Help Needed

[MamaBear]

Greetings, I know very little about model trains but I am buying a starter set for my husband for Christmas.  Can anyone tell me the time period of the locomotives in the Bachmann Digital Commander Deluxe Set?

Thank you

[MilwaukeeRoadfan261]

The FT (the red and silver one) with the set is of the Transition era when railroads were switching from steam engines to diesels and the GP-40 (the blue and yellow one) that also comes with the set is of the 1970's/modern era. The box car is of the 40's and 50's, the caboose is more modern and the CSX coal hopper is also a more modern as well. Hope this helps you out.

[Doneldon]

Mom-

The era represented by that set is the transition era, as mentioned by Milw261. Don't worry that some of the older cars might be anachronistic; railroads commonly run cars which are up to 30-50 years old. Government requirements for cars change periodically, especially those for brakes and wheels/trucks, but the railrods are happy to update their older cars because the revisions are much cheaper than building or buying a whole new car.
                                                                                                            -- D