Wiley;  The Tyco engines are as follows:  The GP 20, the Plymouth Yard diesel, and the F-9 diesel.  I don't know what motors are in them, all I know is that they easily outpull the engine that comes with the Bachmann overland limited set. 

Okay, so do the Kadees hook up to the ez mount couplers or do i need to replace those with kadees as well?

my biggest problem is not with the rolling stock, rather with the engines.  I have 3 Tyco engines all of which are much better and more powerful than the engine that came with the overland limited bachmann set.  I definetly dont want to toss those out.  The couplers on the Tyco engines seem to sit slightly lower than the ezmate couplers on the Bachmann rolling stock.

I have a Bachmann overland limited set and recently received a lot of Tyco cars.  The Bachmann has ez mate couplers.  How do i get the old tyco cars to connect to the Tyco?  Also, I have noticed that the controller that comes with the set is, well, crappy, and is only a 1 amp controller.  Does anyone know of a good 5-10 amp controller that will hook up easily to the ez track, that is reasonably priced?

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I am new to model trains, well, I should say we, as it is me and my 4 year old son.  We have a decent sized track layout and like 4-5 engines with maybe 30 or so rolling stock.  I wanted to know what the engines with dual motors are called, and whats the most powerful Ho engine I can buy (something bachmann or that will run on bachmann e-z track.  Thanks

sounds like I might just be better buying a DCC engine and running 2 lines, one DCC and one non

Ok, new to trains.  Bought my son the overland set which has the 4-8-4 union pacific engine.  Been seeing alot about DCC and like the sounds.  Can I make the engine I have DCC and if so how?  And if the engine can be made DCC, what else do i need to make it work?  Please include part numbers.  Thanks guys

I just bought the Bachmann Overland train set for myself and my son (new to train hobby).  I got it set up no problem, I guess I just expected the set to go faster than what it does.  It takes about 14 seconds with all the cars in the set connected to make one trip around the track with the speed controller fully open (fast).  Does this seem right?  Also, what determines speed?