you are missing the hatch where the 9v battery goes? The most commonly broken part..

there may be people printing these... I'm checking and will report back if I find it.

(I assume you went on the bachmann parts site and looked already)

Greg

There are several videos of 'Scenic Ridge' owners running all kinds of Locomotives on this layout.  The 0-6-0 and 2-6-2 are basically the same mechanism.  And the one I have run OK.  They are the a precision machine like the 2-8-0 and 4-8-2 are. This is also why there price difference.  The Bachmann 2-8-0 I own run just fine on the 9 3/4" curves.  Also the 'Scenic Ridge' has grades, so you will need strong pullers.  0-6-0 and 2-6-2 gave pulling issues on the grades on my layout. 2-8-0 does pretty good job pulling trains up my grade. May two main fright haulers are my Bachmann 2-8-0 and 4-8-2. It is also match easier to add DCC to these locos or get them with DCC installed. 



   

Greetings all -

I need a replacement PCB headlight for the Bachmann GP40 (2018 release). The Bachmann parts store does not have this part available.  What is a suitable replacement LED?

Many thanks for your help!

Thank you for your insights & advice!

Makes sense, they're usually not accurate but thought this time could be different but that may have been a bit optimistic. I noticed some of the items on indefinite hold like the DCC engines, Salty, and a few of the narrow-gauge wagons don't have placeholder dates anymore. Kind of hope that becomes universal just because that feels more useful to the consumers then changing the placeholder dates every so often. Some also have placeholder dates up to December 2025 which is partially why I thought the 16th date may be more set in stone because it seemed the other placeholders were already moving over to next year, but that isn't universal it appears which was my fault for not checking everything. Either way we should see them soon. Fingers crossed for the end of the month. Looking forward to seeing stuff on layouts, especially the Hatt car and circus vans in consists. That's going to be a treat

If I remember correctly, Doug said in the last stream that we should expect the airdrop shipment items in early November. It is now about mid-November and no update. TrainWorld was most likely given the "early November" ETA and changed their "expected release date" to November 16th to add a buffer in case of delay- which may very likely extend past the 16th.

TrainWorld's "expected release date" is nothing to go by considering the N Scale Paxton is listed as "expected December 31, 2024" and not even a sample has been shown yet.

Either way, I hope there is some major clarification on Thursday's stream and hope the wait isn't too much longer.

Quote from: RailsByRick on November 11, 2024, 05:49:30 PMJust got my shipping notification from TrainWorld for my Talyllyn pre-order. They seem to have shipped to retailers before going up on Bachmann's own web store. Really hoping the new N Scale Thomas items are here soon. The November 16th release date that keeps being thrown around is most likely a placeholder.

I'm unsure actually. The 16th is the date they set for all the items that are coming in the air drop shipment. But I don't recall if that date was already in place or not, do you happen to know? I've been using it as a reference point but if it's a prexisting placeholder I don't want to be spreading misinfo to other people. I thought it was a recent addition but has just occurred to me I'm not 100% sure. They'll most likely clarify on stream in 2 days

The stream is on Thursday, they already confirmed a stream via their twitter, and Christian clarified it will be this Thursday because of the PECO stream. Weirdly no Thomas Tuesday facebook post, when the streams are on Thursdays do they usually skip posting on there? I don't actually recall so I logged in to ask

So Thomas  Tuesday is prob not gonna happen as they have a Piko stream and a Lionel Christmas stream after that.
 we got to see some samples of the slate wagons which I assume was what they were gonna show off that stream they look nice . Maybe we will get a event in December or later this month .

Quote from: patzwaldb on November 12, 2024, 11:36:08 AMI ordered a new 4 wheel truck for the front but not sure how to get the wires snaked to the motor connection. (no manual)

It is pretty easy to lift the body from the chassis. Just unscrew the big screw under the smoke stack and the 2 screws under the cab. You may have to remove the air tanks first [2 screws each.] All will be revealed - including how the wires snake in to the loco. Note the direction of the truck matters, or you get a direct short.