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Heljan A/S is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

model railway company based in Søndersø

Søndersø

Søndersø is a town in central Denmark with a population of 3,068 , located in Nordfyn municipality on the island of Funen.-External links:*...

. Originally specialising in decorations and accessories for model railways, it has now also developed a substantial range of rolling stock

Rolling stock

Rolling stock comprises all the vehicles that move on a railway. It usually includes both powered and unpowered vehicles, for example locomotives, railroad cars, coaches and wagons...

. It has diversified

Diversified

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into modelling the British scene, and since 2002 have released several OO gauge

OO gauge

OO gauge or OO scale model railways are the most popular standard-gauge model railway tracks in the U.K. This track gauge is one of several 4mm-scale standards used, but it is the only one to be served by the major manufacturers...

diesel locomotive

Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine, a reciprocating engine operating on the Diesel cycle as invented by Dr. Rudolf Diesel...

s, and several O gauge models. British Outline now forms the biggist part of the Heljan business and UK operations are run from Denmark through an agent. In line with other model train companys and to keep costs to a minimum models are manufactured in China

China

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Range

Its current UK OO gauge

OO gauge

diesel loco range consists of British Rail

British Rail

British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...

Class 15s

British Rail Class 15

The British Rail Class 15 diesel locomotives, also known as the BTH Type 1, were designed by British Thomson-Houston, and built by the Yorkshire Engine Company and the Clayton Equipment Company, between 1957 and 1961.- Design history :...

, 17s

British Rail Class 17

The British Rail Class 17 was a class of 117 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built 1962–1965 by Clayton Equipment Company and their sub-contractor Beyer, Peacock & Co., for British Railways ....

, 26s

British Rail Class 26

The British Rail Class 26 diesel locomotives, also known as the BRCW Type 2, were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company at Smethwick in 1958-59. Forty seven examples were built, and the last were withdrawn from service in 1993...

, 27s

British Rail Class 27

British Rail's Class 27 comprised 69 diesel locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company during 1961 and 1962. They were a development of the earlier Class 26; both were originally classified as the BRCW Type 2.- Usage :...

, 33s

British Rail Class 33

The British Rail Class 33 also known as the BRCW Type 3 or Crompton is a class of Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives ordered in 1957 and built for the Southern Region of British Railways between 1960 and 1962....

, 35s

British Rail Class 35

The British Rail Class 35 is a class of mixed-traffic B-B diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. Because of their Mekydro-design hydraulic transmission units, the locomotives became known as the Hymeks....

, 47s

British Rail Class 47

The British Rail Class 47, is a class of British railway diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. A total of 512 Class 47s were built at Crewe Works and Brush's Falcon Works, Loughborough between 1962 and 1968, which made them the most numerous class of British...

, 52s

British Rail Class 52

British Rail assigned Class 52 to the class of 74 large Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964...

, 53 "Falcon"

British Rail Class 53

British Rail assigned Class 53 to the single Brush Traction-built prototype locomotive Falcon. While not in any sense a failure, the design was the victim of advances in locomotive technology and was never duplicated.- History :The Falcon project began in 1959 to design a new, lightweight...

, 57s

British Rail Class 57

The Class 57 diesel locomotives were introduced by Brush Traction between 1997-2004. They are rebuilds, with reconditioned EMD engines, of former Class 47 locomotives, originally introduced in 1964-5.- Description :...

, 58s

British Rail Class 58

The British Rail Class 58 is a class of Co-Co diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight. Introduced in 1983, they followed American practice of modularisation. From new they were painted in grey Railfreight Sector livery, instead of BR blue...

and D0260 "Lion"

British Rail D0260

D0260, named Lion, was a prototype Type 4 mainline diesel locomotive built in 1962 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, in association with Sulzer and Associated Electrical Industries, at their Smethwick works in Birmingham to demonstrate their wares to British Railways...

and HS4000 "Kestrel"

British Rail HS4000

HS4000, named Kestrel, was a prototype high-powered mainline diesel locomotive built in 1967 by Brush Traction, Loughborough as a technology demonstrator for potential future British Rail and export orders The locomotive number is a combination of the initials of the owner of Brush Hawker Siddeley...

. The British Rail

British Rail

Class 86s

British Rail Class 86

The British Rail Class 86 was the standard electric locomotive built during the 1960s, developed as a result of testing with the earlier Classes 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85. One hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965-1966 by either English Electric at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, or...

are currently the only AC Electric

Railway electrification system

A railway electrification system supplies electrical energy to railway locomotives and multiple units as well as trams so that they can operate without having an on-board prime mover. There are several different electrification systems in use throughout the world...

outline models in the range. They have won praise for locomotive models in a wide variety of liveries. Several different models of the British Railways Waggon und Maschinenbau built Railbuses

British Rail Railbuses

British Rail produced a variety of Railbuses as a means both of building new rolling stock cheaply, and to provide services on lightly used lines economically.-Terminology:...

are due for imminent release. They also sell OO gauge Dogfish and Cargowaggon freight stock.

Their UK O

O scale

O scale is a scale commonly used for toy trains and model railroading. Originally introduced by German toy manufacturer Märklin around 1900, by the 1930s three-rail alternating current O gauge was the most common model railroad scale in the United States and remained so until the early 1960s...

gauge range currently consists of British Rail

British Rail

Class 20s

British Rail Class 20

The British Rail Class 20, otherwise known as an English Electric Type 1, is a class of diesel-electric locomotive. In total, 228 locomotives in the class were built by English Electric between 1957 and 1968, the large number being in part because of the failure of other early designs in the same...

, 26s

British Rail Class 26

, 33s

British Rail Class 33

, 35s

British Rail Class 35

, 37s

British Rail Class 37

The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive. Also known as the English Electric Type 3, the Class was ordered as part of the British Rail modernisation plan....

, 47s

British Rail Class 47

, and a Class 55 "Deltic"

British Rail Class 55

The British Rail Class 55 is a class of diesel locomotive built in 1961 and 1962 by English Electric. They were designed for the high-speed express passenger services on the East Coast Main Line between and Edinburgh. They gained the name "Deltic" from the prototype locomotive, DP1 Deltic, which...

. The O gauge range also includes British Railways Mark 1

British Railways Mark 1

British Railways Mark 1 was the family designation for the first standardised designs of railway carriages built by British Railways. Following nationalisation in 1948, BR had continued to build carriages to the designs of the "Big Four" companies , and the Mark 1 was intended to be the...

carrages in a number of liveries. O gauge models are typically supplied un-numbered, allowing the purchaser to finish the model to their own preferance.

In the UK, number of limited edition

Special edition

The terms special edition, limited edition and variants such as deluxe edition, collector's edition and others, are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints or recorded music and films, but now including...

locomotives have been commissioned by model retailers. Heljan models of the British Rail Class 14

British Rail Class 14

The British Rail Class 14 is a type of small diesel-hydraulic locomotive built in the mid-1960s. Twenty-six of these 0-6-0 locomotives were ordered in January 1963, to be built at British Railways Swindon Works. The anticipated work for this class was yard shunting, trip work and short distance...

and Class 28 "Co-Bo"

British Rail Class 28

The British Rail Class 28 diesel locomotives, or 'Metrovicks' as they were popularly known, were built as part of the British Railways 1955 Modernisation Plan. The locomotives had a Co-Bo wheel arrangement – unique in British Railways practice though not uncommon in other countries, notably Japan...

diesel cocomotives are available through Hattons of Liverpool. Several different models of the iconic LNER EM1

British Rail Class 76

The British Rail Class 76, also known as Class EM1 , is a class of 1.5 kV DC, Bo-Bo electric locomotive designed for use on the now-closed Woodhead Line in Northern England.-Tommy — the prototype:...

and EM2

British Rail Class 77

The British Rail Class 77, also known as Class EM2, is a class of 1.5 kV DC, Co-Co electric locomotive. They were built by Metropolitan-Vickers in 1953–1954 for use over the Woodhead Line between Manchester and Sheffield.-Description:...

DC Electric

Railway electrification system

locomotives constructed for use on the Woodhead Route

Woodhead Line

The Woodhead Line was a railway line linking Sheffield, Penistone and Manchester in the north of England. A key feature of the route is the passage under the high moorlands of the northern Peak District through the Woodhead Tunnels...

are currently being produced for Olivia's Trains of Sheffield (terminus of the Woodhead line). A Midland Pullman

Midland Pullman

The Midland Pullman was the name given to a former express passenger train service operating on British Railways' old Midland Main Line between and via and Millers Dale...

is also planned. Several standard heljan models have been produced in special, limited edition, liveries for particular retaillers or UK railway modelling magazines. The standard Falcon

British Rail Class 53

, Kestrel

British Rail HS4000

and Lion

British Rail D0260

models are all high volume limited editions.

Traditionally, Heljan has produced many Continental prototypes with H0 models such as the Swedish State Railways Class T21

SJ T21

T21, originally T2 is a diesel-hydraulic locomotive operated by Statens Järnvägar and Nora Bergslags Järnväg of Sweden. 60 units were built during the 1950s by Maschinenbau Kiel and Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna based on the German DB Class V65. The T21 was technically identical with the MaK 800D....

and Danish State Railways class MY

DSB class MY

The class MY is a series of diesel-electric locomotives built in the years 1954–1965 by NOHAB. A total of 59 units, numbered 1101–1159, were delivered to the Danish State Railways...

, MX

DSB class MX

The DSB Class MX is a lightweight, diesel-electric locomotive built by the Swedish company Nydqist & Holm AB in the years 1960 - 1962 for the Danish State Railways- History :...

, MO and P 4-4-2

DSB class P

The class P was a series of steam locomotives of the Danish State Railways, introduced in 1907. With a wheel arrangement of 4-4-2 , they were well suited to express trains, and were the first steam locomotives in Denmark heavier than 100 tonnes.Due to shortages of powerful locomotives with low axle...

.

Highly acclaimed, working Turntable, Traverser

Transfer table

A transfer table, also called a traverser , is a piece of railroad equipment. It is similar in function to a turntable, though it cannot be used to turn equipment around. The table consists of a single length of track which can be moved from side to side, in a direction perpendicular to the track...

and Container crane models are available in H0 scale and are also suitable for 00

OO gauge

operation. A number of plastic building kits are also produced in HO/OO, along with working street lighting.

Future plans

Planned models in OO gauge

OO gauge

are a British Rail DP2

British Rail DP2

DP2, meaning Diesel Prototype number 2, was a prototype Type 4 mainline diesel locomotive built in 1962 by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways...

and several versions of the Class 128

British Rail Class 128

British Rail Class 128 was a class of diesel multiple unit, built for British Rail. Introduced in 1959, ten of the class were built by Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, each with two 230 hp British United Traction engines. The class was built specifically for parcels, fitted out with...

parcels DMU

Diesel multiple unit

A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board diesel engines. They may also be referred to as a railcar or railmotor, depending on country.-Design:...

. In mid-2011, Hattons of liverpool announced that they were collaberating with Heljan to produce an LMS 2-6-0+0-6-2 Beyer Garratt

LMS Garratt

The London Midland and Scottish Railway Garratt was a class of Garratt 2-6-0+0-6-2 steam locomotive designed for heavy freight. A total of 33 were built from 1927, making them the most numerous class of Garratt in Britain.-Overview:...

Locomotive which is due for production sometime in 2012. This model will feature a powerful twin motor design and working coal pusher.

In O Gauge

O scale

a British Rail Class 31

British Rail Class 31

The British Rail Class 31 diesel locomotives, also known as the Brush Type 2 and originally as Class 30, were built by Brush Traction from 1957-62.- Description :...

and Class 52 "Western"

British Rail Class 52

British Rail assigned Class 52 to the class of 74 large Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964...

are planned but production is dependant on enough customers placing advanced orders for them. It is hoped that these will mirror the huge success of the "Deltic" when it was released in 2011. Heljan recently admitted that they had been considering the possobilities of producing a Class 14 "Teddy Bear"

British Rail Class 14

in O gauge but this was thought to be not viable due to lack of customer interest, it has been roumoured that a Class 17

British Rail Class 17

The British Rail Class 17 was a class of 117 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built 1962–1965 by Clayton Equipment Company and their sub-contractor Beyer, Peacock & Co., for British Railways ....

was also ruled out on the same grounds.

External links

Heljan (Denmark) www.heljan.dk
List of UK suppliers www.heljan.dk/web532.asp (Accessed 9 May 2011)
Howes Models - Heljan UK supplier

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