I received the 2-6-6-2 and new long caboose in the mail this week from Micro-Mark. Both items look better in person than in pictures I have seen.
As an old man with big fingers, I found the two plugs to connect the engine and tender together difficult to attach. In fact, at first I didn't make a proper connection with the larger plug and the loco ran very erratically. Later, when I realized the problem and corrected it, I had to apologize to the loco for some of the names I called it.
The loco runs great. I run DC -- so likely you would get better performance (if that's possible) with DCC. The sound is good, but somehow I was expecting better. It sounds just like the other Bachmann locos. There does seem to be a lot of boiler overhang on my 22" radius curves.
All-in-all, a great loco and caboose. Thanks Bachman. Can't wait to see (and hear) what's next.
-JRT