Bachmann 2023 GWR 94XX Class Pannier Tank 9466 DCC Sound Fitted & DC Option | Review | ml24

Winter 2023 | 35-025BSF | OO Gauge. Length: 138mm. DCC Amber & Red Speed Based Intensity Flickering Firebox. Glow on DC. Powerful Coreless Motor. Copper Cap To Chimney. Metal Lamp Brackets. Separate smokebox door dart. Technically the 94xx Sound Fitted shines as well, with a Next18 DCC decoder socket paired with an integrated speaker. The rear axle and electrical collection comes from all wheels, whilst each axle is fitted with a pair of separate metal bearings.
Analogue Users: Normal-load running sounds, acceleration steam chuff sounds and any other automatic and randomised sounds can be enjoyed when using this model on analogue control (DC) straight from the box - these sounds will play automatically when power is applied!
00:00 Intro
00:54 Unbox
02:35 DC Running Capability
03:25 Weight
03:47 Underside/Tech/Turntable View
04:44 DCC Assign
05:30 Function/Sounds
08:03 Dual Amber/Red Flickering Firebox
12:47 1st Run Test Track
The 94xx Pannier Tank returns to the Bachmann Branchline range and with its unconventional appearance - with large water tanks and extended smokebox - this model will bring a real presence to any model railway. A quintessential part of the GWR for many decades, the Pannier Tank design was developed and refined before the 94xx, the final design of GWR tank engine, was produced. No. 9466, as depicted by this model, one of only two preserved examples, found fame after returning to steam in the mid-1980s and operated on the mainline hauling ‘Steam on the Met’ rail tours.
The distinctive 94XX Class 0-6-0 Pannier Tank was the last steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway (GWR); the first ten being turned out in the company’s Middle Chrome Green by Swindon Works before nationalisation. Effectively a tank version of the Collett '2251' tender engine, the remaining 200 locomotives were built for BR between 1949 and 1956 by outside contractors Robert Stephenson, Yorkshire Engine Co. and W.G Bagnall. Outshopped in unlined black livery, there were minor detail differences between the locomotives built by different contractors. All were capable of providing steam-heating for coaching stock.
A development of the numerous ‘57XX/ 8750’ Class Pannier Tank, the 94XXs were designed for secondary mixed traffic and shunting duties, with an instruction from the GWR’s General Manager, Sir James Milne, that they should be of a more modern appearance than the traditional GWR Pannier Tank. The design of the Class was unusual in that they were one of the few Pannier Tank designs with tapered boilers. Superheating was fitted to Nos. 9400-9409 only. The locomotives were mostly used for heavy shunting and short distance freight and passenger duties, but numbers 9400-9406 were employed on the former LMS system at Bromsgrove giving banking assistance on the Lickey Incline.
With the onset of modernisation and the introduction of an ever increasing number of diesels, the working life of the Class was very short and of the 210 built, just 78 were still in use in January 1964, withdrawals having commenced in 1959. By the end of June 1965, the last members of the Class were withdrawn with some examples being cut up when they were barely 5 years old. Fortunately, Nos. 9400 and 9466 survive in preservation.
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[@DevonGeorge85]

Great sound file. Got the GWR squeaky tutting.

[@modeloco]

Yeah, I love it. I’ll remember that, it’s a squeaky tut 😂

[@damianinCanadaTT-OO]

That sound when stopping suggests a problem with the engine’s diet. Too many beans? 😂

[@modeloco]

Made me giggle 🤭 that

[@paulmacey9084]

your lucky I now have had two from different suppliers and both did not work

[@modeloco]

Hi Paul, Sorry to hear this. I do find this tries to run away a bit going down inclines but, that’s about all I’ve found so far apart from maybe lacking a power bank stay alive. Luckily Bachmann seem to be tackling this by adding these to their new batch of Class 08 09’s which have the same wheel configuration and out next year.