EFE reveals all-new Alexander Y-Type for 1:76 scale
Bachmann has revealed four new 1:76 scale Alexander Y-Type buses, set to join its EFE Road die-cast range in December 2025, and all available to pre-order from us now.
The new EFE Road models use updated AY-Type coach tooling with added details like mirrors, opaque roof vents, and door variants matching the originals. The Alexander Y-Type was built by Walter Alexander & Co in Falkirk, Scotland.
Introduced as a prototype in 1961, production began in 1963, with 3,266 units made over 20 years. Variants included small and large window models in both long and short forms. Over 2,800 went to the Scottish Bus Group and its predecessors.
New models revealed
E39201 EFE OO Gauge Alexander Y-Type Stevensons of Uttoxeter MFR18P Service X38 Burton. £39.91. Pre-order here.
AY-Type registration MFR18P was built for Lancaster City Council in 1976 on a Leyland Leopard chassis with 4-leaf doors. It later joined the Stevensons of Uttoxeter fleet and carried a variation of the in-house yellow livery advertising Stevensons Express Services to Blackpool, North Wales, Skegness and the South Coast. Our model is finished in its 1984 condition as fleet number 18 and working service X38 to Burton via Lichfield.
E39103 EFE OO Gauge Alexander Y-Type Highland Scottish SCS337M Service 25 Inverness. £39.91. Pre-order here.
This model represents registration SCS337M, an AY-Type bodied Leyland Leopard built in 1974 as part of a batch of 43 dual purpose 49-seaters for Western SMT. This example later became part of the Highland Scottish fleet, operating as number L53. The model depicts it in its circa 1984 condition, with two-leaf doors, as working Service 25 to Inverness.
E39104 EFE OO Gauge Alexander Y-Type PMT NBC FEH168J Service 23 Hanley. £39.91. Pre-order now.
Potteries Motor Traction, or PMT, had some 25 Y-Types on its books, taking delivery of the last six in 1971. One of these was registration FEH168J, a dual purpose 49-seat AY-Type with 2-leaf doors, built on an AEC Reliance chassis. Our model depicts this bus as operating under National Bus Company ownership as PMT No. 168, carrying red and white livery and working Service 23 to Hanley around 1976.
E39102 EFE OO Gauge Alexander Y-Type Strathtay Scottish SCS360M Service 15 St. Fillans. £39.91. Pre-order here.
This model depicts Strathtay Scottish fleet number SL 12, registration SCS360M; an AY-Type bodied Leyland Leopard built in 1975. It was part of a batch of 43 dual purpose 49-seaters that originally operated with Western SMT from new. The model captures it during its time with Strathtay Scottish, wearing full orange and blue livery, complete with two-leaf doors, as working Service 15 to St. Fillans in Perthshire.
Did you know?
Highly versatile, the Y-Type was built on various chassis including the Leyland Leopard, AEC Reliance, Seddon Pennine 7, and Ford R series. Its modular construction allowed for a range of features, such as single-piece, two-leaf, or four-leaf doors, and various seating configurations.
The front design evolved over time, with major changes in 1971 when the AY or AYS Type was introduced – ‘A’ for alloy construction and ‘S’ for bus spec – featuring twin grilles. In 1983, it was succeeded by the lighter P Type but remained in service into the 2000s.
