Hi Mister Bach-Man,
there are a beautiful C&S Reefer, a low-board Gondola and a C&S Caboose in the "Rocky Mountain Express" - Set (No. 25020).
Will they come as single cars?
Because I have DCC-controller and I need some of this C&S cars without DC- loco, DC - power pack and DC-speed controller.
railexpert ;)
Hello railexpert,
With the exception of 2004, I have all of the Bachmann catalogs from 2001 to the present. I looked through and them and came up with the following list:
sku#27023 Boxcar-C&S (2008)
#27123 Tank Car-C&S (xxxx)
#27223 Low side Gon (2008)
#27323 Flat Car-C&S (2012-current)
#27423 Reefer-C&S (xxxx)
#27523 Stock-C&S (2008)
#27623 Vent.Box-C&S (xxxx)
#27723 Caboose-C&S (2009)
#27823 Hi-side Gon (2012-current)
#27923 Hopper-C&S (xxxx)
The last date seen in the catalog for each item is shown in parenthesis, Those dates marked "xxxx" mean that car style was not found, and the probable sku# has been extrapolated using Bachmann's numbering system from the rest of their line. This group include the reefer, tank, ventilated box, and the hopper cars. It's possible that any of those items were one year wonders from the 2004 catalog (since I don't have a copy of that year), but I rather doubt it. Since all of the C&S freight cars except the flat & hi-side gondola appear to be discontinued and not listed in the current catalog, you might want to get one of the sets you mentioned, just to get the cars. You could also shop around in places like Ebay or train shows hoping to find them second-hand.
Good Luck,
Bill in FL
Hallo Bill
That was a good idea with the old catalogues. I was in my archive but I have not all catalogues. Now I have listed all C&S items which were announced. Signed is the first year I have found the items in my catalogues.
Year Item No.
2000 O-4-0 Porter 25323
2-6-0 C&S #22 25223
Stock Car 27523
Box Car 27023
Low Gondola 27223
Flat Car 27323
Caboose #1002 27723
J&S Coach 26323
C&S Passenger Train 25002 Loco #22, Combine, Coach, Observation #911
2005 Baggage 26423
Combine 26123
2007 High Gondola 27823
2009 2-6-0 C&S #21 25241
2011 C&S freight train 25020 Loco #21, low side Gondola, reefer, caboose
The only two items, which are not sold separately, are the observation car and the reefer.
Other C&S cars deliver or delivered Accucraft/AMS (Box, Flat, Coach) and San Juan Car Company.
Railexpert