31-066 NER E (J71) 317 LNER Lined Black Steam Tank Locomotive no-options and a more prominent notch

and a more prominent notch for the end step on the B-end was added

Thanks to the illustrated building instructions and the decals for the authentic look

Wheel pick-ups on all wheels

From its launch in 1981 right up the present day

and conductive couplings with integral close-coupling mechanisms are employed between the four cars to allow a single DCC decoder to be used to control the whole unit

31-066 NER E (J71) 317 LNER Lined Black Steam Tank Locomotive no-options and a more prominent notchThe 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