Hi...I bought a Bachmann combo passenger/baggage car on ebay recently.  It came without couplers, trucks, or railings.  I've now got all that stuff installed and now would like to hook up the wiring so the lights will work from track power.  The car has a metal (brass/copper?) strip running down the inside of each side of the car and there is also a switch on the bottom of the car with one black wire running from it.  How do I get the power from the wheels to the switch to the lights on the ceiling of the car??  Do I need special pickup trucks?  I'm kinda at a loss here.

Thanks/Bob

I'm trying to put some wheels under an undecorated combo passenger/baggage car that I bought on ebay.  I just received two trucks with knuckle couplers that I also bought on ebay, but the couplers are not long enough to stick out from under each end of the car.  I looked and see that they are "freight" trucks...could that be my problem?  Are the couplers on passenger trucks longer or what??

Thanks for any help...bob

Hi to everyone.  I'm probably your biggest nightmare...an old geezer with a new toy.  I just recently purchased an Annie 4-6-0 (Denver and Rio Grande - number 81097) on ebay.  I'm 66 years old and this is my first electric train.  At this point I just want to have an old steam locomotive running around the top of the walls in my shop (old barn).  I wanted to get the new Plainsman set, but they keep delaying the release.  Since my new toy only includes the loco and tender, I need a caboose, boxcar/cattle car, and passenger car, not to mention a  transformer/speed control.  I guess my initial questions are:
1.  The loco is "narrow gauge".  Do I have to be careful what kind of rolling stock I buy?
2.  The same holds true when buying track.  Is all Bachmann track equal or do I have to get "narrow gauge"?
3.  What kind of transformer/speed control do I need for one loco with no more than four cars traveling relatively slowly around and around on about 100 feet of track?
4.  Since the loco is "Denver & Rio Grande", I'd like the cars to be the same.  Where might I go for decals/transfers for D&RG?