Posted By TrainHigh on 03/03/2009 11:54 PM
Thanks for the ideas. I've had several hobbies in my life and this one so far seems a little more addicting than the others. I already have so many plans, but one thing at a time. I didn't think about having to reverse halfway through the rubber flap or damaging the engine. I suppose the easiest thing is to just put a sliding cover up there and remove it to run. But the glass or plexiglass is an interesting idea, it would turn it more into a display. I ended up buying some Bachmann track and power unit on ebay, and I'm still shopping and deciding on a locomotive. I think I can get by with some decently sized curves, but I'll know more once I get the track and lay it out. I think it came out of a white and yukon set.
I did alot of research on the Annie today. I really like that setup and think it's the best looking style for me, but I want a Spectrum since they are larger. Still looking at the 2-6-0 and 4-4-0. I'm still trying to research the cars too. I have seen some Spectrum Jackson Sharp cars in ads but I can't find them in my 2009 Bachmann catalog. I want the setup with 4 passenger cars, baggage, etc with track lighting. The green ones but I'm not sure which railroad yet.
Uh, not sure if we are on the same page here, but perhaps it's something that you should know afore ye go spending lot of $$$$...
The 'Annie' is a fine-looking and good-running model, and will easily handle the
matching[/i] J&S cars - mine does it all day at exhibitions, with six or seven in tow. It is scaled at around 1/22.5, but looks good - a couple of hundred thousand of us can't all be wrong!
However, Bachmann's 'Spectrum' models are to a scale of 1/20.3. Now, I don't know about any Bachmann Jackson & Sharp 'Spectrum' standard passenger cars, but I DO know about the AccuCraft models. In the plastic version, they are around 30 inches long - each- and weigh in at around six pounds - each - and you are hoping to have a train of five of them hauled by a Bachmann 2-6-0 or 4-4-0 loco somewhere up in mid-air, as far as I can make out. With the greatest of respect, Sir, that ain't going to happen.
The only 'Spectrum' loco that has a chance of hauling THIS consist is the K-27, and for that you are going to need some pretty large sweeping curves, too. THAT loco alone weighs around 18 pounds.
IMO, you need to do some thinking here, Sir.
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