I would love to get another, BUT Bachmann would have to......
1. Fix the drive shaft problem(mine broke after almost exatly 1 year).
2.Make it pull more(mine could only pull 1 or 2 cars on leval track).

The Bachmann EZ track book has a verry good idea. Attach them using double sided velcro. That way they will stick but can be easily removed if needed.

Z scale: Way to small don't even go there.
N scale:If you want mainline action N scale is great however every-thing is verry small and switching is hard.
TT Scale: A great idea but there are verry verry few products avalible.
HO Scale: The most popular scale a good size, although if it is bedroom size or smaller you probally want to stick to branch line operation. There are a lot of products made.
S scale: A great scale for more information see here.http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/s_scale/
ON30:Lots of products for narrow gauge. The size of O scale in the space of HO.
O 2 rail:Probaly not a good choice unless you have lots of space and money. I would only use it if you really want to.
O 3-rail:A great choice. It only takes a little more space than HO and has a really  nice size. It may seem a little more expensive but when you look at all the fetures it has it is not that much more.
G guage: Usaly only used for outside. It is verry large(almost too large) and would just barly fit in a normal bedroom.


I would recomend N, HO or O 3-rail for your condition.
Or....

You can do it my way and have N, HO, ON30, O 3-rail, and G.

There's only one that I would want K-28!

The train has been postponed, please see this video for more information.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axuPR0gvzqY

What box is it in? The older ones were packeged in a Spectrum box while the new ones will be in a Standard Line box.

If you have high speed here is a much better way to view it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAKG0RS3R3E

My freind has one and it runs very well on 22" curves. It looks verry bad doing it though. It is a great model with lots of detail and it will pull any train that you put behind it.

The Digitrax 123 series decoder would be the best in my opion. Also TCS and NCE decoders are good.

They are so that you can etheir break in your locomotive or run it for display. The ones with ball bearings are for powered drivers and the ones with-out are for wheels that aren't powered.

Thanks, I gues I should have worded that a little better . Does it have the same whistle that the shay uses?

A 2-6-0 and railtruck would be really great.

Quote from: ebtnut on December 19, 2008, 01:37:35 PM
Two, it looks enough like a Climax that you might as well go with a genuine Climax.  Then there was the third geared loco try by Baldwin, which was a wacky take-off on a Shay.  See plans in the latest NG&SL Gazette for that beast. 

Thanks I already have a picture of the weirded shay like locomotive.  I guese that is the reason that I like it is because the climax is my favorite gearded locomotive.

Tooth-picks work verry well.

The Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad will be having a photo freight pulled by Climax #10 in February 2009. The date has not been decided. This advent was supposed to happen November 2008, but got put off.

The freight train will be pulled by Climax 10, while the passenger train will be pulled by etheir #17(a 2-8-2T) or #7012A(a Ex. Northern Pacific E unit).

http://www.mrsr.com/specialevents.html