02-09-2012, 08:37 AM
I was at a train show last Sunday & I bought this Bachmann diesel (pic below) for my son. Just wondering if anyone can comment on this model, brand, quality, etc. I have several British Bachmann locos and know (from a previous post I made on this forum) that Bachmann do make a pretty good line of budget models.
I think the detailing on this loco is OK and it runs well except it squeals a little and is louder than most new locos!
Also, I see that it had one traction tire (not sure if there was ever another one!?) on one of its drive wheels -- but we hadn't had the loco "five minutes" before it came off! Now I have to mess around trying to get it back on. I've had to put traction tires back onto two of my tender-drive locos in the past, and that's a pain! I was also having problems with one of the couplers on the back end of the loco -- the coupler was so close (or short) to the loco that it would cause the freight car immediately behind it to derail.
At first, I bought this on a kind of a whim, knowing that -- for $25 -- it might not be that great. Then, after running it and looking at it for a little, I got to quite like it. It even got me thinking (inspired?) that maybe I should start to model the modern-day railway scene instead of always focusing on the 1950s !?!
At any rate, we only paid $25 for this loco! So, is it a reasonably good loco that we bought for a deal -- or is it a waste of money since we're already having problems with it?
Thanks, Rob
I think the detailing on this loco is OK and it runs well except it squeals a little and is louder than most new locos!
Also, I see that it had one traction tire (not sure if there was ever another one!?) on one of its drive wheels -- but we hadn't had the loco "five minutes" before it came off! Now I have to mess around trying to get it back on. I've had to put traction tires back onto two of my tender-drive locos in the past, and that's a pain! I was also having problems with one of the couplers on the back end of the loco -- the coupler was so close (or short) to the loco that it would cause the freight car immediately behind it to derail.
At first, I bought this on a kind of a whim, knowing that -- for $25 -- it might not be that great. Then, after running it and looking at it for a little, I got to quite like it. It even got me thinking (inspired?) that maybe I should start to model the modern-day railway scene instead of always focusing on the 1950s !?!
At any rate, we only paid $25 for this loco! So, is it a reasonably good loco that we bought for a deal -- or is it a waste of money since we're already having problems with it?
Thanks, Rob
Rob
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