E33 by Bachmann

[daniel_leavitt2000]

The HHP and Acela are REALLY nice models. Add the fact that the E33 DOES NOT have a blower duct, and this may be a very nice model should they choose to do it. Their Conrail blue is just about right, lets hope they get the logos in the right position this time.

[eric220]

The HHP and Acela are REALLY nice models.

I would volunteer that the Acela is a really nice looking model.  I am extremely frustrated that the cafe car can barely push a full 8-car train out of the box.  I will probably do some tweaking at some point and try to improve the performance on my set, but the out of the box performance definitely falls in the "miss" category.

[tom mann]

... I will never buy another Bachmann product again and i don't care if they are perfect. You just can't trust them to put out a good product, too hit and miss.

But if they do put them out and they are perfect, then you don't have a reason not to buy them...right?

IM  made them then i'm in

Some make take issue with this... ;D

[daniel_leavitt2000]

I got to wonder, I have heard this a few times. My full 8 car set works fine up a 2.5% 12 foot long grade. I have heard these were bad pullers. When I got mine, I put both traction tires on the inside axle on one truck. This helped traction and derailment issues. The train ran fine after that. I eventually added Kato wheelsets to the cars because they roll better and are easier to gage for Atlas C55 track.

Again, maybe my set was special, but I have had very few problems.

The HHP and Acela are REALLY nice models.

I would volunteer that the Acela is a really nice looking model.  I am extremely frustrated that the cafe car can barely push a full 8-car train out of the box.  I will probably do some tweaking at some point and try to improve the performance on my set, but the out of the box performance definitely falls in the "miss" category.

[Dave V]

On a related note I may just have to turn one of these:



...into one of these (from the CRHS site):

[Dave V]

Doesn't hurt to ask...

http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/board/index.php/topic,12209.0.html

[bbussey]

On a related note I may just have to turn one of these:

...into one of these (from the CRHS site):

Just one?  Unless you're going to pair it with an all-black one.

I've got an extra green unit from the first release that I was going to hold on to for possibly converting into a NH EP4 ... but since it appears Kato will be releasing G's on a regular basis, I might repaint an all-black CR unit and then pick up a single stripe and model the version above to pair with it.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Just saw this today: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=313482