I can understand HO and N Scale not having any new engine announcements, as they both have several on the backburner, but Narrow Gauge? There's almost no backlog for that one. The NMRA for sure should announce more products for Narrow Gauge, including an engine. Most likely Luke. Guess N Scale Edward or Duck won't get announced until we start seeing more N Scale samples awaiting release.

Apparently, those at the event got to see N Scale LBSC Thomas and Origin James, and even the fully painted samples of the Express Coaches, this soon after the unpainted samples were shown off, but there are no photos of them online anywhere. I wasn't there, so I didn't get to see them.

I guess the reason why it's taking so long for samples of HO Scale Sidney and Mainland Diesel is because they had to actually fix the eye mechanism so their faces would look perfect, unlike Paxton. I know part of the reason is because they're trying to perfect Salty's reintroduction.

I agree with some, that this is shocking. All but one of the new products announced feel underwhelming as they comprise of repaints. But, I'll let it slide due to the complexities of the world. Besides that, the catalog feels exactly what we saw from last year's catalog with few differences. Flying Scotsman's inclusion and the prices of '24-'25 products such as Henry.

On the positive side, it's great to see Gordon's express coaches painted weeks after the reveal of the same products.

I'm sure that the NMRA convention in August will not be HO only like last year. There's a chance that Bachmann will shine later this year with newly tooled items. We may at last witness the release of Salty after what feels like a student about to graduate from high school. (Time flies)

I apologize for sounding negative, but I needed to share my reflection of these announcements. Many in the forum have mentioned about this year being a catch-up year for Bachmann, how many consecutive years has it been?

Since Bachmann are doing CGI renders of both the Milk and Fuel Tankers alongside the originals, do you guys see either the Oil Tankers or Mail Coaches getting the same treatment?

I personally see the Mail Coaches more, and less likely with the Oil Tankers. The reason being is that the original lettering is identical to the Tar ones, and that would confuse buyers. At least the Mail Coaches are a different story as we only have the CGI ones and the green recolors without lettering.

I was kinda worried that the flatbeds with the logs are going to be off market as they haven't been in stock for months (same with Tidmouth Sheds) and with the oil drums coming, I thought they would do that. But thankfully it wasn't, even though I'm not a fan of the logs.

I'm surprised they're doing the CGI Fuel tankers as well, so I wonder if Bachmann plans to keep both the original and CGI ones together?

Quote from: MrNormalDraws on January 24, 2026, 08:23:34 PMI'm surprised they are being out of stock compared to the original green ones. I guess it shows some people prefer the logoless wagons at times.

The original coal wagon with load continues to sell really well. Christian mentioned to me the other day that it continues to sell out at Trainworld, and they're often ordering more stock. I imagine this is because these are based on actual wagons used in the show, unlike the "Sodor Coal Co." wagons. Based on that and other locations I've seen, I'm not at all surprised the Sodor Coal Co. wagon was discontinued. Hopefully Bachmann takes this into consideration when adding coal wagons in N scale, since the original coal wagon has been a pretty popular request for repaints and will inevitably mirror the same sales the HO model has seen for almost two decades.

Motor Mount loose?

Saw the new catalog after I came home! The only things they ended in terms of HO/OO are the Raspberry Tanker and the Sodor Coaling Wagon. I bought the 4 CGI ones, and glad I decided to get them just in case. I thought more were off the market due to a lot of items being out of stock. I kinda panic bought a few items that were out of stock on the Bachmann site, but it doesn't matter. Better safe than sorry. Though I need to buy some of the coal wagons. I'm surprised they are being out of stock compared to the original green ones. I guess it shows some people prefer the logoless wagons at times.

Quote from: DustyMarie53! on January 24, 2026, 02:18:11 PMJust checked the catalog.

Discontinuations this round seem to be Raspberry syrup tanker, the sodor coal co. wagon, G scale tar tanker, slate truck #178, and the old peco open wagon (no real surprise.)

Interestingly, Knapford isn't in the catalog. I hope this is an oversight and it wasn't cancelled.

I saw that they're bringing back the Milk Tanker for G Scale, but it says Tidmouth yet it uses the CGI logo. Did they ever called that tanker "Tidmouth" when it was in the market years ago?

Well today bachmann has released the catalog for 2026.

I checked it out and there's some products I'm hyped up for.

the first is the new Ffarquhar Quarry wagons. (I've been hoping they would do rolling stock for mavis since we're still waiting for the china clay wagons for bill and ben. so I'm definitely going to pick up a few of these upcoming wagons).

than there's also the 20 ton breakvan. (it's just so nice that a piece of the rolling stock from the 80th anniversary set is having a release and it's also refreshing they added another break van into the line since toad and the spiteful breakvan were the only ones available and not any other's so it's great to have a third breakvan). also with the 20 ton breakvan added to the line I got a feeling they might do bradford. (I'm really hoping for that and I'm still crossing the fingers that they'll do samson cause we need samson to go along with bradford).

than they announced the cgi fuel tanker. (probably was expected since they're doing the cgi milk tanker). I think i may pass on the cgi fuel tanker. (I got the classic sodor fuel tanker that one is just better looking to me i thought of buying three more of the classic sodor fuel tanker as a consist for diesel. but I'm going to think real hard about that).

than there's some disappointment I've seen they discontinued the sodor coal co. wagon with the coal load. (I was going to buy a bunch of these as a coal train consist maybe I may just buy one). I mean they might of been the same as the original wagon with the coal load. i thought the green on the sodor coal co. one had a nicer shade of green. (at least the sodor scrap co. wagon is still available i may buy a few of those. though I'm not going to get the mining wagon i thought I would maybe for mavis. but no since they're coming out with the Ffarquhar Quarry wagons I'll do those one's instead).

really disappointed there was no announcements for the narrow guage line. though they've discounted the slate wagon no. 178 leaving the 136 as the only one with the numbers still available. along with the three new ones in different colors. they've also discounted the open wagon that was one of the first pieces of rolling stock when bachmann started to do the narrow gauge engines. (I'm not disappointed with that one being discontinued as I feel the other rolling stock that would follow is a lot better. plus I felt like that wagon didn't fit for the narrow gauge engines anyway).

though they at least got images of the upcoming gunpowder wagons. the d. fusit one i think is the best one of the bunch. (the other ones are nice looking it's just the d. fusit one is going to be the big seller).

I was disappointed that I had hoped they would re-anounce duncan but no. I'm hoping he get re-anounced in the mid year announcements or latter on. we'll just see.

and seeing the n scale line I've seen they announced the mr. jollys chocolate factory van that's a nice pick. and the blue open wagon. (that one was in the ho line for a long while until they discontinued it).

so bachmann has announced some nice products. I'm looking forward to the Ffarquhar Quarry wagons the most along with the 20 ton breakvan. still waiting to see the other products they've announced for the last few years will be released down the road. (there's so many items to buy). hope to see what the nmra announcements are latter this year.

thanks, I tried eBay but with no luck, I would take any style available

I finally saw the images of the catalog. I will definitely get some Ffarquhar Quarry Wagons 'cause they'll look great with my Mavis model. I wish they included a rock load. But then again, if they're empty, I can have them carry other stuff besides rocks since rocks aren't the only things mined at the quarry.