Model Releases In 2003
2002 Releases Yearly Release Index 2004 Releases
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The following suffix codes are used below (these do not appear on the actual model packaging)
GS - Gift Set or model issued in set / BS - Brewery Series (Green boxes)
GRC - Gilbow Railway Collection (Dark blue boxes)
DL - Deluxe Series (Blue boxes) The DL suffix is used on the actual box label.
The dates shown in the section below are the actual month in which the model was released.
2003
MODEL RELEASES
  Cat No. / Thumbnail Model Name Operator Name
January
16523 MCW Leyland Atlantean Double Deck Bus Scout Motor Services
24902 Mercedes Benz Reeve Burgess Minibus First Capital
26701DL Plaxton Paramount Expressliner Coach First United Welsh Coaches
27809 London STL Double Decker with Roof Box London Transport - Red (Route 66)
80002 1938 Tube Train "A" Driving Carriage Bakerloo Line
80102 1938 Tube Train "D" Driving Carriage Bakerloo Line
80202 1938 Tube Train Non Driving Trailing Carriage Bakerloo Line
80302 1938 Tube Train Trailing Carriage Bakerloo Line

February
10132 London RT Double Decker London Transport - Green (route 396)
17213 Long Single Door Leyland National Mark I Single Deck Bus West Midlands PTE
23205 Modernized London RF Class AEC Regal Single Deck Bus London Transport Green Line (route 710)
25105 Bristol RELL Single Deck Bus (Twin Lights & Curved Windscreen) Southern Vectis
26204A Guy Arab I War Time Utility Double Decker London Transport - Red (Route 76)
 for EFE Subscribers Service
28901 GM Standard Leyland Atlantean Double Deck Bus Maidstone & District
28802A Leyland Titan Rear Engined Double Deck Bus London Transport (route 162)
 for EFE Subscribers Service
28805 Leyland Titan Rear Engined Double Deck Bus Reading Buses

March
10132A London RT Double Decker London Transport - Green (route 396)
 for Pearsons Department Store
15633 AEC Routemaster RM Double Deck Bus Arriva London North - Gold (route 137)
27809A London STL Double Decker with Roof Box London Transport - Red (route 134)
 for the London's Transport Museum

April
10131A London RT Double Deck Bus London for Transport - Gold (route 50)
 Produced for TFL Staff
12115 Harrington Cavailer Coach with Roof Dome National (South Wales)
12804 Atkinson Knight 4 Axle Flatbed Truck British Road Services
13702 Atkinson Knight 4 Axle Tanker Truck Texaco
20630 Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer Single Deck Bus First Capital (Walthamstow Citybus)
20904 Leyland Tiger PS1 Windover Coach Southdown Motor Services
(Southsea Destination)
22512 Alexander 'Y' Type Coach with Early Front Grille Western SMT
23205A Modernised London RF AEC Regal Coach London Transport Green Line
 for 30th Cobham Bus Museum Open Day
27610 Wright Renown Volvo B10BLB Low Floor Single Decker Ulsterbus
28806 Leyland Titan Rear Engined Double Deck Bus London Buses (East London) (route 277)
29002 GM Standard Daimler Fleetline Double Deck Bus Lancashire United (Route 644)
99925GS London Transport Museum Set No.11 Queens Golden Jubilee Set
   10131 AEC RT Double Deck Bus - Transport for London (route 73)
 15632 AEC Routemaster RM Double Deck Bus - Arriva London (route 159)
 28803 Leyland Titan Dual Door Double Deck Bus - London Central (route 36)

May
10131 London RT Double Deck Bus London for Transport - Gold (route 23)
 for London's Transport Museum
23315 London RF AEC Regal Single Deck Bus London Transport RF 350 - Red (Route 227)
25513B Long AEC Routemaster RML Double Deck Bus Stagecoach London - Gold (route 8)
 for London's Transport Museum
80401 1959 Tube Train "A" Driving Carriage Central Line
80501 1959 Tube Train "D" Driving Carriage Central Line
80601 1959 Tube Train Non Driving Trailing Carriage Central Line
80701 1959 Tube Train Trailing Carriage Central Line

June
14011 Bristol FLF Lodekka Double Deck Bus with Later Front Grille S.M.T. (Scottish Motor Traction)
17214 Long Single Door Leyland National Mark I Single Deck Bus Northumbria Motor Services
18608A Open Top Bristol VRT Series III Double Deck Bus Southdown Motor Services
 for the Southsea Spectacular Rally
23315A London RF AEC Regal Single Deck Bus London Transport - Red (Route 219)
 for Cobham Bus Museum
23315B London RF AEC Regal Single Deck Bus London Transport - Red (Route 254)
 for North Weald Bus Rally
25514 Long AEC Routemaster RML Double Deck Bus London United - Gold (Route 9)
 for London's Transport Museum
25514A Long AEC Routemaster RML Double Deck Bus London General - Gold (Route 22)
 for London's Transport Museum
25514B Long AEC Routemaster RML Double Deck Bus First - Gold (Route 23)
 for London's Transport Museum
25514C Long AEC Routemaster RML Double Deck Bus London Central - Gold (Route 12)
 for London's Transport Museum
26614DL Plaxton Paramount 3500 Mark II Coach Arriva North East
27701 London STL Double Decker without Roof Box London Transport - Red (Route 11)
28902 GM Standard Leyland Atlantean Double Deck Bus East Kent Road Car Co

July
20129 Bedford OB Duple Vista Coach Leathers Coaches
23402BS Bedford TK Short Rigid 2 Axle Flatbed Truck Fremlins Beer
27002 Bedford TK Articulated Car Transporter Truck Dealers Deliveries Ltd
27211 Leyland TD1 Double Decker with Open Staircase Metropolitan
 for Trux Australia & the EFE Subscribers Service
27211A Leyland TD1 Double Decker with Open Staircase Bondi Beach (Fred Stewert Bus Co)
 for Trux Australia & the EFE Subscribers Service
28603 GM Standard Leyland Atlantean Double Decker First Pennine (PMT)
28807 Leyland Titan Rear Engined Double Deck Bus Cambridgeshire Police

August
17303 Long Single Door Leyland National Mark I Single Deck Bus Southend Transport
18609 Open Top Bristol VRT Series III Double Deck Bus The Village Bus Co (Southern Vectis)
20429 Bristol VRT Series III Double Deck Bus Solent Blue Line
24321 1950's BET Dual Purpose Single Decker Jones Omnibus Services (of Aberbeeg)
27210 Leyland TD1 Double Decker with Open Staircase Western National
27701A London STL Double Decker without Roof Box London Transport - Red (route 93)
 For Sutton United Football Club
28004 Single Door Daimler Fleetline DMS Double Deck Bus Derby City Transport
29003 GM Standard Daimler Fleetline Double Deck Bus Warrington Borough Transport
29801 Wright Pathfinder Dennis Lance Low Floor Single Decker London & Country

September
16406 London RT Double Decker with Roof Box London Transport - Red (route 23)
20009 Leyland Titan MCW Orion Double Deck Bus City of Manchester
28501 Leyland TD1 Double Decker with Enclosed Staircase Southdown (Simmonds Advert)
28501SB Leyland TD1 Double Decker with Enclosed Staircase Southdown (Showbus 2003 Adverts)
28806A Leyland Titan Rear Engined Double Deck Bus London Buses (East London) Route 175
 for Stagecoach East London
29602 Leyland Olympian Single Door Double Deck Bus Southern Vectis
 (Available at Duxford Showbus Rally)
99644GRC Bedford TK Short Rigid Twin Axle Box Van Truck British Rail (Signal Engineering Dept)
Gilbow Railway Collection

October
16121 Leyland PD2 Highbridge Double Deck Bus C.I.E. (Coran Iompair Eireann)
17215 Long Single Door Leyland National Mark I Single Deck Bus Alder Valley
23403BS Bedford TK Short Rigid 2 Axle Flatbed Truck Tennents
26404 Daimler War Time Utility Double Deck Bus East Yorkshire Motor Services
this model has an incorrect Guy Radiator
26503 Bristol War Time Utility Double Deck Bus Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)
27611 Wright Renown Volvo B10BLB Low Floor Single Deck Bus Arriva Merseyside
27701B London STL Double Decker without Roof Box London Transport - Red (route 17)
 for London's Transport Museum
29401 Bristol RELH Coach Red & White Motor Services

November
16524 MCW Leyland Atlantean Double Deck Bus Wallasey Corporation (route 13)
17504 Long Dual Door Leyland National Mark II Single Deck Bus Arriva Cyrmu (Wales)
20631 Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer Single Deck Bus Brighton & Hove Bus & Coach
26313 Guy Arab II War Time Utility Double Decker East Yorkshire Motor Services
26615 Plaxton Paramount 3500 Mark II Coach Blackburn Coachlines
26703 Plaxton Paramount Expressliner Coach First Coaches (First Cyrmu)
27809B London STL Double Decker with Roof Box London Transport - Red (route 107)
 for Pearsons Department Stores

December
16123 Leyland PD2 Highbridge Double Deck Bus Accrington Corporation Transport
20430 Bristol VRT Series III Double Deck Bus Northumbria Motor Services
28604 GM Standard Leyland Atlantean Double Deck Bus G.M. Buses (City Central Branding)
80402 1959 Tube Train "A" Driving Carriage Northern Line
80502 1959 Tube Train "D" Driving Carriage Northern Line
80602 1959 Tube Train Non Driving Trailing Carriage Northern Line
80702 1959 Tube Train Trailing Carriage Northern Line

A total of 97 models were released in 2003 comprising :-
27 Single deck buses, 52 double deck buses, 6 trucks, 12 tube train carriages and 1 gift set.

2003 EFE MONTHLY MODEL RELEASE SHEETS
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Release Sheet January 2003    Release Sheet February 2003    Miller Tinplate Racing Cars    Release Sheet March 2003
Release Sheet April 2003    Release Sheet May & June 2003    Release Sheet July & August 2003    Release Sheet September 2003
Release Sheet November 2003    Release Sheet November 2003    New Tooling Update    Release Sheet December 2003

2002 Releases Yearly Release Index 2004 Releases