Quote from: on30gn15 on November 07, 2011, 04:54:57 AM
Here's this
HO EMD GP40
http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/dwg/dwgs/H635X_IS005.pdf

Thanks but it took me a while to understand the Doc.

Lancer's back again. A reasonable suggestion May ad least be some of the rolling stock? How about a snow plow? Like one shown here. The non rotary types. Maybe if we had some maintenance trains or some sort? Because some of us would like to do snowy layouts and maintenance would be very important. Plus watching it go would be the great part? Also if the snow plow was a dummy unit it would be better?

Image of the snowplow:

Hello all!  

When i enter the product information area of the website and i got into HO there is a section known as motive power. All the locos there are $80 each but i am rather confused. With these locomotives are they dummies or the real deal? And are they DC powered?

Desperate for answers please reply in any way possible.

>>LancerG2<<

Quote from: jward on December 03, 2011, 09:20:16 AM
a more practical suggestion would be a cow and calf set of emd switchers. athearn used to make them but the hoods were too wide and i don't think they are produced anymore. for those new to trains, calves were cabless switchers. they were produced in the 1940s and early 1950s, and many railroads across the country had them. they were used similar to a b unit.

Yeah that could work. But i have no idea what they look like. Mind throwing in a picture?

Quote from: Jerrys HO on December 03, 2011, 07:16:19 AM
Lancer-

MTH made one I believe it's in their 2000 catalog and Overland also made one. The MTH version is still available. Tony's trains has 1 in stock. If you are interested you may give them a look. Look to pay about  $1,000 on it. Have not seen many Overlands available.

I doubt (could be wrong) that Bachmann will produce this beast. It was a beautiful engine but not very popular.

Speaking for myself I would never own one.

Jerry

True but to the point it should be made. As that 2000 catalog would be outdated and a decent price for a type of loco like this should be $300-400 (For a DC non smoke or  sound). This locomotive would do fine in my mountain layout as it just looks beautiful. Also you didn't suggest a locomotive.

Yet maybe another locomotive they should add is a Baldwin Mikado 2-8-2 as seen here:

Quote from: James The Red Engine on April 23, 2009, 10:52:44 PM
That Mr. the Bach-man deserves a handshake. 

That engine the yellow one. Is it from comedy central from Ernest and others?

Hello fellow topic readers.
Recently i have been looking though the Bachmann site in the HO section and realized we have a fair set of nice trains. Usually to 0-6-0's to the 2-6-0's but has anybody ever wondered that there aren't enough locomotives.
I wrote this topic due to the fact that i have been studying on a particular Locomotive known as the C&O Baldwin M-1.

The C&O Baldwin M-1.* A Locomotive nicknamed 'Sacred cow' due to the fact that it was powered with built three unique coal-fired steam turbine-electric engines. This beast had a wheel arrangement of 2-C1+2-C1-2 and had 6,000-horsepower units.

Now i was looking for this locomotive as due to the fact that i have heard you can only get this in O gauge. People said that it was in HO but the brand selling it stopped or something.   And also this locomotive has hardly been heard of much. It looks wonderfully beautiful.

So the point of this post is to suggest trains that could be added to the Bachmann line weather steam, Diesel electric or something electric like from the Amtrak series. The C&O Baldwin M-1* as an example. Also if anybody has other interesting information please share! You can never stop learning and learning.

Also with some though of mind i was thinking of rolling stock. Like a M1 Abraham tank, bell Huey, Emergency supplies (Shipping container with medic cross), or Flak cannon that could all be placed on a flatbed.

1 - (Had to be emphasized as this locomotive was a child of a beast).

2 - Picture of the Baldwin M-1 :

3 - An example of military rolling stock:

(Not sure if allowed but...)

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hello there just to let you know i am a new member of the forums but im not here to introduce myself. 

A few years ago i bought the Bachmann RAIL KING set with the GP-40 locomotive however a slight problem has came underway. Firstly the train has been victim to light damage.

I decided since superglue won't help holding the railings to the side of the train i decided of thinking of getting a new shell. Unlike other brands they places to unscrew the shell to the locomotive.

please help!

Pictures of step by step deconstruction (how to take apart) or a detailed example will do.

Thanks by the way. Over and out.