New Bachmann Releases...

[pdlethbridge]

Don't forget, its your railroad. Do as you want

[Pacific Northern]

Myself, I am very disappointed that the Spectrum steam line has only received a re-issue of the 0-6-0T. I was looking forward to either a 2-6-0 or a 2-6-2 or ANY of the Harriman engines.

I wonder which manufacture will be first on the scene with any of the above?

[hotrainlover]

Yes,
Harriman loco's would be good.  I think ALL the companies are going to be especially careful right now, with the economy; and all....

But, I will still hope!!

[rogertra]

Don't forget, its your railroad. Do as you want

That's always a good excuse for an unrealistic model railway.  :-)

[kevin2083]

WHOO!!!!!!! the Spectrum 0-6-0t is back! finally...........

[Pacific Northern]

When will the official Bachmann announcement be made for the 2009 models?

[Frisco]

On the 14th. of this month, at the Toy Fair in New York.

[grumpy]

I hope the new locos will not be recycled standards with a decoder installed I purchased a 2-10-4 . It is the 20 year old model with a new power train. Exactly the same castings . The tender is different . I will not make comment on performance because I have not run  it yet.
Don

[WGL]

Don't forget, its your railroad. Do as you want

That's always a good excuse for an unrealistic model railway.  :-)

  Another good excuse is not having a room 1 or 2 miles long for a realistic scale length railway.   

[Yampa Bob]

My layout is smaller than a 4 X 8, and I don't make any excuses.  I just have fun.

I don't need more stuff, actually need to get rid of some so it will all fit on the layout. 

[pdlethbridge]

My brother had a similar thought about the my railroad comment and said he was going to send the model railroad police to straighten me out. What gives? Model Raillroading is fun, I do it my way. I know the Maine Central didn't have Decapods but mine does. If you don't like the way I run my railroad, too bad. We could find a ton of mistakes on your railroad but we know its your railroad and you can do what you want. So stop with the garbage about unprototypical railroading.

[SteamGene]

Alternate universes.  Or look around.  While not common, modern cars have been hauled by steam locomotives.  The Strasburg actually has one paying customer - a plastic plant - and I have a picture of the Strasburg Russian Decpod pulling some 100 ton covered hoppers.  The old Blue Mountain and Reading apparently serviced a power plant.  The C&O ran J3 614 hauling coal back in 1984 IIRC.  It's said that one can find a prototype example for almost everything seen on a model railroad. 
So if you want to do something that is not prototypical - come up with a plausable story. 
OTOH, a friend of my daughter's saw my turntable and wanted to know why I'd put in a sewage treatment plant.   
Gene

[Pacific Northern]

I hope the new locos will not be recycled standards with a decoder installed I purchased a 2-10-4 . It is the 20 year old model with a new power train. Exactly the same castings . The tender is different . I will not make comment on performance because I have not run  it yet.
Don

I was under the impression that the new 2-10-4 was all new, obviously it is not a Spectrum but I am still disappointed. 

I was about to obtain a new 2-8-4, what is the detail like on that engine? From the pics I have seen the detail looks good but if close up it is all cast on detail I will hold off ordering until I see one in person.

[Guilford Guy]

Having seen it in person, the new 2-10-4 is an improvement over the old one, and I'm sure they reworked the molds...
http://users.zoominternet.net/~pmd/pmd/2-10-4-01.jpg
The 2-8-4 is a new model, and the detail looks pretty good from what I've seen. I believe Gene has it, you may wish to ask him on the subject.

[grumpy]

I have both the old 2-10-4 and the new one . I put them side by side when I posted the comparison. In my mind the body castings are the same as used 20 yrs ago. It runs better than the old one but is a bit noisy. Side by side the only noticeable difference is the new tender.
Don