this is the actual link for the manual http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/dwg/dwgs/16947.pdf

when i bought this mow vehicle (dcc ready), i thought i can just plug in my bachmann 44915 dcc decoder 8pins into the socket. but when i looked at the manual, i got so confused. diagram only shows a weird looking pin/clip which doesn't make sense to me at all. could someone shed some light on this?

thank you

Dear Bachmann,

This time really hope someone from Bachmann will say something on their behalf. It's not looking good or should I say maybe I'm just being so unlucky twice in 2 weeks with 2 new locomotives?

First it was the new 4-8-4 that came in "special conditions" box.





By default it should be on address number 3 but it wasn't. Fixed it by reprogrammed it from an unknown address to a new address. Not only that we found something very disturbing on the wheels upon further observation.

I only have my old Iphone so I can't zoom into the wheels.

Anyway it's working and running well on my layout at the moment so okay I can live with it.

Then, this morning received 2 new Bachmann Spectrum MOW train ballast vehicles. This time I did checked the box inches by inches and happy both boxes in pristine condition with factory sealed tapes. Took out the first MOW vehicle and all good test run and works well.

Unfortunately when I removed the second MOV vehicle from the box, 1 wheel cover immediately fell off!

Gosh! Spectrum product with a broken wheel cover? Am I been cursed? Fine, told myself probably the box took some impact during shipping and it broke the cover. Test run it on my track, it doesn't really go. Power doesn't went smoothly into the MOV vehicle and I need to push it slightly on many occasions before it started to work. Whenever the power is turned on and it doesn't go, I need to push it gently before it works again... yeah something that I don't expect from Bachmann Spectrum! *** Little update here, it only don't go at 1 same spot so it means that spot need some cleaning ***

Re-looked at the broken wheel cover again, thought probably some super glue will fix it. If I contact the seller again, I pretty sure I'll get a similar response, send it back for refund or get in touch with Bachmann for warranty purposes. I don't mind fixing it by myself using super glue BUT the problem is 1 of the broken hinge doesn't match with the wheels frame! 1 hinge went in nicely and the other hinge doesn't so could it be broken during shipping? I'm absolutely sure this time both boxes doesn't have any "special conditions" and pretty absolutely sure they came in factory sealed conditions too. Well, I'll let you to decide as I'm just too annoyed and frustrated!

Interesting huh? Seriously Bachmann please someone... please say something!

*** i wouldn't pursue any further as i felt it's totally useless due to my location and our small number of customers over here that buying bachmann products online. so life goes on ***

Sorry guys but I need some advice again.

Just received my 2 new steam locomotives from mail this morning. I bought Bachmann Spectrum 2-10-2 Chicago & Illinois and Bachmann 4-8-4 New York Central. Both locomotives are new.

Spectrum 2-10-2 works perfectly without any problems. But the other Bachmann 4-8-4 won't work on DCC at all. Tried 2 different controllers, Bachmann E-Z Command and Hornby Select and still same result, not responding. At first the front light lights up but it just won't go when I pressed address number 3. After a while the front/rear lights no longer working. Not only that I tried it on 2 separate programming tracks and still I can't get it to work on DCC. Checked the plugs and got them into correct position and I'm pretty sure I pushed them hard into the slot too. Then I tried to run that 4-8-4 using a normal DC analogue controller and it works perfectly.

Does this mean the 4-8-4 faulty? Could anyone please advice?

Thank you

Hi everyone,

I'm having difficulties setting up the new Bachmann motorized turntable. Would appreciate if someone could advise what went wrong on my installation.

Followed everything as shown in the Bachmann DCC mode instructions manual. Removed the dummy plug and plugged in a new 4 function DCC locomotive decoder into the turntable. 4th track on the turntable is connected to my main DCC layout. When I press address number 3 on my DCC controller the turntable is not responding at all. Nothing works at all. On the other hand I could drive my locomotive forward/backward right on top of the turntable but the turntable just refused to operate.

Please advice. Thank you

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Just a little update for everyone. At last the turntable is working perfectly. The main culprit/problem is my Hornby digital select controller. tried with 2 different dcc locomotive decoders and still the turntable is not recognizable by Hornby select. For those that intend to get this turntable please make sure you aren't going to use it with a Hornby Select controller, these 2 won't work at all.

My current setup which is working fine with the new turntable: Bachmann E-Z Command and the new Bachmann motorized turntable. So far tested 2 different dcc locomotive decoders (Bachmann 44915 2 functions decoder and MRC 4 functions decoder) and both working perfectly with the turntable.

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