03-04-2012, 06:31 PM
Steamtrains Wrote:....B'mann's REAL market is in the near-toy sector, so analog offerings are their bread & butter...
Gus, that was also my understanding of Bachmann's business model and it is also the reason why I was so surprised to get some Bachmann engines with decoders only. The new S4 is also not available in a plain DC version. I think the 45tons switcher had the decoder integrated in the PCB. May be it happened by chance but I think Bachmann tries to push entry level DCC down close to the toys market. However, you are right the far majority of Bachmann models are offered in plain DC version.
Reinhard