i received at 4-6-0 (Bachmann item number 52202) as a gift.   I think it might be plug and play.   I would like to add DCC and sound to it.   Can anyone give me an idea of what would be a good speaker and decoder to install.....without me knowing much electronic?  Any help would be appreciated.   Thanks

I was told that there are two versions of the 4-6-0 made.   I am only able to find the smaller diameter, earlier time period version.  Where can i find the other version?    Thank you,

I've been using the Bachmann turntable for a while now.   It was easy to install and fairly reliable.  Does have its problems, but the most noticeable is the noise.   As the motor runs, it sounds like that is a boxcar of marbles rolling around inside.   Has anyone found a way to subdue the noise?   Thanks.

Just a complaint about the smoke box front fit on this loco.....it does not.   When the head light is on you can see light coming from the seam between the boiler and the front.   This was a bit too expensive to have to make adjustments to an item.  I did try to make some adjustments, but to no avail.

I have a Bachmann item # 52202.  It is an HO DCC ready engine.  If it is "sound ready" can someone point out a decoder with sound that I could just "plug and play" onto this engine.  It will be my first time messing with and HO engine with DCC and I want to purchase the correct decoder so I don't burn anything out.   Thanks for your help.

I am sure this has been answered along the way....but I could not find it.   What is (or might be) the pulling power of the Bachmann Berkshire on straight, level track?  I tried you tube, but they only offer an evaluation of the detail and speed performance.
   Thanks.

Does anyone have an idea of if or when Bachmann might release a decapod with dcc and sound?   Thanks for the help.

Has anyone installed an apron in the DCC sound mogel, 4-6-0, or Mikado.   Any incite into the process would be helpful.  Were they able to negotiate a 22 inch radius on that was done?
   Thanks.

Just got the new sound value consolidation.   After a few minutes of run time, when I placed it in reverse, it immediately went to the fastest speed though the control was set at zero and went off the track.  Now it no longer responds to the address of 3 so I tried resetting cv 8 to 8 on the main.    But no results.   The forward direction has no response to the controller and the reverse direction has an extreme high rate of chuff...but the engine does NOT move or respond other than the whistle, light, and bell.   Any suggestions before it is returned to Bachmann on Monday.   Thanks.

I have been looking forward to this announcement.  Hope it performs as well as the previous "value" engines.   Does anyone have an educated guess as when it might arrive in stores?....Thanks.

Is there a round house available the would be easily modified to pair with the Bachmann turntable.  Any ideas would be appreciated.  Thank you.

  Just purchased a dcc on board Bachmann Consolidation.   Beautiful looking engine; but compared to the Sound Value engines that I have, it does not run as "nicely"...what ever that means.   The NCE throttle must be cracked quite a bit higher to start her moving and then the performance is not as smooth when it first starts to move.  I have been running her for several days, and once the first couple of days have past, there has been no real change in the performance.   I was hoping to add a speaker and sound decoder to the engine, since the sound value engine are really fine runners.   Will a different decoder change the performance or is the performance the way the engine just is?   Thanks for the insights.

If someone want to put a sound decoder into a Bachmann consolidation, would it be a simple matter of replacing the decoder and putting a speaker in the tender?   Have you done it?.....is it difficult?   Would it be worth it? Thanks. 

I have been using the Bachmann turntable for a couple of weeks.  Very often the ends of the platform do not correctly line up with the tracks for the stalls.  It's only misaligned by a millimeter or so, but this is enough to interfere with the engine's smooth transition to/from the platform.   Is there any fix for this?  Do I return the t.t.   (that would be a real pain!!!)  Thanks for your thoughts and info.

Did some searching on youtube and a number of people have demonstrated success for letter removal from Athearn engines by using MICROSOL.  Has anyone tried this with Bachmann steams with success?  Thank you.

I have just been give a Bachmann 4-6-0 DCC ready, and would like to put a sound decoder in it along with a speaker.   Can someone make recommendations since I know nothing of DCC?   Will it be difficult to install the sound decoder and speaker?    Thanks.

Has anyone used the Bachmann TT with code 83 track.   I understand the bridge is code 100 and it is not possible to change the rail size.  Adjustments would need to be made where the code 83 meets the code 100.   Any comments?    Thanks.

Might some one give me an estimate of the number of freight cars that the light Bachmann Mikado should be able to pull?  I understand that "mileage" may vary with type and care of the cars.
   Thanks.
bob

Bachmann's consolidations look nice.   I heard they run ok.   But sound is missing.   After being in the hobby in Large scale for a loooong time, I have had to switch scales.  How much work would it take to get a sound module in a recent Bachmann consolidation?
  Thanks.

Can EZ command control the volume of BLI engines?...and if so, how?   Thanks!!