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Single Motor Castles

ACE announce that in order to simplify construction of the current E 7 range as from March 15th 2008 the single motor version fitted with the ACE/Mills motor will sell at £695. Any remaining stock of the original two motored version will continue to be priced at £750.

There is some reduction in the weight of the ACE/Mills version and a slight reduction in torque characteristics under heavy loads at low speed.

Picture shows General arrangement of ACE/Mills single motor assembly as fitted to all current E/7s. A few twin motored examples in BR remain in stock but are now discontinued.

Lastest from the factory

The long awaited Hornby BO BO chassis kit undergoing tests in Bangkok.

 

Development of the C/15 Pullman series proceeds with full litho printing scheduled for early summer. Deliveries commence this summer. 

Preliminary fitting of the cylinder and slide bar for the upcoming French E/3F range.

Rolling stock production schedule for 2008. Prices and release dates to be announced later.

C/1F PLM Five Coach Set

Comprising of Postal, Car, Baggage Car and three Passenger Cars.

 

C/15 Pullman Coaches

Consists of three 3 coach sets (A), (B), & (C) and two singles as follows

Set (A)

3rd. Brake No.65, 3rd. Parlour Car No. 66, 1st. Kitchen ‘Iolanthe’.

Set (B)

3rd. Brake No. 62. 3rd. Kitchen No. 68, 1st. Parlour Car ‘Eunice’.

Set (C)

3rd. Parlour Car 73, 1st. Kitchen ‘Fingall’, 1st. Parlour Car ‘Agatha’.

Singles.

1st Parlour Car ‘Lorraine’, 1st Kitchen ‘Thelma’.

 

C/16 5BEL Brighton Belle No 3052

Consists of Motor/Brake No. 88, 3rd. Parlour Car No. 86, 1st. Kitchen ‘Doris’, 1st. Kitchen ‘Hazel' Motor/Brake No. 89.

Powered by the existing well-proven and reliable ACE EMU power bogie.

 

C/17 4CEP/4BEP No. 7153

Will be sold as a two-coach unit supplied with additional ACE EMU couplings for the customer to fit to two existing ACE C/13(S) coaches of their choice.

 

C/18 LMS 40cm coaches

Consist of two 3 coach sets and 2 singles

Set (A)

All 3rd No. 8953, All 1st No. 1083, Brake 3rd No. 5769.

Set (B)

All 3rd No. 1935, Compo No. 3953, Brake 1st. 5062.

Singles

All 3rd No. 8953, Dinning coach No. 125, Kitchen coach No. 30078 (this coach is 35cm long).

 

G/2 Vans Sets 1, 2, 3 & 4.

New four sets of  x 3 vans per set as follows and all sets will retail at £80 inc. Vat. plus P&P.

Set 1

LNER Bauxite

LNWR  grey   

ACE  blue       

Set 2

SR Banana  brown       

BR XP  Bauxite      

SR MEAT Cream 

Set 3

SR  Brown           

CR light blue      

GWR  dark grey  

Set 4

GC light grey       

ED dark green      

LMS dark brown   

There is an additional white insul meat van, and this is offered as a substitute for any single van in any one set except the ACE Trains van in set 1 and ED van in set 4.

There will be a small surcharge of £5 for this service. 

 

ACE Trains announce the introduction (November 2008) of a tinprinted Water Tower with a swing hose arm.

The tower is loosely based on the one at Oxford and was the inspiration for Carettes legendary and extremely rare and expensive gauge 0 tower of c1910. Very few of these are known to have survived.

Compatible with all tinplate systems this colourful addition to the continued revival of the tinplate tradition inspired by ACE Trains is part of the ACE bi annual tinprinting schedule which this year includes The Brighton Belle a full range of 1920's Pullmans, eight LMS Stanier coaches, a pair of CEP BR/SR motor coaches and a range of 4-wheeled box vans.

All prices to be announced in summer via press adverts and web site.