Modelling British Railways: Modelling Railfreight Sub-Sector

The mid-1980s saw British Rail carry out a restructuring of its Railfreight business, this culminating in October 1987 with the launch of a bold new image and six sub-sectors based around different commodities, each having a distinctive emblem to identify its locomotives.

Coupled with investment in rolling stock and infrastructure, it transformed the look of freight trains across the country and became BR’s best ever livery. To mark the 35th anniversary of the launch, this publication takes a look back at its history and shows how to model different locomotive and wagon types in considerable detail across three different scales.