Question re new Bachmann Diesel

[Green_Elite_Cab]

Thanks! I might try lubricating it then. You're right, the box does old -- almost a '70s look! -- yet the loco appears clean and new.

That is because it is from the mid 70s! my fleet of Metroliner MU cars are all from that same time with the same box. 80s/90s bachmann had a white box that may be more familiar.

Your model is U36B, not a U33B (to be fair, they are similar).

Taken from the Bachmann Collector's Resource-




"U36B Diesel Locomotive
CP Rail

Made for the Canadian market, the CP Rail U36B does not appear in Bachmann's annual product catalogs. The CP Rail example was offered in the U.S. as an exclusive offering from a mail order hobby shop, SMC located in California. SMC lists the CP Rail U36B and a few other Canadian Bachmann offerings as exclusive items in a mid-'76 advertisement. "

The original drive-



The mid 70s drive with "pancake" motor