Heljan
| Aktieselskab | |
| Industry | Model railways |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Headquarters | Søndersø, Denmark |
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Key people
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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 Danish model railway company based in Søndersø. Originally specialising in decorations and accessories for model railways, it has now also developed a substantial range of . It has diversified into modelling the British scene, and since 2002 have released several OO gauge diesel locomotives, and several O 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 other model train companies and to keep costs to a minimum models are manufactured in China.
Heljan's current UK OO gauge diesel loco range consists of British Rail Class 14s, 15s, 16s, 17s, 26s, 27s, 28s, 33s, 35s, 47s, 52s, 53 "Falcon", 57s, 58s, D0260 "Lion" and HS4000 "Kestrel". The British Rail Class 86s are currently the only AC 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 Railways Waggon und Maschinenbau built Railbuses were released in February 2012. They also produce OO gauge British Rail Dogfish ballast wagons and Cargowaggon bogie freight vehicles.
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