Bachmann Spectrum Spectrum 45 ton "Santa Fe" Diesel

[davecar]

Hi,

I am new to G scale but I now have the bug. I bought a Pico starter set and I have a basic Pico Engine. I have laso bought a Bachmann Anne 2-6-0 whihc is great. I thought I would add a diesel train to my collection and the above diesel is on sale in several outlets for £99 whihc appears to be very good value.

Does anyone have any expeeince of this diesel? I notice that it has knuckle couplings - can these be changed to hook and latch?

Any information on this model gratefully received.

Kind regards,


Dave

 

[ntpntpntp]

Hi Dave,

there was a discussion on these recently in the Shop Watch section. I think the conclusion was that they're not too bad although not one of Bachmann's best, but beware that they're very large compared to average G gauge stock!

I don't have one of these so cannot comment from personal experience, but if it has the older plastic Bachmann knuckle coupler then I would expect it should be simple to replace with hook and loop (indeed Bachmann rolling stock often comes with hook and loop alternative couplings).

 

[marshman]

Hi Dave,
I had one of these which I sold on. It is fairly big but runs ok, seemed to need a bit more power from the controller. Would recommend minimum R2 curves, has nice bright leds & sliding windows can fall out.

 

[musket the dog]

I had one of these for a while. They will do R1s but they are massive in width and height. I think it would be a very hard job to change the knuckles for hook and loops. I thought it was a very good loco and very powerful just too large for my line.

 

[davecar]

Many thanks for these helpful replies.

Thanks to Musket the Dog for the photograph. It does look very large compared to the other locos.

I think this has made my mind up to look at an alternative.

Kind regards,

Dave