Class 438 (4TC) 4-Car Trailer Set

The Bachmann Class 438 (4TC) 4-Car Trailer Set is the latest release from Bachmann.

This unmotorised set is also available in our Covent Garden store.

About the 4-TC Class 438 Vehicle

After withdrawal from British Rail service, eight Class 438 vehicles were acquired by London Underground in 1992. Today, four of these vehicles formed as one 4-TC set remains with LU and is used for rail tours and charters on the London Underground Metropolitan line and national main line, and for hire to heritage railways for galas and special events. The 4-TC forms part of a rake that variously includes the two London Transport livered Class 20 diesel locomotives ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘Sir John Betjeman’, E Class steam locomotive ‘Met 1’, Metropolitan-Vickers electric locomotive ‘Sarah Siddons’, the LT-liveried Inspection Saloon No. 17 ‘Florence Nightingale’, and other mainline locomotives

The preserved London Underground 4-TC unit is formed of four vehicles from four different units, and is known collectively as unit 428.

LT 76297 Driving Trailer Second Open (DTSO), ex BR 3938, built 1955, converted 1966.

LT 71163 Trailer Corridor First Lav (TFK), ex BR 13097, built 1954, converted 1974.

LT 70823 Trailer Brake Second (Lav) TBSK (BR 34970) built 1957, converted 1966.

LT 76324 Driving Trailer Second Open DTSO (BR 4009) built 1957, converted 1966.

Resplendent in London Transport lined maroon livery, the 4-TC is a familiar sight on railtours in ‘Metro-land’, and further afield from Devon to Norfolk, and Hampshire to Worcestershire.

About this product:

Bachmann Class 438 (4TC) 4-Car Trailer Set

OO scale

Ready-to-run unmotorised 4-car model

Full suite of lighting, with working interior and directional lights including a high-intensity headlight at one end only – as sported by the real unit.

Full electrical connectivity between the 4 vehicles, lighting is controlled via the chassis-mounted switches which operate the interior lights and the directional lights at either end.

Lighting can be controlled via DCC when a 21 Pin DCC Decoder is fitted (recommended decoder item No. 36-557A, one required per set)

Provision for a speaker to allow sound to be fitted

Interchangeable connecting doors with alternative headcodes are included

The 4-TC is approximately 109 cm long when coupled together

Available in Covent Garden and online with delivery to the UK.

Please note, we are currently unable to ship this item outside the UK.

We currently deliver within the UK only, but we're working to expand internationally.

General stocked items shipped from our Online Warehouse (Elovate)

UK standard | £5 | 3 - 5 Working Days

UK Express 0 - 30kg (Signature required) | £8 | 1 -2 Working Days

Vintage shop (signs) - decommissioned, recommissioned and replica items, limited edition prints, moquette by the metre & delicate models.

UK Standard | £5 | Up to 15 working days

Made to order furniture and 75cm moquette cushions

UK Standard | Free | Up to 10 Weeks

Art on the Underground

UK Standard | £20 | Up to 2 weeks

The below delivery information is for our general stocked products.

To make a return, please follow our instructions below:

1. Send an email to [email protected] within 14 days of receiving your goods to notify us of the return.
2. Return the item(s) to the address below within 28 days of receiving the item/s. Please make sure to include your order number. Clothing items which are being returned due to incorrect sizing can be returned opened as long they are unworn, and the tags are attached.
3. The return shipment cost must be paid by you and will not be covered by the London Transport Museum, unless the item is faulty. We would recommend that you use recorded delivery.
4. Once the returned item/s has been received and processed by our warehouse, we will issue you a refund within 14 working days.

Please send your order to (returns address for print to order prints and made to order furniture outlined further below):

London Transport Museum
PO Box 621
York House, Wetherby Road
York,
YO26 7NH

Faulty items

If you have received a faulty, damaged or incorrect item, please contact [email protected] with details and an image of the fault and we will advise you further.