The Old 1412 Back Up & Running!!

[NewConductor]

Well I must say I was a bit dissatified there, had that problem with the dead CP 1412 engine. I decided since it was screwed anyways that I would take it apart & see what was up. I unsoldered the old wires, put on some new ones from a cat 5 piece of cable I had laying around, and now she's back on track!

I have another problem now that I have to address. the coupler on the back of the engine has broken off, & it's attached to the chasis and not the truck, allready tried with a bit of crazy glue to see if that would work and no luck, still comes off. (and I don't mean just the horn coupler, but the hole bracket that holds the coupler has snapped off the body).

Again, just getting into this, and this was a cheap purchase of an older model, but this "f series" engine as some on here suspect it is, doesn't have much power. It barely makes it up the grade that came with the set for the bridge, and I had to shave down the top of the bridge supports as it kept getting caught in the bottom of the engine truck flanges. All in all, I'm not impressed by this Bachmann train set. Not saying I would not buy another Bachmann set or piece of equipment, but all in all I find this a rather shabby product.

but as my venture into this great hobby is just begining, I will truck on. I'm thinking N scale is the way I want to go, just looks like more space to be able to creat & play with.

So for those of you with broken stuff, take it apart, see how it works, you might just be able to fix it on your
own.

Thanks to those who gave me some ideas, and sorry, but no thanks goes out to Bachmann support.

[Bucksco]

Perhaps you might try calling the Bachmann service department?

http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/service_2010.php

When you purchase a Bachmann product all you need to do is fill out the warranty card ,send it in and you are covered by the Bachmann Lifetime Limited warranty.

[rogertra]

So, you buy a cheap, apparently used, older "Botchmann" (Pre Spectrum Series)  "train set" and locomotive that's probably 20 years old and been run to death and you are complaining about customer service?

Go out, spend a couple of hundred dollars and get a Spectrum locomotive, some quality rolling stock in the $40.00 each range, a decent throttle and some decent track and see the difference.

[richg]

So, you buy a cheap, apparently used, older "Botchmann" (Pre Spectrum Series)  "train set" and locomotive that's probably 20 years old and been run to death and you are complaining about customer service?

Go out, spend a couple of hundred dollars and get a Spectrum locomotive, some quality rolling stock in the $40.00 each range, a decent throttle and some decent track and see the difference.

When I see someone grab crazy glue to repair something, that tells me they need more model railroading experience.

Rich

[Woody Elmore]

So the fact that the rear coupler is broken off is Bachmann's problem?