It's definitely a Bachmann, made in Hong Kong, I guess. It says Bachmann Hong Kong on the bottom. It's been stored in a suitcase since the last I played with it. The locomotive and the cars are in remarkably good shape(especially considering what my GI Joes and Star Wars figures looked like when I got rid of them). One of the horns is broken off the engine and there's a few small scratches, but that's it. I remember cleaning the track on my slotcar set with sandpaper but not the train track. I'll give that a go but I've got to buy new track anyway because I don't have enough curved pieces to do anything with. Is the new track still compatible with the old track and those little connectors? And can you still get the little connectors?

I recently found my old train. It hasn't been run in about 25 years. It seems to work but not great. I've gotta get some new track anyway because I don't have enough to do anything with. My question is, could the old track be too tarnished for it to make a good connection? Also, is there anything else I should do before running it since it's been sitting up that long? I've had this thing forever and don't want it torn up, but me and the old man had alot of fun with this thing and I've got a 5 year old who I think would enjoy it as well. I just don't know that much about model trains.

Looks like it is HO scale. It measures about what you mentioned. I wouldn't consider the nose too terribly streamlined. How is the quality on these trains from this era? Like I say, it's pretty near 30 years old and seems to work, although I think my track is too old and tarnished for it to get a real good connection. Me and my dad had a lot of fun with this thing though. We built a table out of some plywood with some astroturf covering it and set it up with his old Aurora slotcar set with some buildings and trees. I had thought it was long gone but my mom found it when she was cleaning out the storage room, along with most of the slotcar set. I don't have enough track for it either. What does the train track run at toy stores(if you can still buy it there)?

Ok, so I just found my old train in the attic. I wanted to set it up for the kids, but I need some track. I have none of the packaging. How do I determine which scale I have? As near as I can recall I got it for Christmas sometime in the very early 80's. It's a red and silver Santa Fe. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It hasn't been run in at least 25 years, but it seems to work.