Is there any way to tell the year of manufacture and type of a HO Bachmann engine by a Bachmann part number or engine number? Thanks
If you give me the model number I can tell you what type of locomotive you have most likely, but a photo uploaded to a photo hosting site would help as well. The exact year of manufacture would not be easy to figure out.
It is a Bachmann K4 part # 3716413520 with a engine #1381.
Sorry- part # 371646135820
The 'type' is easy, PRR Class K4 locos were all 4-6-2 "Pacifics" intended for passenger service, but also used for fast freight.
Len
Thanks for the comments so far. Two questions that I still have is with the part number, is there a way to tell when that product was made and is there an area that I can find out what the different types of Bachmann products that had names such as Spectrum and such meant including locomotives and freight and passenger cars? Thanks in advance.
There is not a complete database of old Bachmann products. Finding old item numbers, etc... would require obtaining old catalogs.
IIRC, the first Bachmann K-4's came out about 20 years ago. I (barely) remember them in steam, so had to have one. I might still have it in a box somewhere, but have been in O/On3 for even longer. Used to run it on our club layout until we were asked to leave and that's when the HO went into storage.
Some resources:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/228181.aspx
http://hoseeker.net/assemblyexplosionbachmann/bachmannk4spectrum462.jpg
There have been several versions of the Spectrum K4 over the decades - the first ones from the early 1990's had a horizontally split frame, with each have of the frame connected to one rail. Later Bachmann went to a different design with a single main frame. Not many parts interchange.
Nigel
Thank you nfmisso for your help. When I tried to click on the link for hoseeker I got a permission denied message #403
So did I.
Try this:
http://hoseeker.net