Hello Mr. Bach-man,
1998 Bachmann launched his first On30 model, the for this time high detailed 2-6-0 Steamer.
This year has On30 Narrow Gauge from Bachmann his 15th Anniversary.
Now I studied the 2013 catalogue, but the new items for this 15th Anniversary are very poor:
- the long announced and delivered Heisler
- the long announced and delivered 2-4-4-2
- the long announced and delivered 18' freight cars
For the rest of the year we can only hope some cars:
- a new 18' box car with Murphy roof
- a new??? Convertible Coach/Observation car
- a new??? box car
- a new??? Gondola
Please produce many more new fine models for us On30 modelers this year
Railexpert :)
How about the excursion car that you produce in other scales?
Royce
The 15th Anniversary of the original 2-6-0 would be a perfect time to announce the upgraded version of the 2-6-0 with DCC and electrical pick up in the tender! ;)
I second that , this was a great engine!
Royce
I know it would do no good to ask but the South African ,Lawley 4-4-0 Of engine is the perfect size.
Royce
In recent years Bachmann has made major new On30 announcements at the NMRA convention in summer. Major new On30 announcements are not usually made in the catalogue. (items shown as "new" have been announced or delivered since the last catalogue.) While the Heisler was announced quite some time ago (delayed due to production problems) the 2-4-4-2 and the 18 foot cars were announced at the 2012 NMRA convention, hardly long announced and delivered. The next announcements should be at the 2013 NMRA convention in July. In the current economic climate i think that one new locomotive and some new rolling stock each year is pretty good, and all we can expect.
For the locomotive my choice would be a tank locomotive larger than the Porters but not a Forney, e.g. a 2-6-2t or 0-6-2t etc, and , for the rolling stock, excursion cars. But we can't all get our favourites, as long as there is at least one new locomotive and some new rolling stock I will be happy.
Hamish
Dear Hamish,
I want no announcements like every year at the NMRA, which is well known.
I want new locos and items to buy in this anniversary year.
Railexpert >:(
You never know you may get a Bachmann Surprise, but in the current economic climate, it is unlikely that you will get anything new quickly.
I have been in Railway Modelling for many many years, and it is quite surprising the number of new items that have been announced over the years but NEVER actually been manufactured, simply because there was not enough interest from the market place.
Todays manufacturers have more sense than just to produce somthing without first doing a bit of market research to see if it would actually sell.
The items mentioned above would not make me rush out to buy them if they were available!
I smell K-27 on the horizon
That's funny. I don't smell a k-27 at all. :P
Rock On!
~Dusten
It would be really logical at this point, 15 year anniv. to come out with the K-27 as a milestone
Dear All,
The HUGE K-27 Mudhen prototype is too big for its 36" gauge rails, let alone 31.25" gauge rails.
(HO track gauge [0.651"] in O scale [1:48] actually yields 31.25", not the nominal 30")
A good compromise might be (Harold Minky's) 1:55n3, which is a perfect scale-gauge match for the Mudhen (or any other 36" gauge prototype) running on HO gauge track.
The 1:55 model's smaller size might actually look better hauling normal size On30 freight and passenger cars. The package could say, "Designed for On30 Layouts".
A different compromi$e would be to keep it O-scale, but design it (leave room) to be easily re-gauged to 36".
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Joe Satnik
I'm guessing you've never seen a K-27, model or otherwise..."huge" is not a word I've ever heard used to describe one, they longer but aren't a ton bigger than the Bachmann 4-6-0
K-27's look just fine on 36" and 31 1/4" gauge rails
if we are dreaming, how about the Surry, Sussex & Southampton 4-4-0 from the Mar/Apr Gazette?
Any Surry prototype would be great. The 0-4-2's are different from the ones Bachmann has already produced and the 2-6-2 would be a natural for all kinds of bashes, converting to On3, small power for a common carrier, big power for an industrial.
I read The Compn'y in high school and have a copy. Great read of an interesting railroad.