hi all, I was planning on buying the porter loco for my layout,has anyone had any experience with these locos and could tell me a little about it---thanks for your help

 Thanks loco bill you really know your stuff

I have a question for loco bill I have the pennsylvanian                            4-6-0 #90082 and I want to add a ANNIE power chassis to it.I would appreciate any help on this. thanks so much

I have this set . the bolsters can be removed from the pass cars,but you wont have lights.all you need is a screwdriver and needle nose pliers. after you remove them the cars will roll smoothly. youll have to use a different electrical pickups on the wheels

I would love for bachmann to remake the metroliner set in their spectrum line. also athearn makes a great running p42 (own 2 of them) . They should they invented the drives everyone else uses in their locos.

It should be on bachmann, but you will probably end up paying shipping.I avoid this problem by repairing my locos

use a mr clean eraser and water, use plenty of water and take your time.If you do it right you wont remove the black paint.

walthers ll proto loco is a good loco. It has flaws to it. walthers is aware of the flaws and is going to redesign the loco to fix these flaws. I have one and it runs smooth and quiet. Its not a great puller[no traction tires] and other minor issues. the loco is the correct prototype

save yourself alot of trouble, but an atlas model

this loco is a nightmare,taking this loco apart to shim the bearing block is a waste of time. the loco still wont run right. check with spookshow on his website. these locos are basically shelf queens, they look nice but run like crap. the new heavymountain locos are excellent very close to kato quality

Try a tcs m-1 decoder

jd john has an "H " in it

you wont find that problem on lionels

try Ebay. I dont think bachmann has them anymore.

short answer   no