That is what I had done cause I am looking at getting one of the new 4-6-2 and since I would want it with a Soundtraxx Tsunami2 decoder I had been curious as to whether or not it was the same tender chassis as the 2-8-2 and how to get a spare tender chassis so I wouldn't have to buy a complete 2-8-2 for a tender swap so I coupld fit the 4-6-2 with a Tsunami2 decoder.

Hey Bach-Man,
I have a question regarding the tender of the new USRA Light 4-6-2. Does it use the same tender as the USRA Light 2-8-2 or is it a new tender? And if it is the same tender how could I get a spare tender chassis for the DCC Ready 2-8-2 with out buying a second engine?

Nice looking engine. Kinda reminds me of Sierra Railway #3, but with a different boiler and placement of the domes.

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/376316/

They would however, then you run into the issue of the couplings that are missing hooks. Now are the couplings missing the hook on just one end or both? If the ones that are missing hooks, if they are only missing the hook on one coupling, you should be fine, but if both hooks are missing, then your best bet would be to conver the coaches and engine to knuckle couplings as spare tension lock couplings of that size aren't easy to find here in the states. I had to make similar coupler modifications to some Bachmann Branchline Thompson coaches I have that had an identical style coupling to the coaches in the Hogwarts Express train set. it is quite easy to do. Simply put, cut the loop off of the tension lock coupling and remove the hook (on the ones that still have the hook), take a Kadee coupler box (you get those in every pack of knuckle couplers from them or you can get them separately) and glue the part with the cylinder onto the base of the tension lock coupling where the loop was and allow time to dry (about 10 minutes should do if using model glue or about 5 minutes for loctite super glue) then place the knuckle coupler in ht e part of the coupler box that you glued in place on the base of the old coupling and CAREFULLY glue the lid of the coupler box in place (I say carefully because if you get glue on the end of the coupler that's in the coupler box, it will not pivot). For the tender, converting it to knuckle couplings should be as easy as unscrewing the tension lock coupling and using the existing screw, put a knuckle coupling in a Kadee coupler box in it's place. I hope the advice helps.

Quote from: Rickenbacker 325 on November 05, 2016, 11:36:16 PM
I recently got a Hogwarts set with 1 engine and 6 passenger cars, 2 brake and 4 coach cars. The wheels are plastic and roll freely but the club I work at doesn't allow freight or passenger cars with plastic wheels. Are there any metal wheels that are the correct size that will work?

On a side note, some of the hooks are missing on the passenger cars, they are smaller than the Thomas and Friends hooks so I don't think those will work. Is there a name for these couplings so I can get some replacements?

The coaches are old Bachmann Branchline British Railways MK1 coaches from the time before the NEM coupling pockets that the new ones are fitted with. For the wheels and trucks, your best bet would be to get some Bachmann Branchline 36-005A MK1 Bogies. You should be able to get them no problem from Hatton's Model Railways for a few bucks for two trucks. Here is the link.
http://www.hattons.co.uk/18665/Bachmann_Branchline_36_005A_Pair_of_BR_Mk1_coach_bogies_Identical_to_36_005/StockDetail.aspx
The trucks come with couplings fitted and would work with your coaches. Don't forget to change the price to US Dollars. They do ship internationally. I have ordered from them before and they usually have what I order shipped out about 2 or three days after I order. Though I order on Fridays when I do order something from them which would have something to do with it.

Bachmann does sell the drive belt by itself. You just have to look under the 2-10-0 in the parts page, as it is for both the 2-10-0 and the 2-8-0.

http://estore.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_68_158&products_id=925

Quote from: Trainman203 on July 31, 2016, 11:17:36 AM
Man.... It's really hard to make people happy, isn't it.  You think you're not getting what you want ..... Try being a MISSOURI PACIFIC modeler!  

Or a Milwaukee Road, DM&IR, Cotton Belt, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Burlington Route, Rock Island, Southern, Santa Fe (not many Santa Fe steam engines available these days) steam engine modeler...

Or even a Nevada Northern, or Virginia and Truckee modeler.

Quote from: Len on October 02, 2015, 12:26:01 PM
Sounds like the bad old days of software update releases, "It will be out real soon now." 

Len

According to Bachmann's E-News Letter, the USRA Light 2-8-2's will be shipping in late October.

Quote from: richardl on September 08, 2015, 08:50:36 PM

Quote from: xxxtmanxxx on September 08, 2015, 05:10:53 PM
Hey there everyone. Some of you may remember the Irish Railway set (#000651) from years and years ago. Since it's been long discontinued, is there a way to get parts for it?

Hope this is a little more helpful.

Maybe on a UK or EU ebay listing. I suspect this set was mostly for the UK or EU. Seriously doubt it would be worth it. I would suspect a pancake motor.
As an example, someone just asked about a 1990 4-8-4.

I think there might be a Bachmann forum for the other side of the Pond. Bachmann does sell a lot over "There".

Rich

This set was made for here in the US like the Bachmann "Hogwarts Express" train sets and older "Flying Scot" train set. You can tell because it has the "EZ-Track Included" symbol on the box. Like the "Hogwarts Express" train set it has a British outline engine (in this case, "Irish" but was made using the Bachmann Branchline Southern Railway N-Class 2-6-0 tooling using an early can motor as there isn't enough room in the shell for a pancake type motor instead of the GWR Hall Class like the H.E. train set), and three British prototype coaches (represented by the same coach toolings as the ones used for the Thomas and Friends range Express Coaches that were older LMS style coach toolings from Bachmann Branchline) painted to look like they are from Ireland. As far as parts go, I really don't know what to tell you other than wander the internet on a quest for parts for this engine as you didn't mention what the problem with your engine is.

Personally, I would like to see a USATC S160 class 2-8-0 as there are no ready to run off the shelf models of them (American or British versions) anywhere. Another model I would like to see is a more "Old Time" style 4-6-0 similar in design to the Sierra Railway's #3 as it was a more generic design from the late 1800's (the engine was built in 1895 and in my opinion, anything from before 1905 is an "Old Time" locomotive) that could be lettered for many roadnames and be made to have wood, coal or oil bunkers as the Sierra Railway's #3 was built to burn coal, then later converted to burn oil and has been seen as a wood burner in most of the movies and TV shows that I have seen it appear in. Or even some more Northern US road names like Great Northern or Northern Pacific as well as Milwaukee Road, DMIR, C&NW, Soo Line, Burlington and Rock Island in the way of steam engines as there aren't enough of those road names on the market and some even ran as far west as Portland and Seattle mind you. I understand it is because the more "Popular" (and I use the term loosely) Road Names are the UP, SP, ATSF, B&O, PRR and NYC; that there aren't more Midwest and Pacific Northwest roadnames available in steam as affordable plastic models. But, there are a lot of people here in the Midwest and Northern US who are Railway Model Enthusiasts (because it is one of the few things those of us who live in the colder climates of this country can do during those harsh winters that most everywhere else in the country can't even imagine can do to keep ourselves sane when we are stuck inside for about half the year at times, and I should know as I live in Minnesota) who want to model road names local to their area of the country in using readily available, affordable, models and unfortunately, the only way to get steam engines from some of the local road names (which for me are the ones I listed earlier that I would like to see appear more in steam engines such as the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, Soo Line, DMIR, C&NW, and Rock Island) is the much more expensive "Brass Option" or the much less (in my mind anyway) favorable PRR/UP/SP/ATSF/B&O/NYC based design painted to look like a steam engine that would have been seen around the Northern Midwest and North Western part of the country as is a common site within most of the manufacturers out there. And I know people have gone off on me whenever I speak my mind on the matter stating that "What WE need is more USRA/Generic steam engines not engines specific to a single railroad or a couple railroads.", not keeping in mind that most of their precious "USRA/Generic" steam engines are based on ONE Railroads version of that wheel arrangement and is then repainted into paint schemes of railroads whose steamers looked nothing like that or railroads who didn't even have any engines of that wheel arrangement. Now don't get me wrong, Bachmann's USRA engines are great in the fact each roadname has details specific to that roadname as eveident with the USRA Light 2-10-2 or USRA Heavy 4-8-2 and even the upcoming USRA Light 2-8-2 and I even have one of the DMIR USRA Light 2-10-2's and love it because it looks like the real engine and even plan on getting a couple of the 2-8-2 when it releases. But the thing is that not all railroads had identical looking locomotives. For example, a 4-8-4 on the Union Pacific looked different from the 4-8-4's of the Milwaukee Road which looked different from the 4-8-4's of the N&W, which looked different from the one's on the Northern Pacific and I really won't continue that as it would take much too long. What I am saying is while for most the "Big Six" railroads in the US may be fine for people who live in those areas or are fans of those railroads because they may have been from there originally, but those of us who, like myself, maybe were born and grew up in an area of the country were those local railroads aren't exactly represented as much or as well as the "Big Six" are not so lucky when it comes to OUR local road names as model trains and what we usually end up with is model railway museums of sorts with models of trains from across the country with most of which we haven't even seen in our area, even in old photos on the internet, let alone operated in OUR local area's such as the UP, SP, ATSF or PRR, B&O, and NYC.

Quote from: electrical whiz kid on August 30, 2015, 09:14:15 AM
Roger;
Have you looked in "Model Railroader" or "RMC"  (I forget which one...) this month?  Dey's dere!  In full living (grey) colour.
RIch

Or you could check out the Bachmann Trains Facebook page to see a video of one of the sound value versions running and there is another thread on the forums here with pictures of one of the painted production samples and a picture of the Southern 4501 version at the NMRA show this weekend on the Bachmann facebook page.

Quote from: rogertra on August 30, 2015, 12:01:32 AM

Quote from: RAM on August 29, 2015, 11:24:21 PM
Well they had already made the announcement, so there was no need to announce it again.     

Why isn't it in the publicity then?

You'd think they wouldn't pass that up.

Cheers

Roger T.

That is because they announced the USRA 2-8-2 at the NMRA show LAST YEAR. And if I am correct it is also listed in the 2015 Bachmann catalog. In other words, it has been common knowledge to everyone. The models just haven't released yet.

Are you facing away from the reciever or looking at it when trying to get it to work? Cause I have the Dynamis as well and I know that it works best when you are facing towards the reciever as opposed to facing away from it. If you are running a layout that runs around the edge of a room or basement you my recommendation would be to get the probox and add extra recievers at the corners or around the center of the sides of the layout. If you run just a plain oval (4X8 foot for example) it might just be a matter of finding the ideal location for the command base/reciever. Other than that, the only thing I could recommend is if your controller is still under warranty, would be to send it in to Bachmann to see if they can repair it and get it working again.

It would not be easy unless you found two driving axles of the correct spacing and size (with side rods of course) and have a lot of skill in heavily modifying the chassis of a model train, in this case Gordon. As for the engine shell, I would recommend just using Bachmann's shell for Henry and modifying the firebox by cutting the firebox from the Henry shell and the firebox from the Gordon shell and glue Gordon's firebox onto Henry's body and running plate and using plastic putty to fill in the gaps and sand that smooth when dried and cured and repaint. and follow that up with mounting the modified Henry shell to the modified Gordon frame with wheels painted green to match Henry's boiler. Mounting shell to frame should be the easiest part as Gordon and Henry share a Chassis. It's just modifying the Chassis is what would give people the most difficulty.

I just saw the movie today and I will agree it is definitely worth going to see. In my opinion though, for those who see this comment (but haven't seen the movie yet) make sure you are there before the trailers begin as there is a new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer but also as part of the actual movie, something Marvel has never done before, a Pre-Credits scene (as people are calling it since it appears at the very begin before even the Marvel opening logo bit). But when the movie got to the part involving Thomas I was just amazed at the scene itself. It had action, it had comedy, it had Thomas The Tank Engine... However, I shall not say anymore for fear of being struck down by the Marvel Spoiler Response Team lead by Howard Stark's Ghost and Hank Pym (not real, just felt like making something up for dramatic effect) other than that whole sequence was awesome.