thank You SO MUCH I HAVE 2 CW (FLIP BOX) AND I HAVE NE W8-40C I KNEW THAT THE NEW ONE "LOOKS GOODS NEXT TO ATLAS" . I BEEN ASKING DEALERS FOR DAYS AND THEY DID NOT NEW.  I'M GLAD BACHMANN GOT REVISED 8-40CW. CAN'T WAIT TO PUT MY HANDS ON ONE OF THEM.
JACK

HELLO, DOES ANYONE OWES SPECTRUM 8-40C AND SPECTRUM 8-40CW. I HAVE 8-40CW, WHICH IS VERY NICE BUT NOISY RAILINGS ARE NOT STRAIGHT. I'M HEARING THAT 8-40C SUPPOSED TO BE A NEW LINE LED HIGH QUALITY RICH DETAIL ETC?
JACK

I WAS THINKING ABOUT PUTTING DIGITRAXDZ123 WHICH IS NOT PLUG AND PLAY YOU HAVE TO SOLDER EACH WIRE TO PICKUP AND MOTOR. HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK WITH THE SENSORS? DID ANYBODY TRY THAT YET? IF TOO MUCH TROUBLE, WHICH PLUGIN DCC WOULD WORK?

i have to aree. i'm blessed with accela set. Beaty. THERE IS A TRUE REVOLUTION IN NEW BACHMANN SPECTRUM DIESELS. OLD SPECTRUM LINE WAS A CHIP LINE, SOMETIMES NOISY, SOMETIMES LOOKS NOT THE GREATEST ( I DID NOT SEE ONE DASH 8-40 WITH STRAIGHT RAILINGS) ALWAYS FEW STEPS BEHIND ATLAS OR  EVEN LLIFELIKE. NOW I BOTH IT MY SECONDSD-45. LOOKS WINDSHIELD WIPERS MOLDED O THE FRONT WINDOWS, NICE RAILINGS (NEW LIFELIKE WALTHERS ARE SO THIN YOU AFFRAID TO BREAK THEM JUST BY LOOKING) EVEN A GAS TANK IS RICH IN DETAIL. AHA LED LIGHTS, AND NOT AS NOISY AS H16 SPECTRUM. AND SINCE I GOT IT FOR ABOUT $25 BUGS ON EBAY BRAND NEW (FROM AUTHORIZED DEALER) AND THING BACHMANN OWES THE WORLD!!!! 2 YEARS AGO I WOULD MAKE MY LIST OF THE COMPLAINTS, NOW I  HAVE 3 BEAUTIFUL AS WELL GREAT PERFORMING STEAM ENGINES, ALL SPECTRUM 2-8-0, 4-8-2, 2-6-6-2 AND 3 GREAT DIESELSNACCELA, SD-45 AND H-16 (ALSO SPECTRUM), I KNOW FLEISCHMANN AND KATO WILL ALWAYS HAVE THEIR PLACE IN N SCALE, BUT I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMEND MY LOCAL FRIEND BACHMANN TRAINS.
PS.
NEW SPECTRUM ENGINES HAVE LEDS INSTEAD OF LIGHT BULBS, THAT THE TRICK TO FIND THEM AT LEAST FOR ME.
I JUST WONDER WHATS NEXT, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A CHALLENGER....
IMAGINE BACHMANN CHALLENGER!!! HOW ABOUT BACHMANN?!