Here's a Silver Series Bachmann boxcar coupled to two Athearn RTR boxcars.
Larry
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Summerset Ry.
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I have a Silver Series tank car, #17840, which is a single dome car letterd for Phillips Petroleum )PSPX 9214). I added weigt by drilling a hole in the center of the underside and pouring in lead shot, followed by CA glue (Which didn't hold), then gluing a plug in the hole. It has nice, crisp lettering, but nowhere does it indicate the ARA or ICC class, which I thought was on all tank cars until DOT classes took over. Neither is the capacity in gallons shown. I've calculated the capacity at about 12,800 gallons. Capacity is shown as 30 tons, which seems low for a car of this size and apparent vintage.
In general, I don't buy Bachmann anymore, mostly because of the poor quality I've experienced with their steam locos.
Mid Century Bob I have a Silver Series tank car, #17840, which is a single dome car letterd for Phillips Petroleum )PSPX 9214). I added weigt by drilling a hole in the center of the underside and pouring in lead shot, followed by CA glue (Which didn't hold), then gluing a plug in the hole. It has nice, crisp lettering, but nowhere does it indicate the ARA or ICC class, which I thought was on all tank cars until DOT classes took over. Neither is the capacity in gallons shown. I've calculated the capacity at about 12,800 gallons. Capacity is shown as 30 tons, which seems low for a car of this size and apparent vintage. In general, I don't buy Bachmann anymore, mostly because of the poor quality I've experienced with their steam locos.
Ok, I have to ask, which steam locos did you have issues with?
Because I have over 30 Bachmann and Bachmann Spectrum steam locos and had fewer problems than what I have had with 7 Broadway steam locos.
And if I may ask, what sort of problems did you have?
The things so many people don't get about Bachmann are that:
They make models of different levels of detail and features for different markets, train sets, intermediate level, and more advanced level modeling. Not every product will suite every modeler.
Bachmann was one of the pioneers in the high detail RTR stuff we have today, but there was a learning curve. Their quality has constantly evolved over the last 30 years. Not every product in that 30 years was perfect, and a few were duds. That does not mean all their products are duds.....
Some models in the regular line look about the same as 25-30 years ago, but have been retooled mechanically, don't judge the current versions on those old versions.
Sheldon