Confession: I never did get around to contacting the person mentioned above but, two weeks ago, six of his conversions showed up on ebay for the second time, they did not sell the first time, those I did not see them until after the auction had ended. I bought three and a friend bought the other three. In one of mine was a sales receipt from a Plantation, FL hobby shop signed by Adrian* . A lot of his stuff had recently been auctioned off by Stout's and someone picked these Witts up and flogged them on da' bay.. What made these cars interesting was that Adrian* was a member of the same mr club that I had been a member of when I lived in FL; I knew him quite well.


*Not his real name, btw.

Looking at the kit floating in the 'bay, it appears that they would be easy to lengthen/shorten.

Outstanding!

All that I would like to see is a re-release of the two-bay steel hopper.

Obviously, I can not speak for Bachmann about new releases, but I do wish that they would re-release the two-bay hopper.

I, too, like them. I remember seeing a similar one on ebay once that was so short that the trucks were almost touching! It went for far more money than I wanted to pay; something north of $75.00 as I recall.

Did you ever get your wants?

Quote from: Len on September 04, 2020, 05:25:27 PM...snip...  It wasn't until 1998, when Bachmann came out with a 2-6-0 specifically aimed at the Christmas village market, that using HO size track under the Christmas ...snip...
Len

I remember seeing one of those and a couple of freight cars when they were first released and thinking that Bachmann sure wasted their time and effort on something that would be a big flop! I was quite wrong as it turned out.

Quote from: RailMan63 on May 12, 2020, 07:13:33 PM...snip... I did some research after reading your post, and I found that the bridge rectifier is unnecessary when running on a DCC system ...snip...

What, if anything, would happen if you ran that car on a DCC system with the rectifier in place?

Does the loco come with a "shorting" plug top rep[lace the dcc chip?

Quote from: RailMan63 on March 13, 2020, 03:24:47 PM...snip...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/BANTA-MODELWORK-PAGOSA-WOOD-COMBINE-CUPOLA-CONVERSION-On30-Unpainted-Kit-BMT2125/362910119337
...snip...

The above part of the ebay link is all that is needed, BTW . The rest is excess bloviation and makes the screen way too wide.

I do not think that it is any more expensive than quality HO, even less in some cases.

Is it the actual locomotive mechanism that is squealing or the flanges on the rails? Real trains do squeal on curves.

Quote from: Terry Toenges on September 17, 2019, 10:33:49 AM
The only lighted drum head one I could find is on EBay. It says "Painter of Light".

https://www.ebay.com/i/153068374402?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=153068374402&targetid=593772107493&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9023125&poi=&campaignid=2086169716&mkgroupid=76147899766&rlsatarget=aud-622524040958:pla-593772107493&abcId=1141016&merchantid=6296724&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3OG184fY5AIVDNbACh3hDgPyEAQYAiABEgLDLvD_BwE

When posting an ebay link, you only need up to the question mark, all the rest is excess:
https://www.ebay.com/i/153068374402

Some nice stuff in HO and On30. Will the On30 2-6-2T also be available without sound also? Thank you.