Colorado&Southern Reefer and other C&S cars

[railexpert]

Hi Mister Bach-Man,

there are a beautiful C&S Reefer, a low-board Gondola and a C&S Caboose in the "Rocky Mountain Express" - Set (No. 25020).
Will they come as single cars?
Because I have DCC-controller and I need some of this C&S cars without DC- loco, DC - power pack and DC-speed controller.

railexpert

[railtwister]

Hello railexpert,

With the exception of 2004, I have all of the Bachmann catalogs from 2001 to the present. I looked through and them and came up with the following list:

sku#27023  Boxcar-C&S      (2008)
     #27123  Tank Car-C&S   (xxxx)
     #27223  Low side Gon    (2008)
     #27323  Flat Car-C&S     (2012-current)
     #27423  Reefer-C&S       (xxxx)
     #27523  Stock-C&S        (2008)
     #27623  Vent.Box-C&S   (xxxx)
     #27723  Caboose-C&S   (2009)
     #27823  Hi-side Gon      (2012-current)
     #27923  Hopper-C&S     (xxxx)

The last date seen in the catalog for each item is shown in parenthesis, Those dates marked "xxxx" mean that car style was not found, and the probable sku# has been extrapolated using Bachmann's numbering system from the rest of their line. This group include the reefer, tank, ventilated box, and the hopper cars. It's possible that any of those items were one year wonders from the 2004 catalog (since I don't have a copy of that year), but I rather doubt it. Since all of the C&S freight cars except the flat & hi-side gondola appear to be discontinued and not listed in the current catalog, you might want to get one of the sets you mentioned, just to get the cars. You could also shop around in places like Ebay or train shows hoping to find them second-hand.

Good Luck,
Bill in FL

[railexpert]

Hallo Bill

That was a good idea with the old catalogues. I was in my archive but I have not all catalogues. Now I have listed all C&S items which were announced. Signed is the first year I have found the items in my catalogues.

Year   Item                             No.
2000  O-4-0 Porter                   25323
         2-6-0 C&S #22                25223
         Stock Car                        27523
         Box Car                          27023
         Low Gondola                   27223
         Flat Car                          27323
         Caboose #1002              27723
         J&S Coach                      26323
         C&S Passenger Train       25002    Loco #22, Combine, Coach, Observation #911   
2005  Baggage                        26423
         Combine                        26123
2007  High Gondola                 27823
2009  2-6-0 C&S #21              25241
2011  C&S freight train            25020  Loco #21, low side Gondola, reefer, caboose

The only two items, which are not sold separately, are the observation car and the reefer.

Other C&S cars deliver or delivered Accucraft/AMS (Box, Flat, Coach) and San Juan Car Company.

Railexpert