It's bad enough that you're my favorite brand, but looking through the 2018 catalog, there are more things coming out that I want!

I really want that North Pole Explorer passenger set and Chessie Special set, among other things!

Great job!  Looking forward to seeing these sets soon!

Not too long ago, I was able to find the Bachmann Irish Railways set for a really good price!

Everything looks to be there, but the coupler is missing from the tender. 

Does anyone know a good equivalent for the UK style coupler?  I want to keep it as stock as possible, so I'm not going to change everything over to knuckle couplers.

It looks like it needs the coupler and the part that would hold it in place on the tender.  The main post that's molded in the chassis of the tender is there.  Just whatever held the coupler in place and the coupler itself.

Any help would be appreciated!

I saw online that Boscov's will have an exclusive Bachmann set this year, which look to have a Reading 0-6-0, hopper car, Reading caboose and Boscov's boxcar.

I've always been a sucker for special department store train sets, and I may get this one, budget depending.

Has anyone seen it on shelves yet?  It wasn't on my local Boscov's (Plymouth Meeting, PA).

In looking at the UK site for the amazing Branch-Line and Graham Farish lines of trains, I noticed a nice page with links to a few of the UK Heritage Railways.

What do people think of something like that on the US Bachmann site, listing such railroads as Strasburg, New Hope and Ivyland and East Broad Top among other railroads and museums?

Could that be done on the Bachmann US site?

I'm starting to get more heavily into the European trains, with emphasis on British and German styles.

I have more updated Fleischmann and Piko HO, but the UK equipment I have consists of older Hornby and Tri-Ang (including a well played with but very well running 1953 R3X Goods Train Set!)

I wanted to get some of the Bachmann Branchline equipment for my daily running, just a couple of small steam switchers and goods wagons.

Is there any dealer or stockist in the UK that anyone in the US knows of that is good on price and ships to the US?

I am preaching to the choir here, but I'm a little late in getting a more updated Large Scale anything.  The only Bachmann I had was the Royal Blue passenger and the Liberty Bell Limited passenger sets, and just recently found the original Big Hauler battery set a couple weeks ago at a flea market.

Anyway, I found a great price on the Durango & Silverton Freight set, and decided to get one.  It arrived last night, and I have to say I have been missing a lot!  The difference in the older sets I have and this are quite a bit apart!

The chugging is much better, the wheels look amazing in metal, the detail now on the 4-6-0 is gorgeous, overall an amazing jump in look and value!

Not to say I don't like my original sets; far from it, they are my favorite trains (my Great Grandfather was an Engineer for the B&O, and even had the throttle of the Royal Blue for some time), but this set is really nice!

I also liked that the instruction manual had brochures from scenic railroads in with it, and the DVD is really good to watch, even though I've been running trains for a long time.

I'm really happy to be back into Large Scale!  I may be running the D&S outside on Sunday (its Father's Day, and I'm sure my daughter would like that!), so I'll snap some pics and post them here!

Just purchased one of the Spectrum Susquehanna SY Mikados off ebay, after riding the real one this past weekend (and even invited into the cab after the run to have a look around!)

I'm really looking forward to getting it, and I was wondering who else out here has one, and what do they think of it?

Here are some pics of the real one in Phillipsburg, NJ that I took when I was there with my family this past Sunday, 6/13.  It wasn't the sunniest out when I took these, so they aren't the clearest:

Howdy!  My name is Ed, and although this is my first post on here, I am a long-time Bachmann fan!  Up until I was about 10 in 1982, my father owned a train shop, and always recommended Bachmann to anyone starting out.

Over time, we've become even bigger fans with the advent of Spectrum and the increasing quality of Bachmann.

I'm in this part of the board for one main reason: a find at a flea market.  I took my daughter, who's 9, loves stuffed animals and Barbies, and loves getting a good buy at a flea market.

We're walking around, and we get to the last few tables.  On the grass next to the last table we visit is the first Big Haulers set, complete!

So, the woman comes over, and says, "My Mother bought that for us at a garage sale so we have something to run at Christmas, and it's really way too big for what we wanted, so I just want to get rid of it.  If you want it, just give me $5.00."

I quickly hand over the money and walk the train to our car!  My daughter kept saying how great a deal that was, since the train is so big!

We got it home, and yesterday I had it up and running, all working perfectly!

Although its only the battery one, it's still a nice set, with a few great cars with it!  Plus, it still had the coaling tower, signs, crossing gates and telephone poles!  I have a bunch of Bachmann G, all passenger sets, but this one is nice to just run without fear of something happening to it.

I took a photo out on our back deck, and turned it black and white. 

Glad to be here, and looking forward to talking with everyone!

Ed