I've been lurking here for a couple of years but thought it was time to finally introduce myself. I'm a big fan of Bachmann's large scale equipment, especially the 4-6-0 Big Hauler locos. Must have about 30 of them in my collection! I'm not actually a collector as such, just someone who can't resist buying a great loco at a bargain price. Here's some pics showing some of the collection




As you can see I ended up with a few duplicates so I started taking older locos and fitting the bodywork onto newer '5th Gen' or Annie mechanisms. Here's one (below) which started life as a Christmas Annie from the Holiday Special set onto which I fitted the bodywork from an old '1st Gen' battery powered loco. Came out pretty good, didn't even have to repaint anything. I just unscrewed the body from the old chassis and screwed it onto the new one. The only mod is to slide the air tanks back a little to clear the larger cylinders.



And here's another one (below) this time using the Christmas Annie from the Wonderland Flyer set and fitting it with the body from an older '3rd Gen' Pennsylvania loco. Again no repainting was required, just a few screws. I love how it's so easy to swap parts around on these locos.



Anyway keep up the great work Bachmann!

Glen