Dear Slomo,
The HO Metroliner had a very rudimentary Faivley pantograph.
Try to replace it with one from any of our more recent electrics.
Have fun!
the Bach-man

I acquired a Bachmann Antrak Metroliner in a recent auction lot. The GE pantograph seems to be missing a piece but in my search online, I haven't found a photo close enough to make out what mine might be missing.

Would anyone happen to have a photo of said pantograph ? I can build what I need, I just have to figure out what's missing.

As I understand from various outside comments, the Bachmann E60CF shell tooling was broken. I don't know any other details. The model was offered only in Chessie yellow and orange (Item No. 0740) and Santa Fe Warbonnet (Item No.  0741). The irony is that it was never offered in it's prototype paint scheme, the Black Mesa and Lake Powell. The completed BM&LP units were delivered (dead in Transit) by Santa Fe to a location near Flagstaff, and then trucked to their home rails, so at least they traveled on the Santa Fe.

The model was powered by two truck mounted pancake motors, however I have seen examples of models repowered using Atlas U-Boat C-truck drives. I don't know what frames were used.

Bachmannn Conner would be crazy I don't even know if the character is  Popular  enough .

Conner would also mean his coaches which might be a new tooling .

Those toolings for those coaches would likely see his and the special coaches (Spencer's coaches ) but would be likely changed the name to not get them confused with the existing item

There are some other paint styles they could do like for another engine, but those would come out with the character I'd imagine .

Overall I see Conner being very pricy and I'd imagine the model of his basis with out DCC would cost around $320 .
The model would likely have to be a new tooling being way simpler .

Hi,

sure, as i promised, i will.
I publish here the thingiverse link when i am ready.

Best regards

Peter

Nice work Peter, will you make them available to others if successful? 

On a similar note, something Bachmann can also consider is using or adapting their Bachmann Branchline Ivatt 2mt Tank Model for Arthur, their 9f Model for Murdoch, and their Class 40 diesel model for Class 40/Bowler. Given that Bachmann Branchline already makes these characters basis, it could be a good idea For Bachmann to consider using the Bachmann Branchline Models to make these characters. At the very least, the Branchline models could be used as a starting point to design more accurate models of Arthur, Murdoch, and CLass 40.

Thanks Ralph S that was helpful. I purchased a little DCC-EX circuit board w/ power supply that I can substitute in place of my  Bachmann controller. When turned on initiates an ad-hoc wireless (wi-fi) signal with the WiFi beacon name of "DCC-EX" which I can switch to with the iPhone and run an app like Throttle Card (or similar) which controls the DCC-EX circuit to run my Bachmann trains. Also others can join with an App and can run their specific engine(s) they want to drive multi trains with multi participants. I am trying to figure out how to program in the DCC turnouts to go beyond 9 allowable choices (that the Bachmann controller offers) with using that DCC-EX but haven't yet figured it out since I am new. I still mostly use my Bachmann controller but I do switch to the other (DCC-EX) when I want to have a more mobile controller for the trains (allows me to quickly stop the train if I am not directly in front of the controller).

Bachmann's Dreyfuss Hudson has recently been released, and I'm warming up to the idea of a potential Bachmann Connor. As far as I know, the nose on the Dreyfuss is a separate part so it wouldn't be difficult for Bachmann to replace it with a face. Every post or video I see of the new Dreyfuss, there's always at least one or two comments with the same suggestions, and I'm all for it.

Made some more debris today, sheets of plywood and some other stuff.