I've been poking around ebay lately and discovered a rare gem a vintage Bachmann E60 decked out in Rock Island paint don't believe me check it out.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=290228623067
so now this brings up an interesting question will bachmann get their E60's decked out in fantasy paint schemes here. okay i know that most of us don't care for locomotives that are in color schems that they never appered in but i do i think they give an interesting insight to what could have happened so i think that Bachmann should get their e60's decked out in the following paint.

1. Rock Island
2. NJ transit
3. Conrail (Williams Bachmann's latest add used to make an E60 painted like this)
4. New Haven(I think Williams also makes this.)
5. Santa Fe(call me crazy but their are just no ATSF Electrics out there and i think there should be.)

So please bachmann take a look into this suggestion and let's see if we cannot get back to the classics.

Simon a man who cares about the classic Bachmann

EDIT: Little It of an Edit here after some more research I've discovered that the Bachmann not only produced E60CPs back in the day but also their single cab predecessors in nonetheless Santa Fe and Chessie system any chance of bring those back to the forefront Bachmann?
Simon

first off i'm planning on making a layout based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous rock musical starlight express if you do not have any idea what that is get the heck out of here.

it is proving quite troublesome with finding engines in HO scale to represent the National engines. What i'm trying to find is either affordable models that represent the ones i will list below or alternatives.

I need

#1 a French TGV in either the blue or Orange color scheme

#2 an Italian Engine of some type

#3 The German ICE or a cheaper alternative German engine

#4 An HO Shinkansen preferably the 0 or 100 series

#5 a Russian engine

#6 A British engine

Plz help me out in my search

After much unnecessary stress amounted from trying to think of a way to model Conrail and Amtrak operation in the Electrified Corridor using the Little 4x8 plywood i have i have found that it is better to saw screw modern for now and go for something a little more toward my area. I live in Texas more specifically North Texas and if there is ever two things in common with Texas it would be this the Burlington Northern and the Santa Fe. Nowadays they both go under the name Burlington Northern Santa Fe but occasionally i still see some old Green Burlington Diesels run through here. Understanding that I have recently though to myself what would be the best way to get the most out of a Texas fell and after a quick trip to the Library I saw that their was a major revitalization of Steam here in the Lone star state. I've already began work on a Plan that looks good so far using RTS but there still some things i need to address. the requirments i need for my layout.

1. A roundhouse and Turtable. I've bought the Atlas kits it will be the main focal point of the layout.

2. A yard. Just a place to put my freight cars whenever need be.

3. A station. No Self Respecting Super chief would dare park at a freight Platform.

4. A way to run two Trains at the same time. One train just going around and Around just doesn't suit well with me.

I've run out of room and will post the rest in a moment.   

To all who wished to help

After Perusing over several photographs of Conrail locomotives in action and a quik info trip to wikipedia i have reason to believe that Conrail the mostly freight oriented railroad for a brief period had passenger operations is this true?
If so I was wondering what would be the best prototype of coaches to use from a custom repaint job. get back to me ASAP

Simon Greasly

quick question whatever happened to the n scale amtrak pepsi cans that Atlas used to make are they planning on bringing them back i'm told they were great running locos. any other info would be helpful.

Also Ps to the Bachmann here is an idea why don't you guys consider bringing back the good old metroliners or perhaps retooling and rereleasing the Turbotrain i mean if rapido can do it right then so can you. let's see the revival of the old classics like the magnificent Doodlebug, the  PRR Shifter, the Plasser, the French TGV, the Amtrak E60, the Baldwin Sharks, all the F9 Color schemes, and the Docksider to name a few. I'm certain i'm not the only one who would like to see these come back.

Does anyone know if there is a  Krauss-Maffei 4003 in rio grande colors i don't care what scale it is just let me know thx.

hello all Simon here

I was just wondering if anyone has an idea if the Rapido turbo train would work on Bachmann DCC Track

I just recently began a subscription to Del Prado Locomotives and i've already begun plan to do remotoring. I was just wondering has anyone ever tried to remotor any of the steam engines they offer like the genral, flying scotsman and royal hudson.

Simon

quick query here about some of those bachmann trains that have come and gone.
Recently i just purchased an old Bachmann Amtrak Plasser and that thing runs wild on my track it is quite possibly the fastest running thing on there. I've heard that other people have had trouble with theirs so i could understand why they were discontinued. My question is though what prototype it is based on.
Second why exactly were the N scale Doodlebug and Metroliner discontinund i've heard that they were some of greatest bachmann had to offer.
If anyone can help me out that be great. also if you want to post you're own thing about discontinued bachmann do so here.

Here is a direct question for the Bachmann. I recently found out about the new Amtrak E60s in HO I was wondering does this mean that you'll probally re running the N scale version for separate sale? Also when are we going to get some F40s in N scale for all of the different paint jobs.

Simon

It has come to my attention that our world that is the world and life of a model railroder has come under the stereotyping of that cruel mstress of comedic television. If all of you were to direct your attention to this weeks upcoming episode of robot chicken(A hit show on the cartoon network adult swim lineup created by seth green) you will quickly see what i mean. In short the parody shows a man playing with his model layout climing to be in a "happy mood" stating that even though he has naver married and never had any kid all he needs is his trainset which will take him to lonelyville. This parody may be comdedic to others but i find it might be a little too over the top for seth green and therefore it sould not have been aired. I know that i might sound like nothing but a critic but I'm just trying to protect my way of life. if those of you wish to comment on this do as you wish but only know that i wish to keep my veiws.
Thank You

hello all yu know who this is by now. 

ANyways i've been having trouble with designing my new layout and i need a little help.

first of all here are the things that i wish to have on the layout.

ROundhouse complete with turntable with a minimum of 6 stalls.

A Passenger Station

A switching yard

and some kind of Railway Museum.

The Benchwork i'm using is an 3 ft wide by 8 ft long and is very sturdy. I placed it on wheels to allow mobility and it is constructed of plywood.

Anyone who wishes to help would be greatly appreciated.

Also about the Class J'sdo they really require 19 radius to run.

Thx again SG

hello there again all simon greasly here

i was just wondering and this is for those famillier with captain punjab's thomas the bachmann engine series. Anyway the way the movie is makes it look like the Thomas models can pull regular bachmann rolling stock and regular bachmann engines can pull thomas and friends rolling stock is this possible if so let me know.

thx

Okay here' s the thing i'm trying to find some N scale locomotives in NJ transit colors anybody who can help me out would be helpful also is there an n scale version of Amtrak's other electric locomotive that is going under overhaul.

Plus I Just strarted working on my first Layout  and i can't wait to post pictures of it when it is done  Until then thx for the help

hello there Simon Greasly here again

I was just wondering is there an online model railroad layout designer program that is free if any of you could help out that would be great

Hey there Simon Greasly again

I was just wondering is there a company out there that make other Amtrak loco's like say for example a EMD GP50. any other info would be nice i'm just trying to find anything  N scale that has Amtrak Livery

does anyone know if there is an n scale version of any of the duplex drive locomotives of the PRR(Penn Railroad)

is there a gas turbine locomotive for n scale help me out here

does anyone have a picture of the amtrak n scale set's box artwork?

Hello there Simon Greasly here. Listen i'm planning on building a Thomas Layout in my Garage but i have very limited space. Can anyone tell me how i could build something that would incorporate key locations like, Tidmouth Sheds, Knapford Station, the quarry, and the yard. Help me out any links would be highly appreciated.