Hey Mr. Bach-Man,
Send me one of those new 'Teddies'' to run for the pretour and you can make me and Bill happy!
Happy Rails To You,
Teddy Y

Bill,
I will send you photos of the bottom when Mr. Bach-man sends me one to operate for the convention pretours:)
Happy Rails To You,
Ted

Friends,
Two weeks from today, the vendor hall will open at the 2021 National Garden Railroad Convention in Nashville. The factory production run painted Rio Grande locos will be on display there. Looking forward to it. It has been awhile coming, but from early info it will be worth the wait.
Happy Rails To You,
Teddy Y
PS-You can still run them on my garden railroad for the pretour! I will bring them back to you at Nashville (maybe).

The Bach-man,
The anticipation is now notched up a few degrees! Send me one down and I will run it for the pretour for the convention May 29!
Happy Rails To You,
Teddy Y.
PS-you would be welcome at my pretour, might even treat you to some southern BBQ:)

Are we there yet? I mean, are they here yet?

The Bachman,
Any updates with new Rio Grande production run photos? Any update on actual in hobby shop time frame? My railroad needs one, or two, or three!
Happy Rails To You,
Teddy Y

Bill and All,
I was very surprised to watch the following video last Christmas. Made me want one of the sets for sure! Look at about 6 minutes into the video and you will see the set comes with the new style trucks! Set appears to be brand new.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IefDbErIytI
More discussion fodder I am guessing.
Happy Rails To You,
Teddy Y

Bill,
This video by one of the Georgia Garden Railway Society member's may help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRrWzNRWaTw
Happy Rails To You,
Teddy

Mark,
  The C-19 uses the pin with drawbar. Works well (two holes for close coupling and wider spaced coupling between loco and tender). Looks like the trucks are from the C-19 as well. Waiting for painted loco photos for sure! Hopefully SOON!
Happy Rails To You,
Teddy Y

Hey Bach-man,
'April Fool's Day' has passed. Give us some photos of the painted Rio Grande versions! Maybe even updated arrival dates.
Happy Rails To You,
Teddy Y

The Bachman,
Thank You! Many have been waiting on the detail shots of the new tender. Now, we wait for the two Rio Grande paint version photos Can you give us any more arrival info?
Happy Rails To You,
Teddy Y

Hey Bach-man,
Still looking for photos!
Happy Rails To You,
Ted

Greetings InsideTrack,
Great news for sure! Looking forward to photos of the loco and the NEW TENDER! Thanks for sharing the manual.
Happy Rails To You,
Ted

Greetings Bach Man,
This is the best news since Covid vaccines! Just what we needed to cure the winter blahs! Waiting for photos! I am excited in case you can't tell!
Happy Rails To You,
Ted

llimhoff,
The C-19, a 2-8-0, and the 4-6-0 are both models of narrow gauge locomotives. They are 1:20.3 and 1:22.5 respectively. The NEW 4-6-0 Bumblebee #91803 coming later this spring or early summer is slightly smaller than the C-19 and is same size as the Annie you listed as road numbers 178 & 177 but has the electronics of the C-19 locomotive. You simply lift our the coal load and there is a board that has slide switch for track or battery power and a plug and play board for sound or DCC. You might want to wait for this unless you find a good deal on the others (as they are currently out of production and sold out at most hobby shops). All are good locomotives as I have and run both, even together on the same layout.
Happy Rails To You,
Ted