The Gilbow Railway Collection Box	The Gilbow Railway Collection Models This range was first introduced in 1999, and the first six model releases were produced for and distributed by Richard Kohnstam Ltd. All the initial batch of bus and truck models (99630-5/7) carried various versions of the British Railways livery. There was also a set of 4 sports cars and eleven packs of various track side accessories or lorry loads (99600-10). EFE took over all responsibility for the range in early 2001 and a steady flow of new models has continued to appear since. The products in the range are primarily aimed at Model Railway enthusiasts all the buses have had some sort of railway connection, either operators with railway joint ownership, or railway connected liveries. All the trucks issued have been based on the Bedford TK cab and have featured various body types used by British Railways. These have appeared in either the maroon and cream or pale yellow livery used for the railway ancillary road vehicles. The track side accessories part of the series is based mainly on loads which had previously featured on various lorries issued in the commercial series range. The sports cars were originally part of the main EFE range but appear to have been transferred to this series, and are now issued in sets of 4 models rather than pairs. The first car set in this series was issued without registrations, however all subsequent releases had this feature and have also had extra detailing that includes two tone paint work and body stripes. The two RT model bus kits come in in plastic bags with Gilbow banded card hangers. The metal body castings are painted in one colour but have no decals of any sort applied. The kits are based on the original 1989 RT models 101 & 102. A further range of new lorry loads along with a selection of station & street furiture were added to range during the Summer of 2009 (99612-23). All the models have been issued in the dark blue and yellow 'Gilbow Railway Collection' boxes. The accessories come in plastic bags with Gilbow branded card tops. The model road vehicles in this series are also allocated catalogue numbers within their own casting series, although these are only used for internal EFE ordering purposes and never appear on the packaging. I've shown these on the model pages in brackets mainly for indexing purposes and to explain why some issue numbers don't appear to have been used.   EFE Rail Bachmann launched the EFE Rail range in the Summer of 2020, this range includes the former Gilbow tube train models which Bachmann has upgraded to ready to run motorised sets. Also announced was a range of N & OO locomotives & wagons which were initially produced by third party manufacturers such as Kernow Model Rail Centre and Heljan. These models were sold under the EFE Rail brand through the Bachmann Appointed Dealer network. Subsequently Bachmann has added its own new tooling to the EFE Rail range and expanded into DMU, EMU & passenger carriages. During 2023 O gauge models made their first appearance in the range. Some models also feature weathering and all the locomotives have DCC sockets fitted as standard. The EFE Rail models are allocated product codes in the E8xxxx range with several different versions of each model in various liveries. Unlike the EFE Road numbering system which allocates a specific number for each model tooling, EFE Rail's system is based on general model category & scale. Below is a brief summary of all the versions produced & when they were released. I don't intend to cover the EFE Rail models in great detail as they fall outside the remit of this site. The tube train models will however continue to be covered in detail in their existing section.
99638 - Crosville LMS - Leyland TD1
99632 - British Railways - Bedford TK
E84002 - British Railways - Class 35 Hymek