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Glad you are enjoying your train!   Any Plastic Compatible white grease will work fine.  You can usually get it from a hobby shop!

To make it smoke you will need some "smoke fluid" also available at hobby shops.  Behind the smoke box door you will find a switch for the smoke unit.  You will need to put about 10 drops of smoke fluid in the smoke stack and turn on the switch.  Then run the train for a while to heat the fluid and make the smoke.  Sometimes you have to go pretty fast to get the smoke going.   If you run the smoke unit out of fluid and don't turn it off you will probably burn out the unit.

Good luck!

These are the passenger cars with metal wheels, track powered lighting (except 89493 which is not lighted)  and metal handrails.

89491   None   None   2007   P-Coach   Kit metal wheels
89492   None   None   2007   P Combine   Kit metal wheels
89493   None   None   2007   P Baggage   Kit,  No Lighting
89494   None   None   2007   P-Obs   Observation Kit

If you want the metal handrails be sure to look for the above numbers

Your 4-6-0 has a switch behind the boiler front.If you switch it from LS to NMRA the loco will run the sam way as Percy & Thomas!

Hey guys!!  Wow,  Thanks for the support!  It is help like this which makes the database more accurate each year.

I have been after a box picture for over 5 years, you guys made my day. 

That clarifies the "Spectrum" issue for sure.  Looking at the picture on the box with the (I believe) 1:22.5 figure in the door, kinda makes me think the cab is stilll not high enough for 1:20.3, so I'm still leaning to the idea that the Lyn is 1:22.5.   Just my opinion of course.

The Lyn was definitely not in the catalog, but I do have the Bachmann number 81304 which I got from Bachmann.  If any one can confirm it please let me know.

NM Thanks for your offer, I will send you my address.  Looks like your kitbash is well along. 

JD I would like to take you up on your offer to bring it to York with the sleeve and inner box.  Hopefully I will get to meet you there!

Maybe it was the inner BH box that has caused all the confusion over the years.   

Palallin,  Sound like a great start,  hopefully you will avoid the temptation to buy more than you need, but alas I have never had the discipline and have way more goodies than I really need.   You can count on the friendly folks here on the forum for answers to many questions.   As one of our members says "There are no dumb questions" and I agree. 

Thanks again for all the help.  It has been a while since I have got a new breakthrough!

NM.
In my response I did say "in most cases" not wanting to deal with exceptions.  The Lyn may well be one of them, but I have no definitive proof!

Scale?  It is a toss up! some swear it is 1:22.5, and other more familiar with that style engine swear it is a small 1:20.3, but I feel the cab is too small for 1:20.3.   I feel it is 1:22.5 but with a high cab, but pick what you want on that one.  I have never been able to get an official statement from Bachmann on this issue!   

When sold it was not marked as 1:20.3 or Spectrum, If your box has the words spectrum, or 1:20.3 on it please send me a photo for my Archives, I will pay any expense you may have getting me the photo if need be.   I would really be a help, and many like you have helped me in the past.

Some will argue it is not a true Spectrum.  Again your choice.   I feel it is a betweener in some ways, 1 part Big hauler, and 2 parts Spectrum,  but Bachmann did have an MSRP of $799 on it.  Some feel that in spite of many Spectrum featrues, it lacked detailed piping and other detail appropriate for a Spectrum.  It did have it's own seperate Bachmann Number with no tie to any other series number, so it is very uniqe!   I got mine (no box) on Ebay some years ago for $83.  Really need a box picture!!!!

All in all the Lyn is truely unique!!

The first "official" Spectrum was the two truck 36 Ton Shay in late 1996.  When I look at it now I feel it was sparse in detail based on what came later. 

The Lyn was certainly a breakout locomotive for Bachmann and as a minimum was the beginning of the Spectrum Line in G Scale.

So much fo my opinion,  picture proof of what it actuall is always welcome.

There has go to be more out there than I have on this one, but it does look right at home with my 1:22.5 items and small with my 1:20.3 items except for the 20foot BH 1:20.3 cars which I don't feel are wide enough to be 1>20.3.   But lets not get into that one.

The most important thing to me is proof, if I don't have it in writing from an official source or Photo proof, I do not include unproven info in my data base, even official photos or catalog photos have had errors in them.

Nuff said!

Have fun,

Big Hauler items are 1:22.5, except for some 20 foot cars; I use a lot of 1:24 scale items like vehicles and buildings and it looks ok to me.  In most cases if the box or description doesn't say anything, it is 1:22.5.  On the 1:20.3 items the scale is always listed on the box and in the description, or somewhere on the pageon the page.   

Do your own thing and if it looks good to you then enjoy it!

Have fun 

If you have an old HO Scale Transformer laying around it should be OK for a small laout without steep grades.  The newer versions of your loco draw less than 1 Amp at 18 volts.   It will run way to fast at 18 volts though, unless you are  ;Dage 3 to 16   like my grand kids! .  Keep your loco well lubed and don't overload it and it should give you some fair service. 

Bob, Jack,    Decided to try again anyway,  made the files very small.  Hopefully they will be clear enough.
Bill

Bob, Jack,

Sent you the message, but the server on your end says the message is too large.

"Remote host said: 552 5.2.3 DATA size exceeds maximum permitted"

Can you tell me what the max is you can receive, and I will try to send the pics in several seperate emails tomorrow night. 

Just too frustrated to keep at it tonight!

Bill

Bob, I am having trouble sending the file because it is too large, but I will get it to you probably tomorrow night in some other way!.

When I put a TE Revo in the Annie, I do put it in the tender,  But I discard the 9 volt battery and the Bachmann sound and add aftermarket sound. 

I use a 14.4 Volt Lithium Ion 2600 mah Battery Pack, which I get from All-Battery.com for power.   I first do the work on the locomotive, then the tender.

I have a powerpoint presentation on how to do it, but with a Locolinc receiver.   The same instructions work with most receivers including the TE REVO.  It is not a perfect presentation, buy should give you a good idea as to what is involved.    Send me your email address and I will send it to you.

Bear in mind that there are many ways to do it, and the wayIdo it is my way!

Yes you can but you must use the "other" method.  You get a "wired adaptor"  in the package which requires soldering, or you can buy a "screw terminal type adaptor".

If your Annie has a rear headlight the installation is very easy Two wires to the motor using the rear light wiring and two wires to the battery  two wires to the rear headlight.  If your track is powered you must isolate the track pickups to the motor.

Tough way to get your bath

Check Auto Zone and other such places, they have some mettalic colors that shoud work for you.  Model paint prices have gone through the roof, so it is often cheaper to get the Automotive paints.