Our winter 2025 top train pack picks for 'OO'
Looking for a complete layout-ready train? These 'OO' buys make for great impactful gifts, with something for beginners, collectors and more experienced modellers alike. Our favourite train packs below are chosen for value, variety and instant playability.
Hornby R9363M Hornby Santa’s Express Rechargeable Battery Operated Train Set
A reliable Hornby pack that gives excellent running performance straight from the box - it has no wires to the track because it's battery-powered. Great as a starter set for newcomers or younger collectors. A set that no Christmas tree should be without!
(track included)
Hornby R30448 Hornby Network South East Class 423 4 VEP 3193
This Hornby four-car EMU pack delivers a strong presence on a layout with its Network SouthEast colour scheme. A dependable train that looks great in motion and photographs well on display layouts, it's DCC-Ready with a 21-pin socket - that leaves room to expand later into the realm of DCC sound! We've customised many of these sets through our workshops to change running numbers, allowing modellers to run more than one of these units in a scene witout there appearing to be a glitch in the matrix! Our weathering of the chassis and light weathering of these units comes highly-recommended by customers, too!
(train pack - no track or controller included)
Hornby R1292M Hornby Diesel Mixed Freight Train Set
Fast-paced express trains aren't for everyone - park the glamour in the siding for a while as this plucky little 0-4-0 shunter from Hornby takes centre stage! What this locomotive lacks in express speed, it more than makes up for with its wagons in tow - opportunities to 'pick up' and 'drop off' its cargo abound. Pair with a few 1:76 scale die-cast vehicles such as trucks or cars to make a great layout gift for younger children.
(track and controller included)
Hornby R30335 The Beatles, The Liverpool Connection: EP Collection Side B Train Pack - Limited Edition
Fan of The Beatles? Know someone who is? Here's a train pack for 'OO' that winds back memories to the swinging '60s and the 'decade of change' in the '70s. Whether on display or running, it's sure to bring all fans of 'The Beatles' out of the woodwork when they see it!
(train pack - no track or controller included)
Bachmann 30-426SF OO Gauge BR 'Western Pullman' six-car DEMU DCC sound-fitted train pack
Bachmann’s 30-426SF is our premium pick for those who want to be impressed with extra realism. This majestic model was born from the award-winning Bachmann Branchline Midland Pullman. This new train pack accurately depicts the Midland units following their transfer to the Western Region.
Exquisitely decorated in the iconic Pullman livery of reverse blue and grey, this six car unit features two motorised power cars, each fitted with a Zimo sound decoder to provide sophisticated, synchronised sounds from each power car whether you're running on analogue or DCC. The features continue as directional lighting, interior saloon lights and lighting in the leading end cab - with auto-off when moving all comes as standard. When used on DCC, 28 independent sound and light functions can be enjoyed including the operation of the individual table lights fitted inside each of the six cars. If it's immersive audio and refined running characteristics you're wanting, you've hit the jackpot!
(train pack - no track or controller included)
