Vic, You are right about the Sculpty figures, they are definitly cheap to make.  My problem is that I have absolutely no knack for making them.  One of my club   members who has a little talent compared to me, has made a whole set of custom circus figures that look really great!!!

There are several of these om Ebay right now, they are selling for #89 to $100, or at least have the last few I saw sold.

Great Idea David!!

At $5 or 6 bucks per figure it is very expensive to fill a passenger car,  It is even worse whan you have to cut these expensive figures up just to get them to fit in a seat!!!

Jerry,

I definitely like that idea , because I still use track power and have that kind of system to recharge my sound system.  It is built into the sound card so I wouldn't know how to replicate it, but it is definitely something that could be done. 

Hi. Matt,

In 1996 Bachamnn made the EBT Golden Classics train set.  You can still find this on Ebay from time to time.

Since you are new I am enclosing a list of the EBT items Bachmann has made in Large Scale in the past. 
81093   EBT   10   2002   Loco   4-6-0, 10th aniv, EBT Ver 5
88997   EBT       2006   Hopper   2-Bay East Broad Top
89691   EBT   10   2003   P-Coach   East Broad Top
89692   EBT   18   2003   P Combine   East Broad Top
89693   EBT   19   2003   P Baggage   East Broad Top
89694   EBT   20   2003   P-Obs   East Broad Top  "Orbisonia"
90085   EBT   Set   1996         Set   East Broad Top
91230   EBT   10   1996   Loco   4-6-0, East Broad Top
93827   EBT   28   1996   Caboose   8 whl, EBT
93827   EBT   27   2002   Caboose   8 whl, EBT
98230   EBT   849   1991   Hopper   3 bay, EBT vulcan trucks

Keep you eyes peeled on Ebay for these items.  I can tell you that over the last seven months Each of the above items has been offered on EBay at least once, Except for the new Finescale 2 Bay Hopper.

Good luck finding something EBT to pull your cars!!

I agree with Matt and much prefer the battery powered lighting.   I was looking over the track powered cars and noticed that they come with metal handrails while the battery powered cars have the old plastic handrails. 

I would love to see the metal handrails and battery powered lighting become the standard. 

Ny vote goes to doing runs of 4 different numers, and all reruns of the same item in four different numbers. 

I believe it would be a good business decision and increase sales!

Please.  Would definitely appreciate it!

Thanks TOC fior reposting this one, I will get to work on it!

TOC and others

Just dug out my rail truck to put it in service and remembered that there were some gear box issues and a fix posted by TOC (I think) on the old board.

Question one:  Do all rail trucks have this problem?

two  If all do not have this problem, how can I tell if mine does needs the fix?

three  If it does need the fix could someone who has the procedure please repost it? 

I have not run it yet as I do not want to damage it. 
As always all replies are greatly apprecioated!!

Well at last there is a non Christmas set with an Annie, that is a first. 

Bach-man,  Any chance of you listing the item numbers for the new items?

Sorry to hear about your misfortune.  Even though there was no damage to the packaging I would photograph all the damage and file the claim anyway.   Look the box over very carefully to see if there isn't an accordian look to one of the corners, or evidence of crushing, even minor crushing of the foam insert, as this would be evidence of the item being dropped.  if you find any evidence photograph it as well and push hard on Fedex to make things right.  You should also contact your seller and ask him or her not to use Fedex but USPS or UPS instead, and be sure to let FEDEX you are doing it especially if they refuse your claim!! 

If all else fails you could possibly make up a lot of your investment but selling the parts of the sets seperately on Ebay.   I just saw a broken engine sell for over $60 bucks!!!! .  If you sell the cars and track and transformer you may not only break even , but actually male a buck or two!  It happens every day on Ebay. 

Bach man,
We appreciate your asking and I will keep my hopes up.  I used the search feature on the old archive very heavily, and it saved me lots of time.  I actually used it like a library of topics I wanted to use for future needs.  An example is the fix for the Rail Truck,  I have one sitting around yet to be fixed and now will have to start over to find the info. 

I could give many other examples. 

Regards 

Hey dude,

To me the E&P 4-4-0 is just about the prettiest Bachmann Loco ever made,  Others think so too.  The E&P 4-4-0 sells for about $375 & up on Ebay.  If you really want one I'd grab it at the trainworld price.

Did you actually check t see if they still had an E&P unit?  I have heard they sold out of that roadname. 

Good luck

Steve,

Quite a few on Ebay recently,, if you believe the sellers!!  A friend told me Mizzel Trains in denver had one or two, but if they still do you won't like the price, I didn't