed at a later stage. Pullman cars will also work with Darstaed’s new planned coach production; these coaches will operate in a similar fashion incorporating individual coach interiors, central coach lighting and rear lamp found on the brake or full parcel van. A common pickup spoon for three rail will be located in the brake coach or parcels van.

Individual Pullman cars will be offered at a later date at a price of £89.00.

SET A Golden Arrow circa 1929, early 1930s (Southern era)

Our Golden Arrow set recreates the luxury ten car Pullman service that linked London with Paris. At Dover passengers took the ferry to Calais and then on to Paris with the Flèche d’Or train of the Chemin de Fer du Nord company (and later SNCF). Typically, the British hauled service was headed by Lord Nelson class locomotives and took just 98 minutes to travel between London and Dover. Following WW2 an all-Pullman train (running with pre-war Pullman stock plus an additional twelve-wheeled bar car called Trianon) was reintroduced on 15th April 1946. In 1951 a new Pullman set was built to coincide with the Festival of Britain.

PULLMAN SERVICE	DESTINATION BOARD
GOLDEN ARROW 1st kitchen Cecilia 1st kitchen Lydia 1st parlour Onyx 3rd parlour No 194 1st brake parlour Montana Montana also part of the Cunarder train service of the 1950s.	FLÈCHE D’OR and GOLDEN ARROW on side of car

Price £395.00 (+P&P)
order (ivory roof)
order (pewter grey roof)

SET B Torbay Pullman Limited/Bournemouth Belle circa 1929, early 1930s
(GWR and Southern era)

This special set comprises a number of special Pullman train services which used a common Pullman stock originally commissioned by GWR to commence their Pullman services. The Torbay Pullman Limited was a short lived experience having been introduced on 8th July 1929 but withdrawn after the 1930 summer season. The six car all Pullman service ran twice a week (Mondays and Fridays) and was typically headed by Castles or Kings. Considered not to be a success despite its luxury settings and reduced to a three Pullman car service from 1930 which ended after the summer. GWR formally ended their relationship with the Pullman Car Company on 1st January 1931.

Our superb stock of Pullman cars can also be used for the GWR Paddington – Plymouth Ocean Liner Services which was introduced to the timetable in May 1929 but withdrawn in 1930. This again was a short lived service for passengers disembarking at Millbay Docks, Plymouth from ocean liners of Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Cunard White Star and other shipping lines. The Ocean Liner train services used a combination of GWR and Pullman stock – the Pullman stock acting as the first class accommodation.

The western division of Southern Railway acquired the Pullman stock from GWR; the Bournemouth Belle was inaugurated on Sunday, 5th July 1931. Our set recreates the Pullman service which ran to Bournemouth and for a limited period on to Weymouth. It was a Sundays-only summer operation until it became an all-year round service from the summer of 1936. King Arthur and Lord Nelsons were used pre-war from 1931 to 1939. On its reintroduction on 7th October 1947 the Bournemouth Belle was hauled by the superior Merchant Navy class and in later years of the steam service by West Country and Battle of Britain class locomotives. This service was finally withdrawn by BR on 9th July 1967.

PULLMAN SERVICE	DESTINATION BOARD
TORBAY PULLMAN LIMITED 1st kitchen Loraine 1st parlour Eunice 1st kitchen Evadne 1st parlour Juana 1st brake parlour Juno	PADDINGTON, NEWTON ABBOT, TORQUAY, PAIGNTON

This set includes an additional set of coach roof boards

PULLMAN SERVICE	DESTINATION BOARD
BOURNEMOUTH BELLE	WATERLOO, SOUTHAMPTON, BOURNEMOUTH

Price £395.00 (+P&P)
order (ivory roof)
order (pewter grey roof)

SET C Devon Belle late 1940s (Southern and BR era)

Our set captures the hazy summer days of the late 1940s. The Devon Belle introduced on 20th June 1947 was comprised entirely of Pullman cars. Southern and later BR Southern region also ran a number of Pullman cars as part of other scheduled express services out of Waterloo to the West Country. A variety of motive power headed the Devon Belle including Merchant Navy class Bullied Pacific locomotives down to Exeter Central and Light Pacifics for the two western journey extensions. The Devon Belle was not a commercial success with the Plymouth portion being dropped in 1949 and the entire service withdrawn following the 1954 summer season.

PULLMAN SERVICE	DESTINATION BOARD
DEVON BELLE 1st kitchen Fingall 1st parlour Minerva 3rd/2nd kitchen No 32 3rd/2nd parlour No 35 3rd/2nd brake parlour No 65 Minerva now part of Venice Simplon-Orient Express and Fingall part of the Blue Bell line	WATERLOO, ILFRACOMBE

Price £395.00 (+P&P)
order (ivory roof)
order (pewter grey roof)

SET D Cunarder early – mid 1950s (BR era, southern region)

Our unique set represents the zenith of Ocean liner services. The Cunarder luxury Pullman express service commenced 2nd July 1952 and ran between London Waterloo and Southampton Docks connecting with the legendary R.M.S. Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth ocean liners. Pullman services also ran into Southampton Docks for other Cunard ships and for liners of other major shipping lines. These Ocean liner trains included The Statesman connecting with the S.S. United States and also Pullman cross-channel boat trains such as The Normandy Express which commenced on 3rd March 1952.

PULLMAN SERVICE	DESTINATION BOARD
CUNARDER 1st kitchen Rosamund 1st kitchen Argus 1st parlour Agatha 2nd parlour No 74 2nd brake parlour No 69	QUEEN MARY, QUEEN ELIZABETH

Price £395.00 (+P&P)
order (ivory roof)
order (pewter grey roof)

SET E Queen of Scots late 1920s – early 1930s (LNER era)

Our Queen of Scots set is the first of our LNER series that represents the service introduced in May 1928 which lasted initially until the declaration of war in 1939. If you are looking for a new ready to run locomotive to pull the Queen of Scots Pullman then the Hornby Bassett-Lowke LNER 4-6-2 Class A1 Flying Fox is the perfect answer. Starting life as The Harrogate Pullman in 1923, this service was extended to Scotland in 1925 gaining the unofficial title of the ‘Edinburgh Pullman’ until the position was changed officially when The Harrogate Pullman became titled as The Queen of Scots. This serviced reversed out at Leeds and continued on to Harrogate and stations to Scotland. The Queen of Scots (like all Kings Cross based Pullman services) used extensively the new build of 1928 Pullman cars.

PULLMAN SERVICE	DESTINATION BOARD
QUEEN OF SCOTS 1st kitchen Joan 1st parlour Zena 1st kitchen Aurelia 3rd parlour No 194 3rd brake parlour No 77 Joan originally part of Torbay Pullman Limited / Bournemouth Belle	KINGS CROSS, LEEDS, HARROGATE, DARLINGTON, NEWCASTLE, EDINBURGH, GLASGOW

Price £395.00 (+P&P)
order (ivory roof)
order (pewter grey roof)

SET F Yorkshire Pullman mid 1930s (LNER era)

Our Yorkshire Pullman set recreates the service which commenced life in 1935 and ran initially up until 3rd September 1939. A Hull section of this train was detached at Doncaster and a Halifax bound section was detached at Bradford. The Yorkshire Pullman service recommenced on 4th November 1946 and lasted in various train formats until 5th May 1978. Faster running times required towards the end of the 1950s meant that the 1928 stock was gradually replaced with a new generation of 44 Pullman cars delivered in 1960 and 61.

PULLMAN SERVICE	DESTINATION BOARD
YORKSHIRE PULLMAN 1st kitchen Belinda 3rd kitchen No 171 1st parlour Sheila 3rd parlour No 64 3rd brake parlour No 248	KINGS CROSS, DONCASTER, LEEDS, BRADFORD, (DONCASTER HULL), (BRADFORD HALIFAX)

Price £395.00 (+P&P)
order (ivory roof)
order (pewter grey roof)

SET G Tees/Tyne Pullman late 1940s – early 1950s (BR eastern region era)

Our BR era set was introduced on 27th September 1948 and ran as a regular long distance service until 1976. Apart from the Golden Arrow, The Tees/Tyne Pullman was one of the first services to operate with a bar carriage. There were many examples of A4 locomotives heading this particular train service but also Peppercorn A1s and Thompson A2s in the years after the war. Diesels took over motive power in the 1960s as steam was gradually withdrawn. Older Pullman stock was gradually taken out of service by 1965. Later Pullman cars were used extensively until this service ended on 30th April 1976.

PULLMAN SERVICE	DESTINATION BOARD
TEES-TYNE PULLMAN 1st kitchen Aries 2nd kitchen No 303 1st parlour Ursula 2nd parlour No 66 2nd brake parlour No 82	KINGS CROSS, LEEDS, NEWCASTLE

Price £395.00 (+P&P)
order (ivory roof)
order (pewter grey roof)

SET H South Wales Pullman late 1950s (BR western region era)

Our set recreates the BR Western region Pullman service that was first introduced on 13th June 1955. This new scheduled service introduced Pullman facilities back to former GWR rails. The service was enthusiastically received by BR managers who were determined to forget the shenanigans and antipathy exhibited towards Pullman services by former GWR staff. There were many examples of Castle Class locomotives heading this service but diesel traction took over in later years.

PULLMAN SERVICE	DESTINATION BOARD
SOUTH WALES PULLMAN 1st kitchen Chloria 2nd kitchen No 171 1st parlour Onyx 2nd parlour No 84 2nd brake parlour No 67	PADDINGTON, CARDIFF, SWANSEA

Price £395.00 (+P&P)
order (ivory roof)
order (pewter grey roof)

SET I Irish Pullman set (Great Southern and CIE era)
Pullman services were introduced to Ireland by The Great Southern Railway. Four new 3rd class kitchen cars were acquired and moved to Ireland in 1926. Normal running of Pullman cars in Ireland was two kitchen cars together but running with a rake of Great Southern or later CIE coaches. Sets of Great Southern and CIE coaches will be produced with a brake coach providing lighting through the normal spoon pickup. Alternatively, an unnumbered Pullman break parlour car is offered for an inclusive price of £395.00. Please contact Shamrock Trains for this option.

PULLMAN SERVICE	DESTINATION BOARD
3rd kitchen 100 3rd kitchen 101 3rd kitchen 102 3rd kitchen 103	DUBLIN, CORK DUBLIN, LIMERICK DUBLIN, SLIGO

Price £395.00 (+P&P)
order (ivory roof)
order (pewter grey roof)