Class 438 (4TC) 4-Car Trailer Set

The Bachmann Class 438 (4TC) 4-Car Trailer Set is the latest release from Bachmann.

This set is available to order online only.

About the 4-TC Class 438 Vehicle

After withdrawal from British Rail service, eight Class 438 vehicles were acquired by London Underground in 1992. Today, four of these vehicles formed as one 4-TC set remains with LU and is used for rail tours and charters on the London Underground Metropolitan line and national main line, and for hire to heritage railways for galas and special events. The 4-TC forms part of a rake that variously includes the two London Transport livered Class 20 diesel locomotives ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘Sir John Betjeman’, E Class steam locomotive ‘Met 1’, Metropolitan-Vickers electric locomotive ‘Sarah Siddons’, the LT-liveried Inspection Saloon No. 17 ‘Florence Nightingale’, and other mainline locomotives

The preserved London Underground 4-TC unit is formed of four vehicles from four different units, and is known collectively as unit 428.

LT 76297 Driving Trailer Second Open (DTSO), ex BR 3938, built 1955, converted 1966.

LT 71163 Trailer Corridor First Lav (TFK), ex BR 13097, built 1954, converted 1974.

LT 70823 Trailer Brake Second (Lav) TBSK (BR 34970) built 1957, converted 1966.

LT 76324 Driving Trailer Second Open DTSO (BR 4009) built 1957, converted 1966.

Resplendent in London Transport lined maroon livery, the 4-TC is a familiar sight on railtours in ‘Metro-land’, and further afield from Devon to Norfolk, and Hampshire to Worcestershire.

About this product:

Bachmann Class 438 (4TC) 4-Car Trailer Set

OO scale

Ready-to-run unmotorised 4-car model

Full suite of lighting, with working interior and directional lights including a high-intensity headlight at one end only – as sported by the real unit.

Full electrical connectivity between the 4 vehicles, lighting is controlled via the chassis-mounted switches which operate the interior lights and the directional lights at either end.

Lighting can be controlled via DCC when a 21 Pin DCC Decoder is fitted (recommended decoder item No. 36-557A, one required per set)

Provision for a speaker to allow sound to be fitted

Interchangeable connecting doors with alternative headcodes are included

The 4-TC is approximately 109 cm long when coupled together