Unboxing My Most Expensive Bachmann Engine - Was it Worth it?

Unboxing the most expensive Bachmann engine I've ever bought. Was it worth the price? Unbox it with me and find out!

[@RisenPhoenix68]

Wow, that's purdy. I love the couple of Bachmann Spectrum engines that I own.

[@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

Oh hey, I was watching this one on eBay and was bummed when it went. Glad to know it went to a good home, though! And for a Spectrum model, you got a massive deal on it! Congratulations, man!

[@gopernoperstrains3160]

Sorry to snag it from you, but if nothing else this is a sign for you to go out and buy one haha! In hindsight I should have waited and tried to find one with the factory DCC and Sound as I watched a demo and they sound incredible.

[@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

@@gopernoperstrains3160 yeah, they really do. I think there's one on eBay right now in the NYO&W livery. But it might not have the factory sound installed, it's been a while since I saw the listing.

[@Uptownloki47]

What a beauty. I have a brass model of sister engine 547 and I have to say the Bachmann model is pretty accurate to the prototype.

[@Vinyl_guy]

this is the 1,000th video i have liked on youtube

[@skylitejunction5589]

She is absolutely gorgeous my dude! I’m glad you got one after a long hunt. Great vid.

[@shanestrains7179]

Bachmann did a wonderful job on those vandy tenders. Beautiful model

[@rickym.3416]

Nice loco! I got mine at local hobby shop for $95. Runs like a dream

[@kompst_tu]

I'd say Bachmann is almost always worth the price. They have great detail on their models. That said sometimes they release a flop, but hey, what company doesn't every once in a while? Immaculate model.

[@trynnallen]

I had one, that I decced out as a Soo Line N class, as delivered. My issue with it was, that even on 40" curves it still looked wonky. They are also VERY light on their feet. I put my FVM Hiawatha consist behind it (1 Baggage, Parlor, 3 Coach, Tap Cafe and Beaver Tail) and on a .5% grade and watched it slip it's drivers. As it entered the club curves it would slip it's drivers too. I ended up selling it for a couple of reasons, 1. to get it to pull my fast milk run (a Bachmann hvy weight passenger consist of 1 Combine, an Observation, and 5 Branchline express reefers it couldn't even pull that.) would have meant tearing it apart to add more weight, and when I googled how to do it, was more work than I wanted to try, and 2.) the more I thought about it, the loco didn't match my expectations or what I wanted to do with the layout. That said, with just the 2 Bachmann hvy weights it ran fine, just looked odd with only two cars.

[@archiecoolsdown5854]

My most expensive loco is a brass N scale PRR T1 by Samhongsa. 2900.00 mint.

[@midnightexpress8556]

What about that German steam locomotive?

[@lackawannarailfan]

Cool engine!

[@heyjay25]

Will you make a video on that german/Austrian locomotive in the background?

[@gopernoperstrains3160]

I might in the future, currently trying to sell it. If it doesn't sell after a bit I'll make a video on it

[@heyjay25]

@@gopernoperstrains3160 Nice, do you know is the maker?

[@gopernoperstrains3160]

@@heyjay25 Totally missed this comment months ago but the maker is a small german company called Kleinbahn. It runs fairly well actually.

[@heyjay25]

@@gopernoperstrains3160 Cheers

[@XDHwilks]

Does the tender still derail, or have you fixed it or something? I currently have a bachmann spectrum heavyweight set and the diner car keeps derailing. Nice train though!

[@paulmishler402]

I was actually going to buy that

[@1964catt]

is this a split axle model if so you are in for some issues down the road

[@gopernoperstrains3160]

This is not a split axle model. They didn’t make 4-8-2’s with that chassis design.

[@1964catt]

@@gopernoperstrains3160 that's good then

[@DENVERRIOGRANDEMAN21]

How much was it

[@BlaxlandRidge3]

He said in the video it was $180

[@DENVERRIOGRANDEMAN21]

@@BlaxlandRidge3 oh dang

[@eartlcraft]

Do you own any other European locomotives ?

[@gopernoperstrains3160]

I have that 2-10-0 and a Hogwarts Express, other than that I only have american stuff in HO

[@crockett11000]

Wait a minute, you bought it not knowing if it was or wasn't DCC?? There is a major price difference!! Then ya didn't look at the end of the box label to see, then ya need to look at the bottom of the loco or tender to see if dcc is printed on it? WTH??? And ya also didn't know it had sound either? And now after the first 3 minutes, ya what me to watch the rest? Really?

[@gopernoperstrains3160]

I bought it “not knowing” because these engines have an 8 pin DCC plug inside and the seller stated the engine had been modified. However they didn’t care to mention what had been done. If you’d continued watching you’d see the seller had installed a terrible botch job “sound” decoder in it that I removed and replaced with a DC plug. This video was primarily filmed to show the unpacking and testing process in case it was damaged in shipping. Thought to share it so people could see first runs. I intended to make a full video on it later but comments like yours and a general lack of time discourage me from doing so.

[@garrettsubproductions8705]

NNIICCEE locomotive and only for 180$ thats not bad for something that highly detailed steam engine

[@marker6814]

Most expensive SO FAR