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Hey guys, First, About the unpowered locomotive . . . There are alot of high quality chasis out there if you want to change your dummy over to a powered unit. Check in Model Railroader for advertisements or write them a question for their magazine. Getting a beat up loco off e-Bay might be OK too. Just make sure it is compatible with your shell. Second, About Bachman . . . Bachman has different levels of products like Ford-Lincoln-Mercury. The Bachman 'toy' sets just don't cut it for the modeling crowd. The power packs are underpowered. The track is often not nickle-silver. The locos don't have flywheels and the detail is poor. I even have trouble getting couplers for 'em without performing a serious operation. The Spectrum line produced by Bachman is a different matter altogether. I have a Spectrum F40PH lettered for Amtrak and it is one of my best performing engines. I don't know specifically about any other engines they produce and another fellow said the F40PH was the best they ever did, but I still say they are on the lever of quality expected by modelers. Most of my enginers are Athern. With one exception, they all run fine. The other one growls alot when it runs and I plan to fix that sometime later. Athern is a good value. Welcome to the hobby. If I may, go out and get every book you can find, particularly those published by Kalmbach, and read about the different subjects involved in building and operating a model railroad. Enjoy. - Ed
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