My apologies. I Forgot that we  are not permitted to discuss problems about other manufacturers products, so removed my post. 

  Have any of you seen this?  I bought one, and they're an absolute must for the train enthusiast! 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG0XxFGS4EE&feature=emb_logo

 
Awesome!

   You guys all are a mine filled with information, and I can't thank you enough for all the help within your responses.
Looks like I'm going to be shopping around for the proper screws as well as glue because I have so many different brands of freight cars. 

  Thanks to eveveryone of you! 

   Kind regards,

    Steve

Hi Terry,
 
      Thanks for your response.

  Actually, some of the cars I just bought off ebay have screws holding the trucks on, but I thought that maybe this is how they're making them nowadays instead of using the plastic pins, so I'm not sure if screws will work these cars since some of them are older.

  Hi,

  I bought a bunch of used HO scale railroad cars from gondola's to box cars, and some of them are Bachman, some have no name whatsoever and look brand new ( C and O Chesapeke and Ohio).  Some are missing trucks, and I see that although we can buy trucks, there are no pins with which to mount the trucks onto the cars.  I even went to a "Hobby Town" model train dealer in my area, and he couldn't tell me where to find the pins. 

  I just wondered, since some of the cars are made by different companies, and since trucks being sold do not include pins with them what can I do to replace?

  Thanks so much

Thanks very much for the link!  Looks like it's just what I need!  
I just found an entire Santa Fe Bachmann engine for sale for 25 bucks, so am hoping I can get it.

I cant say thank you enough for all of your help, and your patience with me--a newcomer.  
I learned a lot from you and the others here, and I deeply appreciate it.  

 Kind regards,
   
  Steve Barber

Quote from: rich1998 on February 02, 2021, 11:27:23 AM
Steve

The link I PM'd you will give you all the info for Photo hosting. Give it a try. It will really help you.

Rich

Thanks so much.  I'll give it a try.

 

Thanks.  I did look up the F7, F9, and FT chassis, but none of the ones available had the part of the chassis that holds the wheels.

Thanks for your comment.

I was away from trains for 50 years, until about a month, when I decided I needed something to keep me busy.  I've always, always been afascinated by the train layouts I see. 

  When I bought this engine off ebay a few weeks ago, I had NO idea what I was in for.  Vey few details in the ad, hust that it is "Missing coupler", which I thought I could easily replace.  Then, I find out the hard way, I can't even use it. 

There isn't anything left of the coupler itself. Whatever it looked like before it and the front coupler were both broken off--is gone.  All that is there is the part connected to the chassis by two small screws, and a small, flat vertical piece of square plastic that extends downward that measures from top to bottom 3/16 of an inch by 1/4 inch wide.  Is this what you are referring to that I could drill tiny holes into?  I 'm at a loss with this. I have dreamed of having an actual all black New York Central engine, because this is how I remember the real thing when it used to travel through my hometownin the late 50's and through the 60's.  This, and the distinct horn that I love and found on YouTube which someone posted a sound byte of from long ago. 

  Anyway...sorry to rattle on here.  Thanks so much for your suggstion.

   Steve

Hi Len,

   Thanks you so much for your help, and giving me information.   

Whoever owned this engine, they glued a #5 onto the front of the train to the tiny bit of remaining original mounting pad that's attached by the two screws.  It fell off during shipping.  The screw holes aren't wide enough to fit the #5 onto the train, and there is no center screw, just the two.

  I was wondering if there are any trucks out there that have couplers attached  to them as they all do nowadays--that would work ?  With people owning vintage HO trains, I would think that Bachmann would have kept this stuff in stock, but I was told by a person at the parts department that they no longer make parts for this 40 year old dummy engine.

  It seems like there has to be some way to get this thing to work.     

   Steve

 
Thanks very much for your  reply.  I looked up the info you gave me, but nothing is available as far as the chassis for this "dummy" engine.   

I failed to mention that the person at the parts store told me that since the engine is so old, they no longer make parts for it.

I noticed that the coupler on this train engine "dummy" is its own piece,  screws onto the chassis, front and back. I thought it was all molded into one piece, but was wrong.

 
Hi All,

  Got the Bachmann engine yesterday.  

Unfortunately for me, the entire coupler device is broken completely off the engine, and I don't know how it could ever be repaired--or if it even can--unless someone knows of a way to attach a whole new housing.
It's a "dummy" engine, so it weighs next to nothing, but like the person at the "Parts" store at Bachmann told me, the engine is about 40 years old. I discovered it is also missing both horns.

Does anyone have any knowledge in this area on how I might find an entire chassis for this 40 year old engine?  The coupler--front and back--are part of the chassis.

 Thanks very much for your time in reading this.

Best regards,
  Steve

 Hi,
The ad at the bottom of the page on the right for $4.50 looks like it could be the one.  Unfortunately, I have to wait until I get the engine in the mail to see what the area  looks like where the coupler fits on the engine.  There's absolutely nothing there where the coupler and whetever it is that holds the coupler belong, and the picture the seller provided on ebay is rather blurry, so I can't really see that area of the engine clealry.  So, I'm waiting to see what it looks like. 

I deeply appreciate you responding and providing the link and informations, sir.

    Regards,
Steve Barber

Hi,

Thanks so much for the fast reply!  

I am attaching two pics of the engine, side view, and the owner posted a terribly blurry image of the rear of the trains, showing the missing pieces.  The front of the train has a different type of coupler I'm not familiar with (it has been many, many years since I had an HO train). It looks like it is a more realistic coupler, with hose attached, etc. as you can see in this side view of the engine.  

After seeing the "Rear" picture, I was afraid it wasn't going to be possible to repair.  

Can you tell by looking at the blurry image ( I even tried to de-blur it) whether or not it still contains the part that the coupler pocket attaches to. 

NOTE:  I tried to post the two images I mention, and It wouldn't allow me to post them due to size. So , I shrunk them down to required file size, and by then it said the folder is full, and that I need to contact the adminictstor)

Thanks so very much.

 Hi,

 I am new here, and don't really know my way around yet, please bear with me. : )

I bought a Bachmann "Made In Hong Kong" New York Central #1601 all black diesel train engine off ebay two days ago.  The ad said that it is "Missing the coupler" but from all appearances, it's missing the entire coupler housing, broken completely off the chassis.   I just wondered if I were to post a picture the train, maybe someone would recognize it and perhaps be able to help me.

I wrote to Bachmann, and they determined the engine is about 40 years old, and that they no longer make parts for it, so suggested I post a comment here in the forum  to see if anyone can possibly help me.

 Thanks ever so much.

  Steve Barber