Bachmann OO 31-535 BR Class 105 Power Twin Diesel Multiple Unit Train BR Blue

New version of the Cravens 105 units.

Constructed by Sheffield train builders Cravens in response to BR orders for diesel multiple units the class 105 units had a distinctive 2-window front end.

Sets were built as 2-car units with one driving motor� car and one driving trailer car and 3-car units, with two driving motor cars, one with a guards' van, flanking a trailer car. The central trailer cars were later dispensed with, converting the 3-car sets into 2-car sets with both cars powered. These 'power twin' sets offered a better power-to-weight ratio than the standard sets, very useful on routes with difficult gradients.�Although the Cravens design was not perpetuated the company had�built a quality product and the units ran into the 1980s, outlasting many other builders' trains.

This model is one of the power-twin sets painted in the BR plain blue livery with full yellow ends, as seen through the�1970s and 80s.