I have just bought one of these off Ebay - the seller says it has the metal trucks.  Can someone please confirm that this model is indeed fitted with metal trucks and the new drive train ?

Many thanks

A superb, affordable model with metal gears, makes this a sought after loco on the Broome Lake & Eastern.  One has the body of a short C19 tender on the original tender chassis, the other is mated to the Consolidation tender (surplus because of the Conso gear problems)









Keep 'em coming, Bacchy, great models !!!!

Hi, me again 

This is probably a silly question, but is the body shell from 81099 (the plain black Annie with the nylon gears) the same as 91607 (the plain black Annie with the metal gears ?

Thanks

To save me breaking things with my huge fingers  , please could someone tell me how to remove the cab from my "facelift"  Annie ?

(That's the one with metal gears - as all large scale locos should always have been, Bacchy ! )

This was the first loco I owned, and (thanks to Bachmann's superb price) began my interest in G scale.  So I bought another, and another, and modified the body on one - such a fabulous generic model.

However, all three have now succumbed to the usual gear problem (why did I think I could be a loco so cheaply without problems !!!) so my question is this.

(And this is aimed at Bacchy)

Is the Connie going to be re-introduced (I am always mesmerised by the superb motion), and if so are replacement chassis with metal gears (which is how it should have been manufactutred in the first place) going to be available ?

Can I get away with using a 47" radius curve ?  Locos I have are new (metal gears - how I wish they all were !) Annie, 2-8-0, 2-6-0 (large one) plus assorted stock, most to the larger 1:20.3 scale (ie large caboose and boxcars, flats, etc)

The "What's New" section is very helpful, but a bit of a nightmare  -  any chance it can be divided in to subsections in the different scales available ?  That way it wouldn't be necessary to trawl through all the scales to find something relevant ?

Thanks 

Does anyone know, please, of anywhere I can get metal replacements for the useless plastic handrails that inhabit the ends of the coaches ?  Thanks 

Hi, does anyone know the name of the green used on the WP&Y passenger cars please ?

Just got my garden railroad up and running, and tried to put together a long test-train.  To do that I have to mix Big-Hauler with Spectrum stock - and was disappointed to find that the coupling height was different.

Please could you explain why that is, Bacchy ?

Thanks

Hi Mr Bachmann - long time no post 

Is there any possibility that you might re-introduce the large boilered 2-8-0 brought up-to-date with DCC and that wonderful Tsunami Sound ?

Would fill a rather large gap