Class 60
SERIES 8: Digital Sound - installing Hornby TXS chips
In part two of our Digital Sound video series we start our trilogy of sound installation features by working with the new Hornby Bluetooth Triplex Sound chips. In this video we show how to add an 8-pin chip to a Hornby Class 60, a 21-pin chip to the LMS 'Turbomotive' and a Next18 chip to a TT:120 scale 'A4' 4-6-2 taking you through every step of the journey. Watch today with a FREE member account exclusively on Key Model World.
MIKE WILD and JONATHAN NEWTONCavalex Class 60 EP surfaces
Cavalex Models has received the first Engineering Prototype (EP) sample of its forthcoming newly-tooled ‘OO’ gauge Class 60 diesel.
MARK CHIVERSRails reveals exclusive Cavalex Models Class 60s
Rails of Sheffield has commissioned three exclusive limited editions of Cavalex Models forthcoming ‘OO’ gauge Class 60.
BEN CHURCHREVEALED: Exclusive limited edition DCR Class 60
The Key Publishing Collection available through the Key Model World Shop has expanded with a limited edition of Class 60 60029 Ben Nevis in DCR grey produced by Cavalex Models for ‘OO’ gauge.
MIKE WILDHornby Class 60 60001 Steadfast
Hornby’s high-fidelity ‘OO’ gauge Class 60 gains a new identity for its latest release as first-built 60001 Steadfast in BR Railfreight Construction sector livery.
MARK CHIVERSWIN! A Hornby ‘OO’ gauge Class 60 diesel locomotive in BR Railfreight Construction sector livery, worth over £220.
Hornby Magazine is offering the chance to win a Hornby ‘OO’ gauge Class 60 diesel locomotive in BR Railfreight Construction sector livery (R30156) worth over £220. The closing date for entries is 5pm GMT on April 25 2023.
VIDEO: All-new ‘OO’ Class 60 for Cavalex
Cavalex Models’ second all-new ‘OO’ gauge locomotive project is British Rail’s Class 60 Co-Co diesel. Read the full story here and watch the launch video for this new project.
MIKE WILDThe heavy freight Class 60
One of the most recognisable locomotives on the modern railway is the Brush Class 60, a design that brought to an end to almost 200 years of freight locomotive construction in the UK, as EVAN GREEN-HUGHES describes.
EVAN GREEN-HUGHESVIDEO: Lineside on the East Coast Main Line
Join Mike Wild as he follows a selection of main line movements on the East Coast Main Line around Peterborough across the summer, exclusively on KeyModelWorld.
MIKE WILD'O' gauge 60 collection expands
Three additional locomotives have been added to the list of new Class 60s from Heljan for ‘O’ gauge with a pair of Gaugemaster Collection releases as well as an exclusive limited edition for Kernow Model Rail Centre.