Robert,  I forgot to mention that many Bachmann Large scale products made in the early days 1989 for example were sold in Department stores rather than Hobby shops selling trains to enthusiasts.  While there were no production numbers many times these items ended up in the trash, damaged or destroyed by crazy kids and so became more hard to find.  Back when I was a kid my brother and I blew up some American Flyer freight with fire crackers just to see what happens   , and also shot some up with BB guns .

In the end value is what you are willing to pay for an item you really like.  Care and research will get to that point.
Have fun, Bill

That is a tough Question. Bachmann never published quantities unless it was for a special run, and even then they were not consistant.  Way back awhile they released over a period of years The Golden Classic series of Large Scale Train sets.  There were also some limited edition freight cars, but some of them were rereleased again years later, so not really limited .  If you are buying on Ebay, a Bachmann item described as rare it is most likely the dream of the sellers If you are after an item and wondering if it was limited tell me what it is and I will give you my best guess I do have the numbers on the Golden Classic sets. 

Cheers and Beers, Loco Bill

You are most welcome. So the last batch was produced in 2011, and stayed in the catalog until 2017.  They remained available at dealers after that for some time. Unfortunately for parts purposes your climax was run in 2011.   When Bachmann manufacturers a locomotive any parts for it are made at the same time, when they run out they run out.

Hi Mark,  I am guessing your set is the Bumble Bee Set 90032.  If so your quest is complete.  There were only the three cars in the yellow.  The coach the combine and the full baggage.  It was and is a great set!  Loco Bill

Hi Paule, Your locomotives are indeed very old, and parts to repair them are almost impossible to find and the online wiring diagrams on the Bachmann Site are for the newer versions.  I do not normally recommend conversions for them because they are either Version 2 or three chassis and the those drivetrains do not hold up if they are run very much. I recommend using only version 5 chassis or for more trouble free running after conversion. 

Having said that well cared for older locomotives are converted successfully. Click on this link to a Youtube about converting and older loco similar to yours to Railpro.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-vsADKAMlo

There are other YouTube examples as well.  Hope this helps, Loco Bill

Excellent, Glad Al was able to help out.  3D printing is definitely mainstream as the way to go for unavailable parts for our older 1:20.3 equipment. 

Hi the 91805 Christmas 4-6-0 Steam Locomotive has the new swing type pilot truck  Happy shopping.  Loco Bill

Hi, If the Thomas coupler is interchangable with the Lil Big Hauler coupler see if it is available in the Thomas Parts section. Failing that post your above request in the Thomas forum. Just an off the cuff thought.  Good Luck Loco Bill

Hi Terry, If you have the broken pieces, some of our members can re-engineer the part for 3d printing.  Al is one of them, but using brass rod is the definitive low cost way of doing it as he suggests.

3D printing is the future for making parts for many of the Bachmann long out of production locomotives. 


Bill

Hello Joe,  I am old too and not laughing. Not totally sure what you mean, but I believe it is called the pilot truck. 

Your locomotive has the old style pilot truck and is not longer available.  The good news is the new style pilot truck is still available. It does not attach the same way.  You would have to drill a hole for a screw to hold it in place.

If you have minimal repair experience you should be able to do this. 

Here is a link to the item you need to buy, just click on it:

https://estore.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=69_671_148&products_id=9850

There is a sale on right now 25% off and free shipping until July 19th

I hope this helps get you going again.

Loco Bill

This is a great sale because it also includes the parts store with the best discount ever offered. Free shipping not always offered on these sales.  Grab what you need!

Thanks for the update.  This is something that will benefit many Climax owners.

Hope things work out.  Keep the forum up to date as to how things go.  Bill

There are some Large Scale hobbyists who are doing 3d printing. In most cases they will need the broken part in order to reverse engineer it.

Al P. is a Finescale modeler who does 3d printing. Here is a copy of a post with his contact info:
Al is a 1:20.3 modeler and and retired CAD engineer.  Makes parts for folks, his email is [email protected] his old company address. He does great work.

The main thing is you must send him the broken part. I was going to use him to make a truck part from a USA Trains passenger car, but in the end I found the part and did not need him. If I need something else I will use him.

Good luck, Bill

Peter, looks great, will you be testing it soon?