Bachman Spectrum 44-T

[John Burkush]

Bachman is "releasing" the 44 tonner in November.
Any feedback,
                 Thoughts,
                             comments?

[wcfn100]

Mine being taken apart immediately for measurements and the next two weeks will be spent trying to get Mark4Design to produce early hood(s).  ;D


Thankfully the MSTL did have one with the later hoods if all else fails.


Jason

[Mark5]

Comment: wait and see. 

[victor miranda]

I think the release is moved back to Jan of '09...

[up1950s]

Hoods look wide but I don't care . Guts may lend themselves to bashed stuff . GE oil electric box cab , trolleys , steeple cabs , Randy goodies , maybe a powered tender .

[DKS]

Guts may lend themselves to bashed stuff .

Exactamundo.

[jmlaboda]

Where would you look to see when it is to come in?

[nscalesteve]

Guts may lend themselves to bashed stuff...

NZR/KiwiRail DSC in NZ120 1:120 TT scale probably...   ;D

[up1950s]

Where would you look to see when it is to come in?

[JDouglasFisher]

Good news for those who model the NYO&W, MEC, PRR, CB&Q, and a handful of other railroads that took advantage of these little critters.

Wonder if they will do the O&W and MEC models though.

Joe.

[Mark5]

I'd buy it in VGN if it can run at realistic speeds.

[JDouglasFisher]

Tell me this isn't a beautiful little critter...



courtesy of railroad picture archives net.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=574295

Also, want to see one start up? This is a 65 tonner, same thing basically, heavier sill plate. Sounds like a pair of Cat's in this one.

Joe.

[Walkercolt]

Yeah, it'll pull 80 auto-racks with B-mann wheelsets up a 5% grade at a scale 2.5MPH. : I think B-mann can get the speed under control. Most of their deisels run the slowest of any brand out there. Hood's over-wide? Probably for weight and motor. If it'll handle 5 40' MT boxcars on the straight and level, I'd say it's a sucess. Can many of us remember Lima/Atlas engines that wouldn't do that? Let's see one run before we pass judgement on it. This ain't the "A" board, is it? :-[

[wcfn100]

Tell me this isn't a beautiful little critter...

Beautiful yes, but not the model Bachmann is making.   

Jason

[JDouglasFisher]

I haven't seem any other pics of the unit other than the ones that Bachmann released, and looking at those photos, they are predominently side view.

One thing I notice is the windows on the sides are to narrow in relation to scale of the model.

Any other pics online besides the B-mann released ones?

Joe.