You may have a voltage drop problem, either within the track itself being loose in places or with the power source.  It doesn't take much power to light up the headlight, it'll come on before the motor moves in many cases.  So the headlight might only say that something is there, not how good it is.  Get a multimeter somewhere and get a reading on your track.  My DCC system delivers between 13 and 14 Volts, apparently some others vary somewhat.

As much trouble as that thing has caused you, you should consider calling the Bachmann Service department and see if they'll work on it for you, or even better, replace it with a similar one. 

You can but you have to wire it seperately

After seeing HO Scale Rebecca fully painted, she would look great in N Scale too, but N Scale doesn't even have Edward and Henry yet, and after Henry, the next priority for a 'big' engine in N Scale would be Spencer.

Bachmann is just waiting for the unpainted samples of Sir Handel and Stanley to arrive, and they could literally be teased any day, with full unpainted reveals within the next few months.

 a can I add a reverse Loop on Bachman HO DC?  I have all brass engines and don`t wish to switch to DCC.

I find it interesting that it is loan and interest payments that are tipping the scale. The operating revenues are enough to turn a profit if it weren't for the loans. This begs a couple of questions.....

Kader used to make product for other manufacturers besides Bachmann. Is that no longer the case? If so, how much did the loss of this business contribute to the overall losses?

I assume much of the debt the company has incurred is related to development of new product. Should we expect to see fewer new locomotives in the future, and a concentration on what is selling well in the existing line? I for one would hate to see the GP40s and GP38-2s become unavailable.

How will this affect the parts store? WIll spare parts become harder to obtain?

Dear 203,
Well, I certainly do, too!
And there are no plans to discontinue steam locomotives in ant scale.
Have fun!
the Bach-man

Hi, so I recently purchased a DCC Pennsylvania Railroad SD45 from Spectrum off of Ebay. It came in the mail today, and when I tested it, it wouldn't move at all below speed step 17. At speed step 17, it still goes very slowly. The headlight works, so I know that it isn't a power issue, and you can hear the motor below speedstep 17, it just doesn't run. I have tried resetting the decoder. I have tried resetting the address to the number 3 and back again, still to no avail. I did notice however that the motor was very loose. Like as in I could just lift it out if I wanted to loose. I do not think this is an issue because I secured it in place with some moutning putty, and the same issue still happened. If anyone has any knowledge of how to fix this, please let me know.

Here is a late-breaking update to my Bachmann GE-45T repair/upgrade: I presently own 3 of these 'beauties' and really love how they run on my layout. [I run my trains virtually everyday.] #4 has the original Bachmann decoder to which I added a TCS "Keep Alive" unit. This locomotive runs like an expensive Swiss watch. #5 is currently apart - awaiting my order of micro LEDs. [Check out my previous posts.] A well-known vendor installed a TCS decoder and a TCS Keep Alive unit. Said locomotive is still in pieces as I had to 'chase down' some shorts and will [shortly] replace the inoperative front LED (however there is a light at the end of this tunnel...no pun intended). GE-45T (#6) has been 'dead' for a few years and will garner my attention next. I contacted TCS technical and they advised that I check the motor to see if the non-running begins there. As far as decoders are concerned (for the GE-45T) they recommended: 1) TCS M1 (no Keep Alive...but you can add their miniscule TCS KA4 Keep Alive, or 2) the TCS KAM4-LED which is set up WITH a Keep Alive Circuit and LED wires/resistors already attached. Now the KAM4-LED is a bit larger than the simple M1; BUT if you factor in the additional size of the Keep Alive circuit module you may be better served by going with the TCS KAM4-LED. I'll try to update this post whenever I get to the repair/upgrade of #6.

Cheers,
Ray