Model Rail Accurascale Class 31 Diesel - 116 RAIL Celebrity - from £169.99
First announced in late 2022, Model Rail’s first collaboration with Accurascale has now come to fruition, with the arrival of our exclusive ‘OO’ gauge Class 31 31116 RAIL Celebrity, in its unique British Rail Infrastructure livery. SHOP NOW
The hitherto anonymous Brush Type 2 was chosen to mark the first decade of our sister title RAIL magazine, while wearing BR’s ‘Dutch’ grey/yellow civil engineers’ livery. Initially, the locomotive was named RAIL 1981-1991 in October 1991 but, two years later, it famously gained a one-off Union Pacific Railroad-inspired scheme of harbour mist grey and armour yellow, with twin red bands, with the colour scheme being applied at Derby Etches Park and sponsored by Pete Waterman.
To mark the occasion, 31116 was re-dedicated as RAIL Celebrity, and soon became a cult favourite with enthusiasts, turning up at depot open days and events around the BR network over the following few years.
In between its celebrity outings, Bescot-based 31116 was kept busy hauling engineers’ trains, plus the odd parcels and passenger service, and it carried this striking livery until withdrawal and eventual scrapping in 2003. Thanks to your votes, Accurascale’s Class 31 recently scooped first prize in the ‘OO’ Diesel and Electric Locomotive category in Model Rail’s Model of the Year awards for 2024, and our model of 31116 forms part of the follow-up production run focusing on later BR and post-nationalisation era prototypes.
As well as a wealth of authentic details, the model features an impressive all-round specification, including...
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Five-pole motor, twin flywheels, cardan shafts and helical gears powering outer axles of both bogies
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21pin DCC interface
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Stay Alive supercapacitor power pack for smoother running
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Directional head and tail lights (including single tail light switching option for stabled locomotives)
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Switchable cab and engine room interior lighting, including illuminated driver’s desk
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Optional etched metal nameplates provided
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Optional bufferbeam detail parts supplied, including three-piece snowploughs
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DCC sound-fitted option available, with ESU Loksound V5 decoder and ‘Accurathrash’ dual speaker system
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Kinematic NEM coupler pockets
This production run is strictly limited to 250pc, with each model supplied in special packaging with individually numbered certificates. Models are in stock and available to order now.
DCC ready £169.99 (Model Rail subscribers pay £152.99) SHOP THIS MODEL
DCC sound £269.99 (Model Rail subscribers pay £242.99) SHOP THIS MODEL