Have to agree with Chaz, the BR brakevan would be the best option for an n-scale brakevan due to the discontinuation of the LMS 20T brakevan.  Seeing an n-scale spiteful brakevan would be amazing, and the variety of liveries that could be done based on both the model and CGI series.

Agreed with Chaz. The BR Brakevan is simply iconic. I imagine they'll lead with Spiteful Brakevan just due to sales but there's no real reason they can't go all out and do more down the road.

In a similar vein if they revisit doing a new tool of the LMS one like they alluded to potentially doing they'll lead with Bradford as it's the actual character. Shame to see this one be cancelled by to be honest it's already an existing product anyway. If people want one they can still get the base tooling, so it's not as much of a loss as other potential cancellations

It's a shame that the LMS brake van is getting canceled as it's one of my favorite brake vans.

That being said, Chaz has made a great suggesting brining in the BR brake van as it's a Farish tooling that they can definitely use. It's a Brake van that has been used through out the whole show, and you can also do different variants with the tooling itself. The "Spiteful Brake Van" is a great example to use with the molding. The Spiteful Brake Van is a very popular item that people purchase and having it in N scale would be fantastic. Also, possibly using it for a standard grey or brown version of this tooling would be great too.

With the LMS Brake Van being canceled, this is a great opportunity to bring in a Brake van such as the BR brake van that would be a great substitute.

With all of this talk about the brakevans I do say I have to agree that the BR 20 ton brakevan is a good option for N scale however I don't imagine we will see it in mutiple colors just as the spikeful breakvan .

It is in all of other scales .

A huge thank you to everyone for their insight and feedback on Bachmann adding a BR brake van to the N scale range in place of the now-canceled LMS brake van. I appreciate all of the responses, and I'm especially happy to see so many people engage with that post! I hope Bachmann takes all of this into consideration moving forward, especially since there's a clear consensus on why a BR brake van should be the next N scale announcement.

For N Scale, Edward is the #1 priority for an engine, while the BR Brake Van is the #1 priority for rolling stock. The latter can be done in basic gray, purple and the Spiteful Brake Van.

It's criminal that the N Scale range has gone this long without a generic brake van, which is essential for completing goods trains. We desperately need brake vans in N Scale. The only one is Toad.

I'm honestly surprised they hadn't released the BR Brake Van by this point, like for the other range scales had been 3-4 years after their range's debut year (HO 3 years after it launched & Large Scale 4 years after it launched)... I'm honestly not sure why they opted to do the LMS version instead of what's been in the other ranges after all these years. Heck, they can do a double whammy and do a generic version (maybe like the 12 Ton Van from the HO Range, release 4 total versions) plus a Spiteful Break Van version....!

I certainly hope that after Edward, they can make at least Oliver (to go with Toad, since you know, at least in the TV/CGI series, it makes sense) or Duck (to make the consistent numbers from 8 onwards).

Quote from: Zorran202 on September 06, 2025, 05:06:09 PMI certainly hope that after Edward, they can make at least Oliver (to go with Toad, since you know, at least in the TV/CGI series, it makes sense) or Duck (to make the consistent numbers from 8 onwards).

I think they'll most likely do Duck after Edward, since Duck has always been more popular and iconic than Oliver, especially in the CGI series. After Duck, I think Oliver is a pretty safe bet, given Toad's inclusion in the range and Oliver's track record as another one of Bachmann's popular sellers in HO. Either way, those three engines seem to be the most popular requests in N scale, and I can see all of them happening eventually.

Quote from: Zorran202 on September 06, 2025, 05:06:09 PMI'm honestly surprised they hadn't released the BR Brake Van by this point, like for the other range scales had been 3-4 years after their range's debut year (HO 3 years after it launched & Large Scale 4 years after it launched)... I'm honestly not sure why they opted to do the LMS version instead of what's been in the other ranges after all these years. Heck, they can do a double whammy and do a generic version (maybe like the 12 Ton Van from the HO Range, release 4 total versions) plus a Spiteful Break Van version....!

I imagine it was as simple as they though reusing the graham farish tooling would be easier than creating a new tooling or downscaling the HO one. Gives fans what they want (a normal brakevan) while also being a relatively low stakes project while they worked on 3 new engines and the express coaches. However, once they realized that wouldn't be the case they cancelled the LMS one. If it's going to be a difficult project either way no real sense to pursue it at the moment

I really hope nothing else gets cancelled but on the topic of the cancelled items and the fact that Bachmann has hinted more RWS wagon I think that the Brakevan from the canned 80th set could happen .
Another cancelled item to revisit is the McColls Cattle wagon to add more cattle wagons to the range as in recent years Bachmann has expanded the plank truck , tanker,  and vans . But not the cattle wagons .

Has anybody thought about creating the silly breakvan in HO scale which was seen in series 2 1986 episode A Close Shave if you like this character and idea please let me know thanks

Hey Jake86, I just love that idea.

Quote from: Awesometrain77 on September 07, 2025, 10:17:58 PMI really hope nothing else gets cancelled but on the topic of the cancelled items and the fact that Bachmann has hinted more RWS wagon I think that the Brakevan from the canned 80th set could happen .

This does give me an idea: IF the Open Wagon, Closed Van, AND the Brake Van was already made (maybe even throw RWS Thomas into the mix too), but they couldn't ship it due to the situation a couple months ago, could they alternatively make it as a "train pack" set akin to the Tomy/Tomica rolling stock sets released back in the mid-2000's? Instead of including the track as the "sets" they usually make it as, couldn't they do it as a "value pack" looking like that, only for Electric Trains? Just throwing it out there as an idea so that they can potentially be "uncanceled" since it sucks that the only thing I was looking forward to was the brake van because of how different it was in basis...!

https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Motor_Road_and_Rail?file=MotorRoadandRailTobyValuePackbox.png

https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Motor_Road_and_Rail?file=MotorRoadAndRailPercyValuePack.jpg

I wouldn't mind if they would sell the wagons separately as it would make up for the set, as I just want those instead of the whole set considering that they weren't gonna change that much.

Has anyone ever thought about creating the old van in HO scale that was seen in series 2 1986 episode Pop Goes The Diesel Dirty Work A Close Shave and Percys Predicament it has the same face as the troublesome truck it can also be seen in Arthur's fish train as well as Henry's flying Kipper vans too the only difference is that the old vans where used in Henry's flying Kipper where the old van was used in Edwards trucks if you like this character and idea please let me know thanks