So, Matt, you are reiterating what Woody said, that my BACHMANN trains are, in fact, made in CHINA?? Oh, I feel a relapse coming on!! My nerves can't take much more! This is worse than driving my truck in downtown Atlanta, GA., during rush hour!! Now, there are TWO who actually think that BACHMANN is part of CHINA!! Somebody set them straight!!
   Mr. B, PLEASE!!!! Tell them that PHILADELPHIA, PA. is still in the good ole U.S. of A.!! Something like this would happen on a holiday weekend, when there is no one who is recognized as an authority available to set the record straight before thousands, the world over, are misguided and taken by this absurd idea!! This is terrible!!!
  Brothers and Sisters!!!! You who never post anything on this forum, please, tell these misguided ones the truth!! Lives are at stake!! What about the many souls who work for BACHMANN?? Should they get wind of this, they might think it GOSPEL, and think that they are now, by some strange miracle, actually in CHINA!!What would that do to our already confused roadways, when these employees get out intending to go back to the U.S.??
  Oh, my nerves!! I can't take it!!
                                                                                           Ernie
                                                                               Hendersonville, NC

Quote from: Atlantic Central on May 26, 2007, 09:40:52 PM
To all,

I agree with Rich, I buy the best quality at the lowest price, I am a pure capitalist. I always weigh the demishing return of the very best products, they are often not worth the extra money, 5% better for 20% more cost.

I do not accept stereotypes like,

Stuff made in China is junk,

Japanese cars are better than American cars,

Buying American keeps jobs here,


Rich is also right about the feared effects of these things, first it is out of ANYONES control, there are too amny different forces at work, know one can predict thwe outcomes, so why worry about it?

Everytime I buy a Bachmann loco or Athearn freight car that says "Made in China", I remember these facts, the people in china need to eat too, better they earn it than to have the US send them aid and its not my fault American workers all think there worth a mint and that the US government taxes and regulates business right out of being competitive.

I decide how much of my money to spend on luxuries like model trains, then I shop to maximize the buying power of that money. I would much rather have 5 Bachmann 4-8-2's at $120.00 each than only have one $600.00 brass one

Sheldon

WAIT A MINUTE!! I'm still not fully recuperated, but here we have PROOF POSITIVE that BACHMANN is NOT made in CHINA, for SHELDON has just said, "Stuff made in China is junk."!! Unless you want to call BACHMANN "JUNK", we are all expecting that you should apologize and reconsider that BACHMANN  is made (manufactured and assembled) in PENNSYLVANIA, and NOT in CHINA!!!!!!!!
     THANK YOU, Shelon, for proving my point!
                                                                                                 Ernie
                                                                                      Hendersonville, NC

NO!!! SAY IT ISN'T SO!!! MR. B!!  TELL HIM THAT BACHMANN TRAINS ARE MADE IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!
  We are talking about the second state of the union, preceeded only by Delaware, and followed by New Jersey!! December 12, 1787
  Oh, the shame of it all !! To think that one of our own, a brother in this world of trains, should be so overtaken by his imagination! Surely, China has taken great strides and gained much in these recent years and months, but to think that they, EVEN THEY, could assume such demanding leadership as to MANUFACTURE and distribute to AMERICA a product of theirs, PROUDLY DISPLAYING THE B A C H M A N N   NAME!!???  I don't THINK so!!   Mr. B, set him straight!! Others of you , brothers and sisters, please, we are responsible that our brother should be led back into the fold! Who is responsible for this jibberish that he has so willfully partaken of? I'm so upset, distraught!I've got to turn off this computer and go lay down; I'm feeling so week. If I never post again, you know what happened, and I will meet you at that great "RAIL ROAD CROSSING" SIGN in the sky! For now,                                                        Ernie
                                                                            Hendersonville, NC

Please see "identifying trains"! Of course, we all know that a "train" is made up of many various engine(s) and car(s), so the writer evidently is referring to an individual part, so you have to, sort of, "read between the lines" and overlook his (our) apparent ignorance!!
                                                                                                THANX!!
                   DUH!!                                                                                Ernie
                                                                                         Hendersonville, NC

Now, isn't this the same as the problem that I was trying to address in the thread "who made this PART" ?? To some of us, it can be a real problem.
Of course, it's probably because we're just poor stupid folks who can't afford the "real" trains who ALWAYS identify their equipment!!
                                                                                                    THANX!!
                                                                                                      Ernie
                                                                                              Hendersonville
                                                                                                         NC

Yes, it goes without saying that the box is very important! But, what about those items that come from "Ebay", or a flea market, etc., with no box? Also, I've yet to see a real train with the markings "made in Thialand", but they have no problem putting that on their "realistic"equipment! Could the problem be, at least partly, due to the fact that these parts are sold to various suppliers, and it wouldn't look real good for "Life-Like" to be selling a part with "A.H.M." on the bottom of it?
    A somewhat related item would be that cars and equipment should be dated as to what year it represents. That would be nice.
                                                                                            THANX!!
                                                                                              Ernie

Okay, to be more explicit, I am speaking of the individual car, engine, or part. How do you identify, say, an Athearn from an AHM, or some other that is not plainly stamped? Are there certain marks to look for, of which I am not aware?
                                                                                             THANX!!
                                                                                               Ernie

  Why are most manufacturers ashamed of the equipment that they bring into the U.S. and sell to us? It is marked "Made in Hong Kong", but it seems that if they had any pride in it, then, SURELY, they would put their name on it! I'm glad to see that BACHMANN does, and the now-defunct TYCO, but how do you recognize other manufacturers' products (special reference being made to engines)?
       Also, is BACHMANN totally American-made, or is it imported, and, if so, is it marked thusly?
                                                                                           THANX!!
                                                                                             Ernie
                                                                                 Hendersonville, NC

Greetings!! Does anyone know of someone who can "re-align" the wheels on a steam engine? I got a "good deal" on a Kalamazoo set, then I found out why!! HELP!!
                                                                                          THANX!!
                                                                                            Ernie
                                                                                 Hendersonville, NC

IT WAS THIS BIG!!!   REALLY, GUYS!!!!  IT WAS THIS BIG!!!!
anybody want to buy my trains?   NO MAIL SERVICE!! YOU HAVE TO COME GET THEM!!
                                                                                         Ernie
                                                                            Hendersonville, NC
                  OH!!      THANX!!          ;>)

Actually, I think it's high time we all revolt!! I mean, who do they think they are really fooling with this DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME junk? All they've got to do is start an hour earlier, without telling the whole world to do so!! I'm personally tired of all this CRAP!! For weeks after the time change, twice a year, my body has to adjust for the different time!! Why can't "they" just LEAVE IT ALONE!!!
                                   THANX!! I needed to say that!!
                                                                                             Ernie

Quote from: CJCrescent on March 06, 2007, 11:13:52 PM

Quote from: bevernie on March 05, 2007, 10:10:36 PM
CJ!! You don't know where the big city of SALEM, AL. is?? Actually, there are 3 SALEM communities, but mine is the only one with a real official UNITED STATES POST OFFICE!! One community is up near Huntsville, another is a bit southwest of Montgomery, and mine (THE BIG CITY) is about midway between Phenix City and Opelika,. The "city" is on 431/280, but I'm in the "suburbs", on hwy. 179, about 3 miles north of another big city called "Crawford", on hwy 80!   We're getting our house refinanced, and the closing is scheduled for next week, so maybe soon I'll be able to go back (after over two years!!) and see what the place looks like!! I'm getting old, so I really can't remember!! Oh, well....
                                                                                           LATER!!
                                                                                            Ernie
                                                                                 Hendersonville, NC

Believe it or not, I do know where Crawford is. My Dad and I, when I was a teenager, worked on the expansion of St. Margrets Hospital in Columbus. Since we couldn't drive from Selma,( the correct spelling of Salem, BTW ) everyday, we rented a small house trailer in Crawford! It was the only place we could find "close" ! I worked there until a concrete form collapsed on me and I spent 2 weeks in the hospital there in Columbus with 2` chemical and heat burns from the setting concrete!

OUCH!!   I'm sorry!!! "SELMA" is NOT the "correct spelling" of SALEM!!! They are two seperate, different towns! Selma is west of Crawford, while "Salem" is north of same!! Please do not confuse the two. And where is "St. Margrets Hospital"? I'm familiar with "St. Francis" (that's where I had my tonsils removed!!), but not St. Margrets. You were talking about Columbus, GA., weren't you?     Well... gotta go to work!!                   Later, Dude!!
                                                                                        Ernie

CJ!! You don't know where the big city of SALEM, AL. is?? Actually, there are 3 SALEM communities, but mine is the only one with a real official UNITED STATES POST OFFICE!! One community is up near Huntsville, another is a bit southwest of Montgomery, and mine (THE BIG CITY) is about midway between Phenix City and Opelika,. The "city" is on 431/280, but I'm in the "suburbs", on hwy. 179, about 3 miles north of another big city called "Crawford", on hwy 80!   We're getting our house refinanced, and the closing is scheduled for next week, so maybe soon I'll be able to go back (after over two years!!) and see what the place looks like!! I'm getting old, so I really can't remember!! Oh, well....
                                                                                           LATER!!
                                                                                            Ernie
                                                                                 Hendersonville, NC

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I thought the catalogs were $10!!!   You mean they're FREE?? BACHMANN??

Quote from: the Bach-man on February 26, 2007, 10:34:22 PM
Dear Kyle,
I'd make a sincere effort to have another adult as well. We have "lost" a couple of items at shows this year. It's impossible to keep your eyes everywhere and talk to people.
Let me qualify that by saying we have displayed our trains before more than 100,000 people in five states this year, and have lost only two or three items. On the whole a wonderful record, but if one person takes something that is very meaningful or valuable to you, "on the whole" doesn't help...
Have fun!

Isn't it a crying shame that even in a hobby like trains, we still have those sorry thieves who think they need it worse than you, but are not willing to pay for it!! Rest assured, they WILL pay for it!! If you are a thief, and you are reading this, realize "your days are numbered"!!
                                                                                            Ernie
                                                                                  Hendersonville, NC
the Bach-man