Here is something that I have always wanted to attempt to build from scratch.....now THIS would be a major project!!!!

How about 1:20.3 STANDARD gauge? (I believe that is 2 1/2" gauge, Number 3 Gauge track)?

I was kind of thinking about Amtrak P42 locomotives and Superliner cars! Wheee!   (I actually did some scaled up side vew drawing of these ...and they came out being BIG!...BIG REALLY BIG!). How about LIVE Diesel? Yeah, I know, it has already been tried...Live diesel in Large Scale...1:22.5? 1:32? or...I forgot what it was, but it was a GP-9 locomotive, and was about $3,000.oo. Somewhere I still have the ad in a magazine for it.  This whole idea...1:20.3 Standard Gauge...would be quite an undertaking, for sure!   but it sure is an enticing concept!   

Rick

Hi guys. I need to know, are there are any AFFORDABLE passenger cars in 1:20.3 scale that would be the correct cars for the K27 locomotive? I've seen the ads for the coming Accucraft Jackson & Sharp Coach, (which looks beautiful), but, for now...more than I can afford.       I have a few of the LGB yellow Denver & Rio Grande Western passenger cars, (which are too short in length, and too small of scale for the K27).  I'm sure that by the time I can come up with some money for even one of the Jackson & Sharp cars...they will be gone,...or, are they going to be a regular run item? Does anyone know?  I'm hoping to have some 1:20.3 passenger cars...coach, baggage, observation/"business"/lounge cars. I'm overwhelmed by the prospect of building them myself. ...way back in 1984, when I bought my first LGB D&RGW passenger cars, I cut up three of them to make two cars that were closer to the correct length. I am much more into passenger trains than freight trains. Any sugggestions or info on this?  Thanks!

Rick

Hi guys. I hope I don't sound too dumbe here...but I have a question that should be so simple and obvious ...that I might just be overlooking something...or have a part missing...
...How do I connect the tender to the locomotive? I see in the exploded view drawing of the parts, an item with the number MT80Z on it...that looks like it should be a bar, steel?, with a hole in each end of it....that looks like it should be the drawbar to connect the locomotive and tender together....However, I cannot find that item anywhere at all!! Is it hidden under the locomotive or tender in a place I haven't discovered yet? I haven't found it in any of the parts bags either. ...and, I KNOW that there needs to be more holding the two together than just the wires!!! I hope that I can get Bachmann to send one to me....until I get this figured out, I can't even run my locomotive at all   Please help!  Thanks!

Rick

I am hoping The Bach-mann reads this post. I bought the #455 green boiler K27 ...because I wanted the green boiler, and the particular lettering and logo that come with it...however, I also want the Doghouse to put on it....(I know, I know...it is NOT correct to the timeframe that this locomotive represents...BUT, and here's the catch, this is MY railroad, in MY yard...so there...and we should be able to "cheat" a little bit here and there, right? ...and I want the Doghouse on my #455. PLEASE, Mr. Bach-man, offer the Doghouse for sale separately for those of us that want to add it to our engines!.
By the way, like I mentioned in another post....My K27 arrived yesterday...and this is the most beautiful model locomotive I have EVER seen or owned! WOW! It is absolutely beautiful! Thank you Bachmann!!  Keep this kind of stuff up! You guys are GREAT!!!!....let's see now....the next logical step would be, of course, to do a K36 or K37!!!  YEAH!!! I KNOW I would buy that IMMEDIATELY!....and make one of the lettering versions the Cumbres and Toltec! 

Thanks again, Bachmann!

Rick