Has anyone heard whether/if/when Bachmann is bringing out more smooth-side B&O cars — besides the one coach and observation car that are available and the baggage car that has been announced?

I want to put the Great Northern shell of my old two-motor DC GE 44-ton loco onto my brand-new one-motor DCC-equipped GE 44-tonner. It was easy to remove the shell of the old one: a) remove the couplers; b) remove the screw in each of the tanks under the loco. Shell came right off!

I have done a) and b) to the new DCC-equipped loco — but the shell doesn't seem to want to let go. I don't see anything else to remove.

What am I missing? The parts diagram doesn't seem to be of help.

Anyone have any experience with this? I really don't want to break this new loco!

Will appreciate your wisdom.

Has Bachmann announced more PRR Smoothside cars to come in addition to the current Observation and Coach cars?

I have two Bachmann FA Diesels that I MU. Two questions:

1) When running them together as a MU consist, the lead engine's headlight, bell and horn work fine. (The second loco only makes the Diesel engine sounds -- no headlight, bell or horn). When I put the consist in reverse, the headlight, bell and horn in the second engine still do NOT work. Is this behavior correct?

Since this consist is not always pulling a string of cars, I sorta expect those functions to automatically turn on when the second engine is leading the direction of movement. (If possible, I would prefer not to have go through all the steps necessary to temporarily reassign the second FA as the lead engine.)

2) Where can I get a list of all the CVs for the FA loco?

Thanks in advance.

I'd like step-by-step instructions for changing the address of my new EM-1 from 03 to 04 using a Digitrax Zephyr Xtra. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks. JHF