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4-6-0 with the high boiler and larger drivers

Started by azflyer2001, May 09, 2017, 11:10:02 PM

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azflyer2001

Is there any chance you can bring back the 4-6-0 with the high boiler and larger drivers? I always thought that was a great looking locomotive. Offering it with DCC and sound would be a plus as well.

I've often wondered how if would look with a shortened oil Vanderbilt tender. Hope to see the return of both soon.

Thanks,
Travis

Trainman203

I got 3 before they were discontinued.  Those engines were very popular and sold out quickly.  I expect them back one day.

azflyer2001

I thought they were the best Bachmann had offered, so I'm confused as to why they were discontinued in the first place.
Travis

Warflight

I see them on eBay quite a bit... the Spectrum ones...

Trainman203

I'm confused about that too Travis.  These beautiful ten-wheelers were always sold out everywhere. 
Bachman is re engineering their steam engines to a lesser level of detail than the Spectrum products.  The profit margin was probably too low.  I expect this engine to reappear with molded on detail and a sound-value decoder...... not exactly the kind of engine I want but better than no engine at all.  Bachmann is the only company that has consistently offered small steam locomotives in the midst of the other companies elephantine leviathans, and I am grateful for that.

BaltoOhioRRfan

Quote from: azflyer2001 on May 09, 2017, 11:10:02 PM
Is there any chance you can bring back the 4-6-0 with the high boiler and larger drivers? I always thought that was a great looking locomotive. Offering it with DCC and sound would be a plus as well.

I've often wondered how if would look with a shortened oil Vanderbilt tender. Hope to see the return of both soon.

Thanks,
Travis



this was an 4-6-0 i bought as-is and i repaired it as well as it needed a new tender, so here ya go haha. I had to cut the coal bunker down some
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Quote from: BaltoOhioRRfan on May 20, 2017, 07:51:25 AM
Quote from: azflyer2001 on May 09, 2017, 11:10:02 PM
Is there any chance you can bring back the 4-6-0 with the high boiler and larger drivers? I always thought that was a great looking locomotive. Offering it with DCC and sound would be a plus as well.

I've often wondered how if would look with a shortened oil Vanderbilt tender. Hope to see the return of both soon.

Thanks,
Travis



this was an 4-6-0 i bought as-is and i repaired it as well as it needed a new tender, so here ya go haha. I had to cut the coal bunker down some

She looks great!

Of course, to my eyes, she doesn't look like B&O--more like something you would see out west, on a railroad like the Tonopah & Goldfield.

http://telephone.bouwman.com/Southwest/Tonopah/Railroad/Bonnie-Clare.html

I would say this ten wheeler looks awfully close!

http://www.urbaneagle.com/TT/TT-20.jpg

Plenty of other pix here.

http://www.urbaneagle.com/TT/TTphotos.html

http://www.urbaneagle.com/TT/TTindex.html


azflyer2001

It does look great. The T&G loco is exactly what I'm going for.

Trainman203

About the closest prototype I've seen was on the Louisiana and Arkansas.