We Get Our Dysons Out To Vacuum Up More Donations For Martin House!

Warbonnet · 2025-09-16T10:00:02Z

Our Class 92s are back by popular demand!

And what better way to bring them back to modellers than to introduce an Accurascale Exclusive to raise further funds for an excellent cause?

As you may know, our Class 66s are on the high seas, including 66190 in DB red which is our charity fundraiser for Martin House Children's Hospice.

Well, since the folks at DB Cargo were so sporting in naming 66091 "accurascale" for our charity work, we decided to see if we can raise even more money for their chosen charity!

So, time to unveil 92029 in DB Red, which worked a fundraising railtour for the charity

Loco History

Named for Dante Alighieri, the famed Italian writer of the Divine Comedy, which tells the fictional story of the author’s journey through hell, the palindromic No. 92029 "Dante" was released from Brush at Loughborough in March 1995 for testing but would not be officially allocated to Crewe IEMD until six months later.

Like most of its EWS-owned colleagues it was rarely used to its full capabilities and its first decade of action was regularly interrupted by periods of store. In October 2008, by which time it had gained the large EWS sticker, it was sidelined for longer than usual and it didn’t return to an active pool until July 2013, several years after the DB Schenker takeover.

In 2013-4 it was also seconded to Direct Rail Services for several stints on the operator’s key intermodal services, while April 2015 saw it stored for its second long time out. In 2016 it had a brush with export as DB lined it up for a transfer to Eastern Europe, although this was subsequently cancelled. Three years later, re-activation work commenced but due to other priorities at its home depot this was not completed until June 2023, and was the first DB ‘92’ to receive similar interference isolation equipment as fitted to the GBRf examples to allow it to return to the WCML under its own power.

Following the completion of several test runs it ran to Toton for a repaint, being released in standard DB Cargo ‘Traffic red’. Shortly after on August 27, and still in immaculate condition, it worked the Carlisle-Warrington leg of the Branch Line Society’s ‘Garsdale Growler’ railtour, the second day of a two-day event raising funds for the Martin House Children’s Hospice, complete with headboard.0

It eventually moved to Dollands Moor in the October to take up freight duties on the high speed route to London, although it is still regularly seen south of Crewe on light engine moves, and has even made the odd foray to Carlisle and back to iron out any ‘bugs’.

The Model

92029 signals the return of the Class 92 to our range after a short absence, which has seen regular demands for its return. Of course, we haven't rested on our laurels after the first run either ,and have added some further enhancements to the model since run 1, including detail behind the bodyside grilles, bogie detail tweaks, and more!

The main Class 92 range will be revealed later this week, but our model of 92029 will join our Accurascale Exclusives line up as we look to raise more money for worthy causes. Whilst we think our Class 66 will be more popular and should hit our target of £10,000, we're not so sure our Class 92 will hit such heady heights, but we'd love to be proved wrong.

Commenting on behalf of Martin House, Ross Taylor stated - "We were delighted to team up with Accurascale for the limited edition fundraising model of 66190, as it promises to raise so much for Martin House. We are now buzzing that they've come back to us and want to work with us and DB Cargo again to raise even more money with the Class 92. This money goes a long way towards making a difference in the lives of so many children and their families who are in the midst of some unimaginable situations."

Fran Burke, Accurascale Director of Marketing, Public Relations and Sales added - "We are delighted once again to be working with DB Cargo and Martin House to raise even more money for this essential cause. The work the staff at Martin House do is both inspirational and awe inspiring, looking after children who have unimaginable hardships to deal with and making what little time they have left more comfortable. We need to bring as much money as we can to this special charity, and I know our customers will work with us to help Martin House once again."

So, it's over to you! What figure will our Class 92 hit for charity? £5k? £10k? More? Get behind it today and let's see what it brings in when it is delivered in Q4 2026!

Priced at £229.95 DC/DCC Silent Fitted and £299.95 DCC sound fitted. Our DC/DCC Silent Fitted will have a programmed ESU Lokpilot decoder fitted as standard to operate the raising and lowering pantographs as well as the other lighting functions offered on our Class 92 from the factory. It will also operate seamlessly on DC for traditional power users! Each model will come with the etched Martin House headboard as worn by 92029 on the railtour too, and sound fitted models will feature a new generation sound file.

Pre-order yours today, direct only from our website, with part of the proceeds going to a charity that provides family-led hospice care free of charge for children and young people with life-limiting illnesses.