THANK YOU !!!

[Summertrainz]

I sent in my bachmann spectrum loco last week for a small part problem
i am Extremley happy on what the've done
they sent me
an entireley new train
i was asstonished when it came
didn't "need" to be replaced
but gee im just happy that the bachmann co. is so generous
Thanks Bachmann!

[rogertra]

You sent in a loco and they sent you back a train?

WOW, that is good service.

[Guilford Guy]

You sent in a loco and you got it back in a week! Even more WOW!

[SteamGene]

What kind of a train did you get to replace your locomotive?  Was the locomotive of your new train the same kind of locomotive you sent in?
Gene

[Summertrainz]

naaa
its not a whole train
same train
an entirley new box
rapped in plastic


sorry if i had misspellings in my last post
i was just very happy 

they replaced the 2-8-0 consolidation dcc
with tender!
same one i sent in except now it's entirley new!

[SteamGene]

There is no such thing as a "whole train."  It's either a train or it isn't.  So what is it?  A new locomotive or a new train?  How can it be the same thing but new? 
BTW, pointing out that a steam locomotive has a tender is sort of like mentioning a truck and its fuel tank.
Gene

[renniks]

BTW, pointing out that a steam locomotive has a tender is sort of like mentioning a truck and its fuel tank.
Gene

     Does that mean that I have to make a tender for my 2-6-2ST??

[SteamGene]

No, and it also means that if you have a 2-6-2ST, you don't need to say that it carries its water over is boiler!    Since the norm for a steam locomotive it goes without saying that it has a tender unless one notes it's a tank engine of some sort. 
Gene

[rogertra]

So we still have not figured out whether he received a new locomotive or a new train, have we?

Does he even know the difference between a locomotive and a train?

Does he know when a locomotive is a locomotive or when a locomotive on its own IS a train?  There is a difference you know, at least in North America.

I love that the locomotive, train, whatever talks to him as he says it was "rapped"  Sweeeeeet dude.

[Summertrainz]

yes
"fo shizzle " to you rogertra   
i'm sorry
i meant loco and tender

they both were replaced in about a week and a day
im surprised bachmann does'nt give it to their service department to fix
so they can keep their jobs 
i wonder if you need to go to model train college to work for them...
i bet you need an engineering degree...

ANYWAY
i just wanted to say i was happy to get an entirley new loco and tender after a slight problem...
everyone on this board is very articulate and pays attention to the misspellings on all posts AND WAITS FOR THE MOMENT
to pounce and critisize!  joking
happy railroading

[SteamGene]

Not really.  This is a "target rich environment" so to speak.    But some of us think that if you are going to be a model railroader, you need to know exactly what a train is, even though some of the model makers fail to make the correct distinction. 
Suppose you see:
1.  A C&O 0-10-0 hauling exactly 100 empty hopper cars.
2.  The famous picture on the Ma & Pa, consisting of a steam locomotive, one box car, and a caboose.
3.  A panoramic picture of the George Washington, from J-2 to the observation car leaving Waynesboro, Va
4.  A C&O Allegheny leaving Alleghany, West Virginia with marker lights on its tender. 

Which of these is NOT a train? 
Gene

[Paul M.]

Not really.  This is a "target rich environment" so to speak.    But some of us think that if you are going to be a model railroader, you need to know exactly what a train is, even though some of the model makers fail to make the correct distinction. 
Suppose you see:
1.  A C&O 0-10-0 hauling exactly 100 empty hopper cars.
2.  The famous picture on the Ma & Pa, consisting of a steam locomotive, one box car, and a caboose.
3.  A panoramic picture of the George Washington, from J-2 to the observation car leaving Waynesboro, Va
4.  A C&O Allegheny leaving Alleghany, West Virginia with marker lights on its tender. 

Which of these is NOT a train? 
Gene

I'll take a guess:

None of the above?

(I'm probably wrong)

[SteamGene]

You are.  One is not a train.   
But to add detail, a brakeman holds onto the ladder of the last hopper and the caboose and observation car were checked by the conductor for compliance before he signaled the engineer to proceed.
Gene

[Jake]

Not really.  This is a "target rich environment" so to speak.    But some of us think that if you are going to be a model railroader, you need to know exactly what a train is, even though some of the model makers fail to make the correct distinction. 
Suppose you see:
1.  A C&O 0-10-0 hauling exactly 100 empty hopper cars.
2.  The famous picture on the Ma & Pa, consisting of a steam locomotive, one box car, and a caboose.
3.  A panoramic picture of the George Washington, from J-2 to the observation car leaving Waynesboro, Va
4.  A C&O Allegheny leaving Alleghany, West Virginia with marker lights on its tender. 

Which of these is NOT a train? 
Gene

My answer is bolded... A picture of a train is not a train.

[SteamGene]

If that be so, then why is #2 a train?  Consistency!  Since all off these examples are of times past, you are seeing pictures.  Three pictures are pictures of trains.  One is not. 
You are the reason why laws can get so complex. 
"Your Honor, the prosecution specificed my client killed Mr. Jones with his .45 automatic pistol and I showed he used a .45 revolver."
"Case dismissed."
Gene