at the age of 2 it is uncommon to have a large attention span to do research
but i have done much research on how electricity works and the workings of ac dc and dcc
and their historys
i just like to ask the pro's first= who roam freely among this message board

i looked it up and i know now

seems like from my mis interpretation of my comment i've sparked a wild fire of questions about what is a "train"...

id love to see how it turns out

  no it makes this board fun to come to
to see your comments
don't worry about it

but how do the trains run even if the track is not finished?
should'nt be a complete circuit in order to run?
or am i missing something
probbably am because they do...
does it have something to do with the ac and dc electrics?

yes
"fo shizzle " to you rogertra   
i'm sorry
i meant loco and tender

they both were replaced in about a week and a day
im surprised bachmann does'nt give it to their service department to fix
so they can keep their jobs 
i wonder if you need to go to model train college to work for them...
i bet you need an engineering degree...

ANYWAY
i just wanted to say i was happy to get an entirley new loco and tender after a slight problem...
everyone on this board is very articulate and pays attention to the misspellings on all posts AND WAITS FOR THE MOMENT
to pounce and critisize!  joking
happy railroading

naaa
its not a whole train
same train
an entirley new box
rapped in plastic


sorry if i had misspellings in my last post
i was just very happy 

they replaced the 2-8-0 consolidation dcc
with tender!
same one i sent in except now it's entirley new!

I sent in my bachmann spectrum loco last week for a small part problem
i am Extremley happy on what the've done
they sent me
an entireley new train
i was asstonished when it came
didn't "need" to be replaced
but gee im just happy that the bachmann co. is so generous
Thanks Bachmann!

1. think of an era
2. look for a place during that era
3. model that place
this is good because you are not aimlessley building things
and then
find a basic track plan
try a double loop
get a basic idea and go for it
need trolleys?
bachmann has a highly detailed trolley set
i dont have trolleys on my layout so
just ask google trolley layout online
itll spark your imagination
you'd be surprised the amount of deatail you can put into a 5 by 8

no... no abuse at all
the plug which connects the loco to the tender.
the plastic part  is stuck in the female plug and ripped it out when i carefully took it out.
its not even an internal problem

forgot to say i sent it out monday afternoon

i had a warranty on my spectrum 2-8-0 loco ( the award winning one)
and it had some part of it break
a plug of some sort in between the loco and the tender
warranty is still good so i sent it out to bachmann's service department
does anyone know how long it will take to return?

call me impatient...
-summertrainz

good one bach man 

well i have my layout all set up...
trees... houses... grass... spectrum trains thundering down the line..
now i need to make more realism
boxcars... Look too new
any advice on how to weather them?
sand them down slightly?
throw dirt powdered dirt on them?
my basic ideas
how do you do it with out buying boxcars with that something like that already done?

good point... thanks for the fact

this may be a bit off topic for this board
but does the cow catcher commonly on the front of steam locomotives...
did it push cows off the rails?
because i was wondering if it didnt have that, could it derail the train if it was a 4-4-0? or 0-6-0?
because i was playing railroad tycoon 3 on my pc and a consolidation 2-8-0 loco on the game was designed with red (stuff) on the cowcatcher.
which brought me to my curious question.
did they hit the cows if they did'nt get off the tracks?