This item is a 58743BE Thomas and Friends James The Red Engine with Moving Eyes from our Bachmann Thomas & Friends Range.

James is a red 2-6-0 ('Mogul' wheel arrangement) steam engine with the number 5 painted on his tender.  James first appeared in 1946 in the 2nd book in Reverend Wilbert Awdry's The Railway Series, entitled 'Thomas the Tank Engine,' and two other books in the series are dedicated to him, No.3 'James the Red Engine' and No.28 'James and the Diesel Engines.' He pulls the red coaches on the main line.

 All of the locomotives in The Railway Series are based on real historical engines; James has a resemblance to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway "Class 28", an 0-6-0 mixed-traffic tender engine of 1912/13, designed by George Hughes

Model Features

• Moving eyes
• Realistic resemblance to the character in the series
• Compatible with OO/HO gauge track and model railways

Bachmann Europe PLC was formed by Hong Kong based Kader in 1989 with its main UK headquarters in Moat Way, Barwell. The following year they launched the Bachmann Branchline range of 00 gauge models for the British market with the moulds that had previously been used for Mainline Railways and Replica. From this starting point Bachmann has developed the range further and now produce a large range of quality models and have become a leader in the market.