I have been looking FREAKING EVERYWHERE for a 4-12-2 (Union Pacific 9000 series, or "Union Pacific" class) model, but I can't find any!  EVEN IN BRASS!  I think that would be an awesome model for Bachmann to make and I believe it'd be an excellent seller (since you'd be the only manufacturer of it ).

Thanks!

Quote from: lirrman on October 01, 2008, 11:09:24 AM
My new GS4 American Freedom loco was supposed to run on DC right out of the box, according to Bachmann customer service.  It didn't.  The engine would hesitate and the headlight would blink on and off.  On a second call to Bachmann customer service I got a rep. who actually knew what to do. The fisrt rep. didn't.  I had to remove the small PC board and replace it with a "dummy clip" that came with the engine.  It's in the instructions in a small circle at the bottom but it's not very informative and locating the correct holes is a challenge.  Once the "dummy clip" was installed it ran fine.  The locomotive box said "DCC On Board" which is apparently a lot different than "DCC ready".
LIRRMAN

That's weird.  I got the same loco (albiet in SP 4449 Daylight paint) and it ran both perfectly without me having to change anything.  To also reply to what someone else said earlier, I used a powerpack that is old enough to have pulse power actually on a switch (lol).  I've run it on both with no trouble.  The loco box was saying the right thing.  The decoder was installed, therefore making it on board instead of "ready."

Quote from: Santa Fe buff on October 02, 2008, 04:34:35 PM
I'll break this up in sections:
No Wheels Problem:
You can simply go to the red sidebar to the left of this screen. "Order Parts" is the 7th one down under "Gift Shop" and above "Service Department". But if that doesn't help, then "Service Department" might be helpful.

Hmm, that's helpful.  I'm not sure how old this thing is, but I'll look there.

Quote from: Santa Fe buff on October 02, 2008, 04:34:35 PM
"KADER 8302":

Well if I remember correctly, Kader is the new Bachmann:

Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachmann_IndustriesKader takeover
In light of falling profits, in 1981 Kader acquired Bachmann. It changed the name to Bachmann Industries[6] and used the new brand to expand worldwide, such as the European market. It is also part of the strategy to take over other failing companies in Europe and put them under one single name. The packaging changed from plastic jewel cases to white paper boxes with cellophane window.[6] Starting from 1982 Bachmann began to slowly retool individual product lines one by one. A typical example would be the replacement of metal gears to plastic ones in the Diesel locomotives. By 1992 all cars were manufactured in China.[14]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachmann_Industries

So KADER is the manufacturer company, and 8302 is obviously the product number. So it is also the reason for it to be called "Bachmann Industries". With that, the quality when down. (In the bold print.)

By the way, you missed A LOT of things being gone that long.

The packaging is indeed the white paperish box with cellophane window.  Plastic "insert" thingy and all...plus the tooling on the details SUX.  I think mine may still have brass gears, which I actually sort of prefer over plastic because they're less likely to break (**** athearns!).

Edit:

Nope, nothing in the Bachmann store.  I'll try that Northwest Shortline site that Mr. Conrail gave me.

Edit 2:

Yay!  I think NWSL has what I need!

Problem is...I'm not even close to 50% sure of that...

Edit 3 (durr):

NWSL HAS WHAT I NEED!  Thank you Conrail Quality!...the person, not the RR.   

Hello again everyone, I'll bet NO ONE remembers me.  I haven't been here in about half a year (heh...).

I just recently bought, at Goodwill (laugh it up, it was 0.99 for a full set XD), a set of Bachmann trains and track.  This set included a Bachmann I think GP38-2 in Union Pacific colors with the road number 866.  At first glance, this loco appeared to be in perfect condition save a broken off horn bell and missing front handrails.  However, upon closer inspection, I found that the front truck, though it is there, has NO WHEELS!    I'm wondering if it's possible to get two sets of wheels for the loco model with the board inside that says "KADER 8302" on it.  Thanks!

I'd post pix, but I can't find my **** camera...

If I wanted to use this for the Walthers GN Empire Builder complete set, what changes would I have to make?

I'm adding a yard where the one track makes a run for it off the bottom lol

Oh and it's going to be turned 90 degrees to the right in actuality.



And there are some plain white lines on there, those were tracks that I don't want/need.

Enlarge it to read the captions on the picture, but be warned: it's huge!