Very Happy Mr. Bach-Man!

Great Announcements from the NMRA Show!

The Berkshire and E60CP Electrics are great surprises...as are the Sharks in HO-scale!!!  Can't Wait!  Already pre-ordered a Berk; E60CP; and 3 Sharks from my dealer.

Eager to see the pics, when you have them available to post.

Also, are the delivery dates correct?  I remember you stated Bachmann planned to shorten the window between announcements and delivery, but was surprised to see Oct/Nov '07 dates on most of these new items!  Cool, if correct!

Thanks!

Still a work-in-progress...but then as unknown items and new variations continue to appear I suspect that none of my sites will ever be truly done-finished-and/or-complete...the Rolling Stock section of my Bachmann HO-Scale Trains Resource is now online.

Visit It Today...And Watch For Updates...

http://ho-scaletrains.net/bachmannhoscalerollingstock/



Enjoy!

I've had some difficulty programming a pair of Bachmann DCC equipped locos and thought I post here and see if anyone might be able to help.

I have a Spectrum 2-10-2 and Bachmann EZ-DCC GP30 that neither one will accept a 4-digit/long-address.  They both appear to work fine otherwise, but are stuck running as default loco "03" only.

I have other EZ-DCC locos (GP38-2; SD40-2; GP35; GP30) that have all easily taken the long-address with little trouble.  According to my notes, I went in and changed CV29 to accomidate the 4-digit address on those examples and all went quick and easy.

These other two mentioned above won't allow me to re-program CV29.  I get "d nr" on my Digitrax Zephyr, when I try to read or program CV29.  Also can't even get the 2-digit address to switch from its "03" default.

Any ideas?  Defective decoders? 

Thanks,

Quote from: jayl1 on June 20, 2007, 05:58:19 PM
Excuse me - I am a dealer.  They (BevBel) closed down as of a few months ago - and are dumping remaining stock -.  Get YOUR  facts straight.

Jayl1 is correct.  I saw Bev-Bel's "Going Out of Business" sale flyer.  It was from maybe 3-4-5 months back.  The first page had a handwritten note stating that they were going out of business and stated "health reasons" for the decision. 

Don't know who got all the goodies on their closeout-list though.  Tried to order about $600 worth of stuff...many things at 75%-off and more...like Kato-Proto-Atlas locos!!!  And got nothing.  Oh well, it was fun entertaining the notion that I was gonna get a Kato SD70MAC in blue and yellow Alaska paint for $25.

Bach-Man,

Noticed that Bachmann no longer features the former E-R Models N-scale Shark Nose A & B sets in its product line.  Also read that Models 11 now may have exclusive distribution to these N-scale Sharks.

Does this mean there is now no plans for the rumored introduction of the former E-R Models/Roco HO-scale Sharks in the Bachmann line in the future?

Thanks,

Quote from: cmgn9712 on June 17, 2007, 08:53:02 AM
Crown was the old Varney tooling moved to Hong Kong. They only lasted a year or two. The cars  were sold on blister cards for less than a buck. They were not very good and quickly went out of business. The tooling eventually ended up as Lifelikes train set (poor) quality stuff.

I believe there may be some confusiong here regarding which Crown line is being discussed.  I think the ex-Varney/ex-Life-Like Crown boxed cars sold by Horizon Hobby in the last few years are different from what is being mentioned originally in this post.

There is/was a line of Crown boxed/carded freight cars that do match current Life-Like toy train/train set cars.  Similar to the Industrial Rail ho-scale freight cars, they are nothing more than Life-Like cars in different packages.

The Crown cars first mentioned are from around 1970 or just prior.  The tooling resembles the Bachmann ho-scale freight cars that would arrive on the market shortly after these Crown cars were issued.  Examples I've seen or currently own include the 40' 3-Dome Tank Car; 40' Sliding Door Box Car; ATSF-style  Off-Center-Cupola Caboose; 16-wheel Heavy-Duty Flat Car with Log Load; and the 40' Gondola.  Again, my close inspection of them finds that they are all extremely similar to tooling that would appear in the Bachmann ho-scale line in the early '70s and in some cases remains available today.

Of note, these early Crown cars have their metal weights painted black, which was rare for RTR cars of that time.  They also feature trucks with actual springs, which too was somewhat uncommon by 1970 on this level of product.  Origin marks feature a lined-globe with "OK" inside the globe. 



The above image is from an AHM Delaware & Hudson 16-wheel Flat Car with Logs that resembles the one offered in the Bachmann line for many years.  This AHM example has the OK-Globe origin mark on its underframe.  This matches marks found on other Crown freight cars I have examined.

I have some pics of the Crown cars and will post them soon. 

I had wondered what that said in the lower right corner...thanks.  I don't see anything related to trains on the Great Planes website.

Did find Twin Diesels and Caboose sets in the recent Historic Rail catalog.

The reason I am curious about them is that these sets would be the only place to obtain a Non-Powered GP-40 or F40PH currently.

Here's the set as featured on the Historic Rail site...

Quote from: THB-DAVE on April 27, 2007, 08:45:48 AM
There probably not listed because they are long out of production.

David

I believe they are very much current production or very recent items.  They appear to use the blue box packaging that is used on Bachmann's latest items. 

The cars in question are:

#17432 Open-Sided Excursion Car with Seats -- Durango & Silverton  HO  30.00 31-Dec-2008     

#17445 Open-Sided Excursion Car with Seats -- Cass Scenic Railroad  HO  30.00 31-Dec-2008     

#17447 Open-Sided Excursion Car with Seats -- Unlettered (silver & black)  HO  30.00 31-Dec-2008     

#17448 Open-Sided Excursion Car with Seats -- Unlettered (silver & yellow)  HO  30.00 31-Dec-2008     

#17449 Open-Sided Excursion Car with Seats -- Unlettered (red, green, gold)  HO  30.00 31-Dec-2008 

If you do a search on the Walthers site in the Advanced Search section and use the prefix number 160 that Walthers uses for Bachmann and then drop down HO and Passenger Cars and mark the search Show Only Advance Reservation Items, it'll bring back the above info.  Walthers at least is stating December 31, 2008.

Don't believe any pre-production pics have surfaced yet.

Bach Man, Is there any information you have regarding these cars?  And BTW, when is your Photo Gallery returning??? 

Thanks,

Tony

Hey Bach Man,

I've been seeing on eBay Bachmann Twin Diesel with Caboose sets. 

Here's a picture of the Santa Fe GP40 set...



Also see Amtrak F40PH sets and Alaska GP40 sets.

My question is, I don't see them listed from Walthers for ordering by my local hobby shop.

Beyond eBay, how do you get them???  Are they not sold through distributors like Walthers and/or Horizon Hobby?

Also can't find them listed in Bachmann catalogs or on the website.

Thanks

Tony

This is my installation of DCC and Sound in a steam engine. 

Am having some difficulty with the headlight, but I really like the Soundtraxx Tsunami sound system...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlU8CAr-CoQ

Bad News, if it's correct...had been looking forward to these models.

Bach Man, any news on the delay or what's up with the HO-scale Excursion Cars???

You may have read about the second group of 1/87th Fresh Cherries vehicles, but I have some info that is freshier and differs from earlier announcements.

Read about the next batch of 1/87th Fresh Cherries, plus see pics of the original cars and info regarding their prototypes and model designs...

http://ho-scaletrains.net/id26.html

I think the Bachmann GP-35 is set up the same as the GP-30...

There are two philips screws that hold the fuel tank in place...remove them both and the fuel tank will come off.

Under or inside the fuel tank area will be another pair of phillips screws that hold the shell to the frame...remove them both and shell comes off the frame.

Be very careful with these screws as the shell's plastic is soft enough that you can easily destroy the threads for the screws and then have difficulty getting the shell and frame to stay together...so go easy with them.

Hope this info is correct!

If Bachmann has an interest in doing a new diesel for the Spectrum series, I would agree with earlier posts that the EMD SD70ACe would be a good choice.  Just doing the UP Heritage (MP, MKT, WP, DRGW, CNW) models for the SD70ACe would make for a good run. 

Here's the Rio Grande Heritage SD70ACe...


Now, the Kansas City Southern has just taken delivery of Southern Belle-inspired GE models for the KCS de Mexico and a run of SD70ACe's is coming in this new scheme for KCS...


A well-done Spectrum SD70ACe might make for a good selling release.