Looking forward to trying these - will they be available separately?

Hey Mr Bach Man!

I'm impressed! Citing phases!

Thanks!

Mark

I heard a rumor that Bachmann may release more road names on the 44T - so here's a suggestion!



Cheers,

Mark

One cool thing about the new J is that the draw bar has two settings - one of which brings the tender closer to the cab.

I've tested mine (I have two of them) on 12" radius with no problems.

Mark

Should I wait to see them at a store? 

Looking forward to it!

The wires between the loco and tender are coated with clear plastic

Quote from: brokemoto on November 12, 2009, 10:42:37 AM
Life-Like sold plastic frame E-6, E-7 and E-8/9. They were a good locomotive, especially for their street prices.  There are still many out there at dealers as NOS, many more are can be found at shows.

LL/Walthers sells metal frame E-8/9. They are very good locomotives.

Only problem with the LL/Walthers E units is that the nose contours are all wrong. The only exception to this possibly is the E6.

Mark

Bach-Man,

Any luck with the pix?

Mark

I heard that Bachmann had samples (on your 50' flat) of these at the iHobby show.

Hey Bach Man can you give us some pics?

According to the latest Rapido Telegraph, they may cancel many of their announced N scale passenger cars - unless they get more reservations in. So if you were thinking about getting a few cars to pull behind your J get your reservation in! (I ordered two of the coaches).



http://www.rapidotrains.com/schemes_n/nw.html

Mark

Quote from: davidone on July 26, 2009, 01:25:10 AM
Need pics, i can't wait for my 2 to come.

Dave

Pic by Daniel Levitt from the Amherst show earlier this year:



The new one is on the right. The hoods still kinda fat, but better.

Mark

Quote from: dtpowell on April 10, 2009, 11:06:57 PM
Hello N&W1218classa,
I guess it depends on the extent of accuracy you're trying to achieve. There's a big difference between the C&O H5 and any of the N&W Z classes. The H5 is a modern simple articulated locos from the 1940's and the Z's were early compounds (Mallets) build first in 1912. Still, the Z is a 2-6-6-2 and at least a locomotive in the style of N&W could be created from the H5 in my opinion.

The Bachmann 2-6-6-2 is a USRA 2-6-6-2 as such it was built in the teens as were the N&W Zs which were built well into the teens. So they both date to about the same era.

Many of the Z1a class were re-built into Z1b class and had their front slide valves replaced with more modern piston valves (among other things such as larger tenders).

I am kitbashing one of the Bachmann models into a N&W Z1b as they ran in the 1950s. This required a fishbelly tender from a LL Y3.

Overall, the driver size is very close on the Z to the USRA 2-6-6-2. The USRA boiler is a bit larger overall so the kitbash will be a "close enough" model.

Decals are available to cover any of the N&W paint schemes applied from the teens through 1960.

Mark

Quote from: derricknscaler on March 15, 2009, 09:09:37 PM
i want to see a flying scotsman in n scale i think it would be awsome i dont know if any body makes it trought    also an n scale 1829 rocket
would be awsome!!

Minitrix made one in 1:160 (I have one).

Graham Garrish made one in British N Scale (1:148).

Quote from: C855B on March 10, 2009, 10:31:35 AM

So... want a Challenger? Buy the Athearn. It's good... really good. Prevail on Bachmann to make something different. Like an FEF-3.

For the FEF - look to Athearn, their steam locos in N so far have been directly taken from their HO lineup so far, so I would not be surprised if the FEF is Athearn's next N steamer: