Kernow unveils exclusive wagons and Pride-liveried Class 170
Kernow has added three seven-plank open wagons and a Pride-liveried Class 170, spreading one exclusives push across TT:120, OO and O gauge.
Kernow Model Rail Centre has pushed its exclusives programme into three scales at once, pairing a contemporary Pride-liveried CrossCountry Class 170 with three seven-plank open wagons aimed at different corners of the wagon market. The line-up covers TT:120, OO and O gauge, with prices set at £25 for the TT:120 wagon, £32.95 for the OO version and £65.99 for the O gauge model, a spread that points directly at collectors, operators and layout builders shopping at very different price points.
The wagon trio is the clearest sign of where demand still runs strongest in the hobby. Kernow split the commissions across three manufacturers, using Peco Ltd for the TT:120 version, Rapido Trains UK for the OO wagon and Dapol for the O gauge release. That is a retailer-exclusive play with real reach: the same private-owner and industrial coal traffic theme can be packaged for compact modern layouts, mainstream OO fleets and the more imposing footprint of O gauge. The TT:120 and O gauge wagons carry Moger & Co Ltd branding, tying them to former LB&SCR traffic and South London coal-merchandising history, while the OO gauge wagon depicts Franks and Co of Guildford, a coal, gravel and salt merchant based in Bridge Street near Guildford station.
The CrossCountry model has a different kind of pull. Unit 170618, in Pride livery, gives Kernow a locomotive for the diesel-era and modern-image crowd, while also tapping a livery with a wider public profile than a plain regional unit. CrossCountry announced the Pride train in May 2024, pairing Turbostar 170618 with Voyager 220005 in the same campaign. The company said the unit would spend the summer taking passengers to and from Pride festivals “from Cambridge to Cardiff, and everywhere in between,” giving the model a specific and recent prototype reference that will matter to both collectors and operators.
Taken together, the four commissions show Kernow leaning into a proven formula: familiar prototypes, strong road-name identity and enough variation to make each release feel like its own event. The retailer has been building that pattern for some time, with an OO-gauge Moger & Co exclusive announced on 11 April 2024 and its first TT:120 exclusive for Franks and Co on 4 March 2025. This latest batch broadens the range again, but the real message is the same one that keeps exclusives moving fast: spread the appeal across scales, add a distinctive livery or road name, and give each release a clear place on the shelf or the layout.
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