I bought the Golden Spike #23131 at a really good price to try DCC.  The layout is an oval with a single manual turnout.  The straight sections (5) are all 5 inch but the straight section of the turnout is 6.25 inches.  How does one form the oval missing 1.25 inches of track?  Shouldn't Bachmann have included that short section?

The Classic Collector Series included 5 19th century trains that were released in the 1980's.  The Dewitt Clinton, the Lafayette, the Pegasus, the John Bull and the Prussia all with 140-xxx model numbers.  It appears that several of these were re-released in the 2000's with 006xx model numbers and were upgraded with the newer transformer and NS EZ-track.  Were there other changes?  Were all 5 re-released?  Is there any documentation on this series other than what's on the boxes and in the catalogs?