As a BNSF fan myself, I usually don’t get train sets or locomotives that are DC only, but this one has actually caught my interest a bit. Especially this set. I really love that this set comes with all those accessories at 10:22 to add to your set and model train world in general, that’s so cool
Bachmann used to offer figure sets for HO scale & for O & S gauge trains. The sets included a round palette of different colors of dry paints with a brush & a bottle of thinner. The signal bridge has the sides & top parts snap together & then gravity holds the sides into the base footings. The colored lenses are placed into the holes on the signal heads. I don't know why they only provide only 2 signal heads for a bridge that spans two tracks - they should have four signal heads. I ended up cementing mine together. Some modelers replaced the colored lenses with red & green LEDs to make working signals. Years ago, many railroads painted their signals black all over, but now they tend to paint them silver, with just the targets around the signal lights painted black.
I bought this same train set from Hobby Lobby a month ago. I already have a Bachmann 'Harry Potter Hogwarts Express' train set that I bought for my kids some years ago it still runs like new. I wanted to expand that set with more trackage so I stayed with Bachmann for compatibility. We have BNSF trains passing through our area so the BNSF livery loco attracted me. I currently run it with a Mantua F7A/B combo and a six-car consist and it runs great around the track. Very pleased with it so far.
I got a small round set as a kid for I think Christmas, loved it but we had to return it bc of something. Now as an adult I still want it & to get more
Bachmann actually does a pretty good job with their GP38-2 locos, at least they succeed on design. The mechanics of it suck tho, the rear motor on my Bachmann CSX GP gave up for the second time in six months.
Nicky GMP_3 : hi there, I agree with there graphics and colors however those builders of Bachmann trains & trackage they need to be all fired! I own so many Bachmann engines trains and accessories I'm sick of their small screws & tubular post they break off when you try to replace a better quality screw and the shell can't be supported it can easily come of the chassis, the tracks lock discolors and breakage, the rails come off the ties, the rail ties mismatch on certain size tracks. The switch mechanicanism came off 3 times on one of their high priced long left hand or right hand switches! The ⚙ gears kept dislocating on one of my CSX U BOAT 23 DIESEL I was so annoyed i had to finally remove it leave the circuit board and convert it into a non powered unit. The newly designed Amfleet cars the wheels come and pop off when you're transporting them or when you least expect it. Last but not least no replacement parts for motors, trucks etc.. Maybe America needs to retake Bachmann & manufacturing here! This isn't fair to consumers at all. I'm a major buyer of them. Including all the Acella electrics... Meanwhile. This is ridiculous!
when i was running the set i found there was a problem with the couplers height on the cars. The solution was to arrange the cars a certain way so the couplers are almost the same height
hi everyone ,if anyone else is searching for how to build a model railroad layout and scenery try Vaxicorn Railroaders Membership Guide (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my colleague got excellent results with it.
This set is one of my favorites, but there is one thing I dont really like about this set, the couplings! My canyon chief set has the same coupling system as your rail chief, the trucks usually disconnect while it's running so it usually has to push the cars.
Eric Zerkle - You are right! Bachmann started making their " Plasticville U.S.A. " building & structure kits for use with O & S gauge trains back in the 1950s. That signal bridge probably goes back to at least the late 1950s. There is a science fiction movie from 1957 called " Kronos ". There is a model of a power plant in that movie that has a substation that looks like it uses those signal bridges as part of its structure. Around 1960, Bachmann started making HO scale buildings. In the early 1970s, Bachmann made assembled N scale buildings.
I like how that set includes a signal bridge, signs, telephone poles and (unpainted) figures, like many Bachmann train sets from the 70s to the 90s did. It's a good way for the young model railroader to get started in imagining he or she is running the train through a town or something compared to just having the train and track. Even running a simple 36" circle of track can be more visually interesting with the signs and poles! But then of course you'll want to add more track and such!
These Bachmann plastic couplers are a pain in butt! I replace them with KADEE number 5 or KADEE whisker coupler sets. also you mentioned Life Like now Walthers proto 1000 or 2000 they're thicker and stronger the ones with the small springs are tops I recommend them even better. 👍☺🚥
Jaabo37 - You are right about the signs; they are may other colors that just yellow! With the modern era of BNSF, you will have to paint the Yield signs white in the center, with red lettering & edge trim. Yield signs used to be yellow with black lettering until 1980. Stop signs have been red with white lettering since the mid 1950s - they were originally yellow with black lettering. It looks like you have some railroad signs - like the " Y "- shaped Yard Limit sign. Railroad signs should be white with black lettering.
3:44 even the controller i got with Bachmann's pacific flyer (which was just a circle) had the acessory plugs! 7:37 I saw one route in eastern Colorado that still had those (it parallels I-70!) I got the caboose by itself a year ago, just to have a train car that says BNSF on it in my collection!
I got this train last year. I see the BNSF trains often here in Glendale AZ. The engines have the same Heritage III livery. I have since built out the set with more cars and track.
The old BN refrigerator cars came in yellow in real life and also bnfe is not a mistake from Bachmann, it’s actually a real acronym on the real life car that stands for Burlington northern fruit express and it’s even spelled out on the car, same with real life.
Jacob Stallcup then just get another set. I would recommend Menards if you want Bachmann but only during the holiday season (from September/October to March) I picked up a Great Lakes flyer for $79 and for what I got was well worth it! $79 for s bachmann set is kinda unreal especially how Menards gives you limited edition sets like my Great Lakes flyer! Sure won’t be seen many of them soon.
Only for certain special purposes. There are a few cabooses still out there but I do think by the merger the EOT devices were used instead of cabooses on most trains
I used to have a set like this in Santa Fe, but I love this set and it’s easily the best set for Bachmans supply. Great review and do you have any plans for an athearn set review those are the greatest ho sets you can find. Great to see that review of a similair set I used to have (that Santa Fe gp40 still on my shelf looks okay from a distance still not the greatest detail but it looks nice. Thanks for another review and I can’t wait for what other Model trains videos you come out with.
first, i always have been a fan of the gp 40-2 and its cool to see tha csx has kept some . those were either telegraph or telephone poles . some rrs used them almost recently untill uhf radio took over to relay track signal information back where ever the dispacher was . good looking set .:). called the pumpkin scheme . belive me , it is . b.n fruit express.
My advice use Kadee couplers number 5 or the whisker couplers or Life Like/ Walthers Proto couplers they're heavy duty with the side springs similar to Kadee. Much better quality!
I'm pretty sure he's just rough on it, did you see how fast he rammed the locomotive in the cars in a curve? Plus he said it himself he's rough on the locomotive, he always breaks the rails
I don't think BNSF ever actually painted a caboose like that, they would have used ones from BN or SF painted in their original colors. That yellow color was used for BN's refrigerator cars. BN also had white refrigerator cars & I even saw some refrigerator cars painted in BN's Cascade Green. Western Fruit Express was the refrigerator car line subsidiary of BN parent Great Northern. I used to see them on the spur track alongside the Land 'O Lakes dairy plant in my hometown when I was a kid.
I don't know if they will, given that Burlington Northern has since merged into the BNSF. Then again, they have a few sets out with ATSF locomotives. But other than those, which are meant to be "classic" trains, they generally go with modern roadnames for their diesel sets.
Bachmann did make a BN themed train set which was only available at Menards as an exclusive set from a few years ago. Menards also had a CSX themed set which came with a YN2 gp40-2. There was also a CNW themed set with a CNW F7 which was essentially their Santa Fe Flyer set but CNW themed (I forgot the name of it on the top of my head). Currently in 2024 there's a SOO Line themed train set at Menards which retails for around $169.99, and another Santa Fe themed set called the "Redhawk" which is just the Santa Fe Flyer, but with a differently painted FT, and Caboose which goes for $129.99.
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They are usually in one aisle with toys. There are i believe three aisles of toys and they should be in one of them, although that depends on which hobby lobby but just look for a toy aisle and they should be in there or at least one of them.
I think bachmann finally went to switch mode PSUs. I got the echo valley kit with the dcc system and I got the same adapter and the dcc controller doesn’t have the input for a second analog controller. Nor accessory power
Bought the BNSF EZ track starter set for my greatgrandson and we are having trouble with the couplers , we can not connect the trains, they do not stay connected. Also having trouble aligning the trains on the tracks. What are we doing wrong, their has to be a easy way to get the trains to run correctly , please help me, greatgrandson i getting frustrated (he is only 5 years old) !! Thank You
You know what would be incredibly awesome? If someone made an electric train set with the toy trains made into the iconic Combine Razor Train from Half Life 2.
I work as a machinist for bnsf and 3001 is one of our local locomotives. So very cool to me.
Cool!
you should get the actual train set and get some of the cars that it has pulled
As a BNSF fan myself, I usually don’t get train sets or locomotives that are DC only, but this one has actually caught my interest a bit. Especially this set. I really love that this set comes with all those accessories at 10:22 to add to your set and model train world in general, that’s so cool
Bachmann used to offer figure sets for HO scale & for O & S gauge trains. The sets included a round palette of different colors of dry paints with a brush & a bottle of thinner. The signal bridge has the sides & top parts snap together & then gravity holds the sides into the base footings. The colored lenses are placed into the holes on the signal heads. I don't know why they only provide only 2 signal heads for a bridge that spans two tracks - they should have four signal heads. I ended up cementing mine together. Some modelers replaced the colored lenses with red & green LEDs to make working signals. Years ago, many railroads painted their signals black all over, but now they tend to paint them silver, with just the targets around the signal lights painted black.
Watching this with a jawbreaker in my mouth
Lol
I bought this same train set from Hobby Lobby a month ago. I already have a Bachmann 'Harry Potter Hogwarts Express' train set that I bought for my kids some years ago it still runs like new. I wanted to expand that set with more trackage so I stayed with Bachmann for compatibility. We have BNSF trains passing through our area so the BNSF livery loco attracted me. I currently run it with a Mantua F7A/B combo and a six-car consist and it runs great around the track. Very pleased with it so far.
I got a small round set as a kid for I think Christmas, loved it but we had to return it bc of something. Now as an adult I still want it & to get more
Have had our set for 4 years. Kids love it!
This was one of my first Bachman sets very nice vid
Bachmann actually does a pretty good job with their GP38-2 locos, at least they succeed on design. The mechanics of it suck tho, the rear motor on my Bachmann CSX GP gave up for the second time in six months.
Nicky GMP_3 : hi there, I agree with there graphics and colors however those builders of Bachmann trains & trackage they need to be all fired! I own so many Bachmann engines trains and accessories I'm sick of their small screws & tubular post they break off when you try to replace a better quality screw and the shell can't be supported it can easily come of the chassis, the tracks lock discolors and breakage, the rails come off the ties, the rail ties mismatch on certain size tracks. The switch mechanicanism came off 3 times on one of their high priced long left hand or right hand switches! The ⚙ gears kept dislocating on one of my CSX U BOAT 23 DIESEL I was so annoyed i had to finally remove it leave the circuit board and convert it into a non powered unit. The newly designed Amfleet cars the wheels come and pop off when you're transporting them or when you least expect it. Last but not least no replacement parts for motors, trucks etc.. Maybe America needs to retake Bachmann & manufacturing here! This isn't fair to consumers at all. I'm a major buyer of them. Including all the Acella electrics... Meanwhile. This is ridiculous!
@@haroldalexis4200 agreed
That's what started it for me that's a great kit now I've 6 trains on separate tracks
Two of those engines back to back with out dcc would look cool great video . I am looking for another one soon .
Great video review! Thank you! If a guy wanted to add a horn and bell sounds could he? What would he need?
Convert it to DCC. Would probably require so special wiring
Lol. I overpaid I guess. Just got it. Price of a education
i got this train set around 3 - 4 years ago now, it still runs great, but those plastic sprung cuplers have failed on me a lil bit.
Same goes for me the spring likes to pop out
Only the ones on the caboose have failed on me to the point where I cant use it.
Mashallah ♥️♥️♥️
HO scale is my favorite too!
I have that and it works just fine.
Wabash style caboose is cool.
when i was running the set i found there was a problem with the couplers height on the cars. The solution was to arrange the cars a certain way so the couplers are almost the same height
hi everyone ,if anyone else is searching for how to build a model railroad layout and scenery try Vaxicorn Railroaders Membership Guide (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my colleague got excellent results with it.
Normal bachman
nice
My son and I have this train set and have the same problem with the couplers height
I have this trainset but the train lights up but doesn't move and idk why it's not moving if it has power and lighting up
Great video thanks for sharing
I actually got that set for my birthday
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This set is one of my favorites, but there is one thing I dont really like about this set, the couplings! My canyon chief set has the same coupling system as your rail chief, the trucks usually disconnect while it's running so it usually has to push the cars.
I got this one for Christmas with an expander track set - AWESOME!!!!
I just bought this same set I also have have a Athens ho John deer train set was trying to get something to build a lay out
Accessories are old Plasticville and they have never changed them from the early 1950s.
Eric Zerkle - You are right! Bachmann started making their " Plasticville U.S.A. " building & structure kits for use with O & S gauge trains back in the 1950s. That signal bridge probably goes back to at least the late 1950s. There is a science fiction movie from 1957 called " Kronos ". There is a model of a power plant in that movie that has a substation that looks like it uses those signal bridges as part of its structure. Around 1960, Bachmann started making HO scale buildings. In the early 1970s, Bachmann made assembled N scale buildings.
@@Petemonster62 I'm going to look up that movie!
@@Petemonster62 Imo, a Lionel or Marx layout isn't complete unless it has Plasticville stuff on it. I own several O pieces.
I like how that set includes a signal bridge, signs, telephone poles and (unpainted) figures, like many Bachmann train sets from the 70s to the 90s did. It's a good way for the young model railroader to get started in imagining he or she is running the train through a town or something compared to just having the train and track. Even running a simple 36" circle of track can be more visually interesting with the signs and poles! But then of course you'll want to add more track and such!
Team Life like man!!!!!
That's cool
These Bachmann plastic couplers are a pain in butt! I replace them with KADEE number 5 or KADEE whisker coupler sets. also you mentioned Life Like now Walthers proto 1000 or 2000 they're thicker and stronger the ones with the small springs are tops I recommend them even better. 👍☺🚥
I love the locomotive!
Jaabo37 - You are right about the signs; they are may other colors that just yellow! With the modern era of BNSF, you will have to paint the Yield signs white in the center, with red lettering & edge trim. Yield signs used to be yellow with black lettering until 1980. Stop signs have been red with white lettering since the mid 1950s - they were originally yellow with black lettering. It looks like you have some railroad signs - like the " Y "- shaped Yard Limit sign. Railroad signs should be white with black lettering.
3:44 even the controller i got with Bachmann's pacific flyer (which was just a circle) had the acessory plugs!
7:37 I saw one route in eastern Colorado that still had those (it parallels I-70!)
I got the caboose by itself a year ago, just to have a train car that says BNSF on it in my collection!
I got this train last year. I see the BNSF trains often here in Glendale AZ. The engines have the same Heritage III livery. I have since built out the set with more cars and track.
I’m thinking of buying one on Amazon, ima weather it to make it look better
3001 Is Based On The Real BNSF Locamotive Which Is A Ex BN Unit Originally Numbered 3501 Painted Into H3 In 2008
Whoever said you need cement to build that signal bridge was wrong
That was my very first Bachmann train
The old BN refrigerator cars came in yellow in real life and also bnfe is not a mistake from Bachmann, it’s actually a real acronym on the real life car that stands for Burlington northern fruit express and it’s even spelled out on the car, same with real life.
They couple better when the couplers are truck mounted
Beautiful. Train. i am in Train Hobby
The price stated in the video is so low that it constitutes an ad for contraband. The correct price is #169.99 and worth the price.
You are welcome to pay as much as you like. I prefer the deals from legitimate retailers.
If anything, this is a great budget, or beginner set. But, it is still a good set. Not the best, but good.
How my hobbie lobby has this for 120 dollars
Jacob Stallcup then just get another set. I would recommend Menards if you want Bachmann but only during the holiday season (from September/October to March) I picked up a Great Lakes flyer for $79 and for what I got was well worth it! $79 for s bachmann set is kinda unreal especially how Menards gives you limited edition sets like my Great Lakes flyer! Sure won’t be seen many of them soon.
Didn't they stop using cabooses by the time Burlington Northern and Santa Fe merged?
Only for certain special purposes. There are a few cabooses still out there but I do think by the merger the EOT devices were used instead of cabooses on most trains
W.O.W.
I used to have a set like this in Santa Fe, but I love this set and it’s easily the best set for Bachmans supply. Great review and do you have any plans for an athearn set review those are the greatest ho sets you can find. Great to see that review of a similair set I used to have (that Santa Fe gp40 still on my shelf looks okay from a distance still not the greatest detail but it looks nice. Thanks for another review and I can’t wait for what other Model trains videos you come out with.
Oh yeah another question is how many volts was that power pack you used for the big EZ track layout on the green table you had
I like the bn cascade green too
What is the curve track radius on this set? 18"? 15"? Thanks.
18
Thanks to you
first, i always have been a fan of the gp 40-2 and its cool to see tha csx has kept some . those were either telegraph or telephone poles . some rrs used them almost recently untill uhf radio took over to relay track signal information back where ever the dispacher was . good looking set .:). called the pumpkin scheme . belive me , it is . b.n fruit express.
Its Rocky, Wis, Burl, and Can from Modern Railroad
You need to switch out the Bachmann couplers with the Kadee couplers, Kadee couplers work MUCH MUCH better than the Bachmann brand knuckle couplers
Thanks for letting me know where you can find Bachman trains
The transformer is 16 volts but only puts out max too the track 14 volts I know this because I tested it with a multimeter
Great video man (:
Thanks :)
Can this layout be customized later on. Beginner asking.
You can add whatever you like
I love my bachman train set . But the couplers are junk even when I get them hooked up only pull about three or four cars before they come unhooked
My advice use Kadee couplers number 5 or the whisker couplers or Life Like/ Walthers Proto couplers they're heavy duty with the side springs similar to Kadee. Much better quality!
@@haroldalexis4200 thanks I'll try that
How many cars can you pull with this engine?
Can loko smoke and whistles?
I think you're doing something wrong. The couplers work absolutely fine for me. I have never had it decouple accidentally.
I'm pretty sure he's just rough on it, did you see how fast he rammed the locomotive in the cars in a curve? Plus he said it himself he's rough on the locomotive, he always breaks the rails
he has the new version because I have one but mine has the big wall plug in one.
I don't think BNSF ever actually painted a caboose like that, they would have used ones from BN or SF painted in their original colors. That yellow color was used for BN's refrigerator cars. BN also had white refrigerator cars & I even saw some refrigerator cars painted in BN's Cascade Green. Western Fruit Express was the refrigerator car line subsidiary of BN parent Great Northern. I used to see them on the spur track alongside the Land 'O Lakes dairy plant in my hometown when I was a kid.
Can we install outside like beach..or outdoor with no electricity
Only if you feel like setting up solar panels.
You can use batteries. Years ago, batteries were a common way to power model trains.
👌🏼
nice set! I think the caboose represents a C-18 caboose
Get the Union Pacific steam locomotive it's awesome
I got that set for my first train
Cool!
I know
Hey Train Tsar Fun, have you ever considered of getting the Bachmann Coastliner set? I totally recommend it.
I just got that train set at the Dayton Train Show for $99.00.
Is this a dc or dcc? My dad just bought it today at hobby lobby.
DC
@@Jaabo37 I forgot all about commenting on this lol. But thank you
super trains
I am your new subscriber
Great job! love the channel!
There are lots of lights in your video
Thank you. Do you mean it was lit! 😜
I wish Bachmann would make a set with a Burlington northern engine 😦
I don't know if they will, given that Burlington Northern has since merged into the BNSF. Then again, they have a few sets out with ATSF locomotives. But other than those, which are meant to be "classic" trains, they generally go with modern roadnames for their diesel sets.
Bachmann did make BN diesel locomotives years ago.
Bachmann did make a BN themed train set which was only available at Menards as an exclusive set from a few years ago. Menards also had a CSX themed set which came with a YN2 gp40-2. There was also a CNW themed set with a CNW F7 which was essentially their Santa Fe Flyer set but CNW themed (I forgot the name of it on the top of my head). Currently in 2024 there's a SOO Line themed train set at Menards which retails for around $169.99, and another Santa Fe themed set called the "Redhawk" which is just the Santa Fe Flyer, but with a differently painted FT, and Caboose which goes for $129.99.
Is the locomotive made out of plastic?
Yes
I like deisel sets but I I love steam locomotive sets more!!!!
I can understand that! 😃
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Wanted these ever since I was a kid when I watched stuart little lol and finally got one at hobby lobby for 140 😭
Where in hobby lobby did you find this?
any hobby lobby NOOOOOB
cam_worrior2007 great insult my friend
They are usually in one aisle with toys. There are i believe three aisles of toys and they should be in one of them, although that depends on which hobby lobby but just look for a toy aisle and they should be in there or at least one of them.
Where do you buy the gray tracks?
I think bachmann finally went to switch mode PSUs. I got the echo valley kit with the dcc system and I got the same adapter and the dcc controller doesn’t have the input for a second analog controller. Nor accessory power
I got my rail chief for $90 from hobby lobby with the coupon
for real!?
Mine was 379 dollers,,,
Yikes
Bought the BNSF EZ track starter set for my greatgrandson and we are having trouble with the couplers , we can not connect the trains, they do not stay connected. Also having trouble aligning the trains on the tracks. What are we doing wrong, their has to be a easy way to get the trains to run correctly , please help me, greatgrandson i getting frustrated (he is only 5 years old) !! Thank You
Use the re-railer piece of track to properly set the cars on the track. (it’s the piece of track that’s different from the rest).
They umm go for about 200 dollars on amazon. The rail chief
It is now $115 on Amazon as of 12/9/19.
You put it on backwards
What is the it that was backwards? I made this a long time ago so I don’t know what you are referring too
yes
Bachmann there okay biggest problem is is the gears break
I had that Bachmann train in December of 2017.
9:36 wooow Bachmann misspelled Canadian
I have this but its at a rr club and its dcc and a new cow catcher
Nice!
She's a beaut
I got the same thing
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I have this set but it broke 😭🥺
I did for Christmas
i was going to buy that bachman star trek train but after seeing the train uncouple that many times ,ill stick to kato
mine couple fine
$149 hobby lobby!!
Ouch
where I'm at that is actually the cheapest one I found. The hobby stores had it marked up to $200 and one even $249!
My set of that is different because the controller has the stuff on top and the normal thicc plug
i got that train for $287.00 on amazon omg
Oh wow! That’s a lot
It sells for US$ 500 in India
I have that same set
Nice. I used to have a set similar to this but it came with a Santa Fe gp40. I believe it was called the railking
we know becuase of your profile pic NOOOB HHAHAHAHHABA
@@cam_worrior eat bricks kid
+TrainGuy 3001 I was trolling you
+TrainGuy 3001 me too but mine couples fine
You know what would be incredibly awesome? If someone made an electric train set with the toy trains made into the iconic Combine Razor Train from Half Life 2.
Can I put different cars on it or only the ones that come with it
that should be my train set so give it to me
This comment should be deleted
Can you buy it in singapore onlone
I mean online