Bachmann 2-8-4 Berkshire/Kanawha Parts Diagrams

[peteski]

Guess what I should have said was. Out of all the parts listed for the 44t the circuit board is the most expensive single part listed.

Maybe, but the Bachmann decoder is much crappier (functionality-wise) than a $16 Digitrax DZ-126.  Components are cheap and manufacturing PC boards (in the quantity Bachmann does) is also cheap. The high premium you pay for the replacement part is profit for the company.

[jmlaboda]

Wonder how long it will take for someone to fill the two boiler holes and drill a new one so that a Virginian "BA" can be modeled... still something I would like to see since my non-electrified lines could benefit from such a modern steamer (the road is a late runner of steam, starting dieselization in the early-50s.

[BeastofTheEast]

Several months behind production schedule right?

[Mark5]

Wonder how long it will take for someone to fill the two boiler holes and drill a new one so that a Virginian "BA" can be modeled... still something I would like to see since my non-electrified lines could benefit from such a modern steamer (the road is a late runner of steam, starting dieselization in the early-50s.

That'd be nice, we'd also need a new tender for the VGN "Berk".

[Kentuckian]

I just saw one of these in operation at Bachmann's booth at the WGH show in Louisville.  Hard to tell the sound with all the noise in the Convention center, but to me it sounded pretty good.  Of course, I don't know how it operates.  The reps said 40 days to delivery. End of March?

I lobbied for the H-8 Alleghany.  They politely listened; hope springs eternal.

[jdcolombo]

I'd love to see an Allegheny, but a more likely "next big steam" would be a 2-10-4.   Used by a fair number of roads, and the C&O T-1 was essentially copied by the Pennsy for its J1; yes, the Santa Fe had larger 74" drivers, but one could imagine that once the basic 2-10-4 chassis was built, having a 69" and 74" driver version wouldn't be too difficult (the scale difference would be about 1/32").

Once you've done the Berkshire, the C&O T-1 2-10-4 is just a longer version (almost literally - it was developed as a "stretched" version of the Erie Berkshire, albeit with 69" drivers instead of the Erie's 70").

John C.

[Kentuckian]

The "Texas" was a great example of Superpower, power at speed.  It was more of a flatlands loco, though.  Not my area of operations.

[asarge]

I just wish they would do the C&O Heavy Mikes with the flying pumps like the C&O had. They pretty much ruled the roost on the Cincinnati Sub and Chicago Divisions with Heavy Pacific's on the passenger trains. They do that and I just might become a steamhead.

[strummer]

Thanks John,
Looks like I will need the "A" tender for my B&M R1. I finally have all the other parts for the build. Looks like a lot of good parts to be had when they become available.

Am looking forward to seeing it, Daniel. Though not a big fan of New England steam per se, I've alway thought the R1 was a particularly handsome beast...

Mark in Oregon