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Wonder how many they'll sell at that price? Considering how much Bachmann diesels and cars cost, they must be making a very handsome profit on each set sold! I guess they'd argue that getting Bachmann to do special paint schemes costs extra, in which case how have many stores over here persuaded Bachmann to offer special edition locos and cars at little over normal prices? <br /> <br />Regarding the locos - these look like the Bachmann Plus F7s - good, solid locos with decent can motors and twin flywheels. I've got one in Erie paint that I bought used a couple of weeks ago - needed a bit of cleaning and lubing but now it runs as well as my Proto locos - the "run-on" (as in, while running full speed turn the power off) is rather good - I got it to cover over 1ft of track! <br /> <br />It looks as though DCC would be a little more involved as it uses the diecast frame to take power from one side of the trucks to the motor - having said that, it also looks as though it would be easy enough to clip off the brass contact between the truck and the frame, and solder a wire to the pickups (as on the other side of the truck) - isolate the motor with some insulation tape and you're sorted (not tried this yet, thinking about DCC though).
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