Dagnell End - The Trains

Club Member, Ken Bridger, and owner of the metal kit manufacturer Genesis Kits has scratch built a number of Southern Region electric multiple units. These were originally used on an exhibition layout called Portsea he built a number of years ago. The plan is to use these trains as a basis of EMU/DMU stock that will run on Dagnell End. A number of other Club members are also busy producing other stock to supplement Ken's units. The following pictures are some of the stock Ken has produced:

This is the Motor Brake Second Open from a 4 COR. Numbered 3142 after the one that has been preserved		This is a 2 car 2HAP. The coaches are based around a Lima vehicle with new sides and front.
These are the driving cars from a 4LAV. Again the coaches are based around a Lima vehicle with new sides and front.		This is one of the driving cars from a 4TC. Again the coaches are based around a Lima vehicle with new sides and front.

All the sides on the coaches are constructed from 30 thou plastic card and 10thou blank surrounds for the windows. These are the scratch built units that will run on Dagnell End:  

All units (except the TC) have been re-motored using the latest Hornby motor that is used in the Class 73 and Class 101 DMU and each have been fitted with a DCC chip made by either Bachmann or Lenz. We have fitted Kadee couplings to those units that would have in reality had buckeye couplings.