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Well it took a little over two months, but I finally got the replacement Bachmann 4-8-4 and it works fine. No clicking noise from the engine on this one and hauls my four heavy weight pass. cars and seven freight cars around the track with no apparent strain at all. ---I have a gondola and a...

Thanks Ralph---I like it so well, I'm going to get another. I went into this thing pretty much focused on just steam, but the diesels just keep getting more interesting, the more I learn about them. Thanks to the members of this forum, I'm learning a lot----John R

Hey Tom-----I had been thinking I just might try that. The 4-8-4's are such a cool engine, not the biggest, but big, powerful and fast, with 80" drivers. I recently got a DVD that I sent for thru Historic rail catalog. Lots of close ups and many shots of them running at speed and the 4-8-4's...

Thanks Shaygetz, for the info-----looking thru your web page, really like a lot of your work, and your little mini scenes are terrific. I noticed a photo of a great looking 4-8-4 with polished driver wheel rims. Who makes it? That is what I thought I was getting, according to the picture in the...

I just recently bought a GP 30 and want to get another for a lash-up. Can I expect both engines to have pretty close to the same power at any given controller setting? If one of them has a little bit more power and it is the second one back, wouldn't it be putting too much strain on the coupler...

First of all, thanks to The Guage for the birthday wishes-----this is a great forum. My wife said rather than getting something that might not be what I really want, why not just pick out another engine. Got myself a new GP 30 with B&O markings, really like the 30's due to the roofline contours...

Tom, --I'm going to enjoy watching the progression of the mountain and associated landscaping. Looking forward to using the foam sheets for the depth I'll need so that cuts can be made for bridges and hills built up in the background. You guys are all so good about posting pics of the progress...

Miles--The 2-10-2 I have is the IHC Santa Fe and so far it has been perfect. Runs quiet and pulls my four heavy weight pass cars and my four freight cars and caboose easily. It looks good, fair amount of detail and of course is DCC ready. I got it thru Historic rail for $129.00. It's worth...

Wayne----thanks again for all your information. I had been looking pretty hard at the 2-8-0's and you pushed me over the edge. I have one of the steam engine dvd's from Historic rail and some of the best looking engines are the consolidations. Your unbelievable weathering might have had...

Wayne, thank you---that is exactly the kind of info I'm looking for. Right now i have the Bachmann spectrum 2-10-0 Decopod, the IHC 2-10-2 Santa Fe, the 4-6-4 Hudson by IHC and the Bachmann Northern 4-8-4. All of them run well, but I have not had any of them long enough to comment on reliability...

Gentlemen, forgive me, I did not look closely enough at the ad or the box. This is not a spectrum series. My 2-10-0 decopod came in a real fancy box, foam inserts with cutouts for engine and tender and Bachmann Spectrum on the cover. The 4-8-4 came in molded clear plastic. Big difference now...

Russ------About a month and a half ago, I got Historic rails newest catalog, the cover art was a painting depicting a 4-8-4 Santa Fe making a quick stop somewhere and the fireman, engineer and station master all checking their watches while standing next to those 80" drivers. Then, inside the...

Russ-----Just noticed something else, the picture in the catalog clearly shows the wheel rims as polished on engine and tender. The one I got has solid black wheels. Would it do any good to mention this to Historic rail or Bachmann when I send it in for repair?--John R

Russ-----Thanks for the info---I guess I'll send it to Bachmann. I really like the engine.Pretty good detail and the 8-wheel trucks on the tender are cool. It pulls well and I like the big 80" drivers.---John R

Dick, I bought this one from Historic rail magazine out of Minn. Sent them the money order the day after i got the catalog and then called to find out backordered. They didn't start out with many or a lot of people ordered one. This is supposed to be a new release from Bachmann. I waited almost...

Spurgeon, Thanks for the input, that looks like that would work. Well, I pulled the rear truck and that was not what is making the noise and it isn't the tender, so I'm afraid its a burr or something in the internal gearing---Can't believe it, I waited almost two months to get it and now a...

I need some help here guys----just got my 4-8-4 Santa Fe tonight. It runs great, 22" radius curves, AC, no DCC yet. There is a slight muted clicking, I believe from the rear engine truck. There seems to be an excessive amount of side to side movement of the truck frame. The wheels have just a...

Steve, they look great----nice paint job. Are you going to weather them a little? That will be a very powerful looking consist. Never saw a "b" unit like that before----John R

Hey Buddy, it looks great. Can't wait to see it with scenery, gravel, trees, some beat-up pick-ups parked outside the buildings, maybe some empty skids stacked next to the walls etc. It's going to be a terrific layout. Nice job!----John R

bridges Hey Trainsteve, how've you been? Trucklover has good questions, but it looks like you can just carve a river or creek in the foam, start inside the circle and wind your way out to and under the track and then try and decide what you want there. I have the 2005 Walthers dealer catalog...