Really, nothing special about Bachmann that I know of, just saw a review and they worked fine and several others had glitches. All I figured was that if they did not list the item at all on their web site....maybe I should not buy it on ebay, because there was some problem. I'm game for anything that works without problem. I am building a new large layout and the reverse loop will save me some space that I want for scenes. If I run one track instead of the two I would need without it, I might have to change that section of the layout. Since its not an "above ground control", if it works seamlessly, it really doesn't matter what company.