hi everybody, i just recently got one of the 4-8-2 light mountains in the unlettered version. i'm not modeling a specific rr and i'd kinda like it to be accurate, so does anyone know what prototype bachmann based the light mountain on? it kinda looks like a drgw mountain to me but i'm not sure. thanks if you can help!

hi guys, im wanting to get one of the new 4-6-0s, but im wondering about the tender shell. it looks like to be the same shell as on the 2-8-0, the usra medium size tender. id like to get the 4-6-0 in unlettered, buy a 2-8-0 tender shell for a certain roadname, and then replace it on the 4-6-0 and then letter the number myself. would this be possible, or are the tender shells for the 2-8-0 and 4-6-0 different? thanks if you can help!

hi guys, i finally got a layout table built and i got a track plan together, but i cant figure out what i want for scenery. i dont have too much space since im fitting two tracks in a small area. heres an image of my trackplan (used anyrail), the size is 2.5 x 5 feet, anyone have any good ideas for scenery? btw this is n scale

just thought id share the news with everyone that didnt know but the n&w j in n scale does have a front coupler! i took the bottom of the pilot appart on mine, and found that it does have a front coupler. dunno if its on the older versions tho, mine is the newest 1 with bachmann's new couplers on it. anyways just thought id tell people for all those who want to run doubleheaders with their j!

hey guys i was finally able to locate one of the little b-mann docksideres from the 80s. only prob is that it doesnt run. i took it to my hobby shop and they took a look at it, they told me that the wheels are out of quarter and that they couldnt repair it. they told me to send it back to b-mann for repair, but i know that they dont make these anymore and they would just send me a new locmotive (i think). does anyone know what i can do? i really want this one to run and i dont know how to repair it myself

hi i'm working on a kitbashing project and i need to know the lengths of bachmann's n scale tenders the usra ones, can any1 tell me the lengths of the usra short, usra medium, and usra long tenders? thanx very much if u can help

i know that bachmann used to make one of these, but i can't find it now. i want to buy one to kitbash into a saddletank that looks different than a docksider, but i can't find a docksider. does anyone know where i can get one besides ebay (cant buy off of there) or searching for one at train expos?

i'm getting into passenger trains now on my layout and i'm looking for n scale passenger cars for the trains. no offense to bachmann but they don't have a good selection of non-amtrak cars and i'm not modeling amtrak. does anyone know where i could find good n scale passenger cars for not ridiculously high prices? i'm on a budget and i can't afford much but i really want to have passenger trains. thanks if you can help

hi, i'm thinking about redesigning my layout and i was wondering if there are any layout plans on the internet using bachmann e-z track, for both ho and n. i see plans for lionel and atlas track all the time but never any bachmann track. does anybody know if there are a collect of plans on the internet somewhere? or maybe even a book? thx if you can help

hi, i'm thinking about buying an n&w j and i have some questions about it. does it have a front coupler (i want to do doubleheaders with mine) and can anyone tell me how long it is? like from pilot to the end of the aux tender. thanks if you can help

hi there, i'm new to n scale, and i was wondering if i could ask a question about break in runs. i bought all my trains brand new, but they didn't come with boxes or instructions. so i have no idea how long i should break them in, or what to do. do all trains have different break in run times? i have a 2-8-0, a u36b, a gp40 and a gp50. thanks if you can help.