Class 60 Sound Demo, 60 and 89 Delivery Updates!

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Our warehouse has been in overdrive with recent deliveries of all-new locomotives here at Accurascale. Hot on the heels of our Class 50 and J67/J68/J69 Buckjumpers, the Class 60s and Class 89s have now arrived within the last few days!

But what does the Class 60 sound like? Wonder no more, as we bring you a full sound demonstration video below!

You can really hear the power in our recording of 60 029, captured on the mainline hauling a trailing load of 2,500 tons!

With demand for the Class 60 and Class 89 so high, we initially brought in the DC/DCC Ready variants of these locomotives.

“Why is that?” you may ask.

Well, it’s due to recent uncertainty around tariffs imposed by America on exported goods.

“Come again!? You can’t blame this on Trump too!”

It’s not about blame at all! Facing deadlines to get electronic goods into America before tariffs on Chinese products were imposed, large electronics manufacturers snapped up as many semiconductors as possible, causing a temporary shortage of the components needed for DCC decoders.

It’s okay, though — we have enough decoders for our locomotives! They just took longer to arrive than expected. Since the DC/DCC Ready locomotives were completed first, we shipped those out.

The good news is that sound-fitted locos for both classes are only a couple of weeks behind and are almost here!

Here’s the delivery schedule for the Class 60 and Class 89:

Class 60

• DC/DCC Ready – All delivered except for the DC Rail Class 60

• DCC Sound Fitted – Shipping to direct customers and trade starts Monday, 11th August. This also includes the DC/DCC Ready DC Rail Class 60.

Class 89

• DC/DCC Ready – Dispatch begins today from both Accurascale and Rails of Sheffield.

• DCC Sound Fitted – Dispatch begins the week commencing 25th August.

Watch out for a sound demonstration of our Class 89 next week!

Order your DC/DCC Ready Class 60 for immediate dispatch here!

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