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| Company type | Aktieselskab |
|---|---|
| Industry | Model railways |
| Founded | 1957; 69 years ago (1957)[1] |
| Headquarters | , Denmark |
Key people | Niels Christian Nannestad,Founder Jan Nannestad,Managing director |
| Products | HO, 00 and O gauge Locomotives, Rolling Stock, Buildings and Accessories |
| Website | www.heljan.dk |
Heljan A/S is a Danishmodel railway company based inSøndersø. Originally specialising in decorations and accessories for model railways, it has now also developed a substantial range ofrolling stock. It hasdiversified into modelling the British scene, and since 2002 has released severalOO gaugediesel locomotives, and severalO gauge models. British Outline now forms the biggest part of the Heljan business and UK operations are run from Denmark through an agent. In line with othermodel train companies and to keep costs to a minimum models aremanufactured in China.
Heljan's current UKOO gauge diesel loco range consists ofBritish RailClass 14s,15s,16s,17s,23s,26s,27s,28s,33s,35s,47s,52s,Falcon,57s,58s,Lion andHS4000Kestrel. TheBritish RailClass 86s are currently the onlyAC Electric outline models in the range. They have won praise for locomotive models in a wide variety of liveries. Several different models of the British RailwaysWaggon und Maschinenbau builtRailbuses were released in February 2012. They also produce OO gauge British Rail Dogfish ballast wagons and Cargowaggon bogie freight vehicles.
Their UKO gauge range currently consists of British RailClass 03 shunter,Class 20s,25s,26s,33s,35s,37s,40s,42s,45s,47s,50s,52s,60s,128s and aClass 55Deltic. The O gauge range also includesBritish Railways Mark 1 carriages in a number of liveries. O gauge models are typically supplied un-numbered and with separate detailing parts, allowing the purchaser to finish the model to their own preference.
In the UK, a number oflimited edition locomotives have been commissioned by model retailers. Heljan models of theBritish Rail Class 14 andClass 28 'Co-Bo' diesel locomotives as well as theLMS 2-6-0+0-6-2 Beyer-Garratt with twin motor design and working coal pusher are available throughHattons Model Railways. Several different models of theLNEREM1 andEM2DC Electric locomotives constructed for use on theWoodhead Route are currently being produced for Olivia's Trains of Sheffield (terminus of the Woodhead line). AMidland Pullman is also planned. Several standard Heljan models have been produced in special, limited edition, liveries for particular retailers or UK railway modelling magazines.
Traditionally, Heljan has produced many Continental prototypes withH0 models such as theSwedish State RailwaysClass T21 andDanish State Railways classMY,MX,MO andP 4-4-2.
Highly acclaimed, workingTurntable,Traverser andContainer crane models are available inH0 scale and are also suitable for00 operation. A number of plastic building kits are also produced in HO/OO, along with workingstreet lighting.
In June 2022, Heljan announced plans to introduce aBritish Rail class 31 locomotive inTT:120 scale, with the possible production of aclass 08 and aHunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST locomotive.[2] Previous commercial ready-to-run British outline rolling stock had, in the 1950s and 1960s, always been made to a scale of 1:100. The introduction of TT:120 scale rolling stock was coincidental with plans announced byPECO and Gaugemaster to produce products in what is a new scale for British outline models.
Planned models inOO gauge are aBritish Rail DP2 and several versions of theClass 128 parcelsDMU.
InO Gauge aGWR AEC 'Razor Edge' Railcar,British Rail Class 31,Class 40,Class 56 and aClass 17Clayton are all planned but production is dependent on enough customers placing advanced orders for them. It is hoped that these will mirror the huge success of the "Deltic" when it was released in 2011. Heljan recently admitted that they had been considering the possibilities of producing aClass 14 "Teddy Bear" in O gauge but this was not thought to be viable due to lack of customer interest.
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