bachmann 97119 vs 89392 (white pass & yukon rr)

Garden Railroading
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hi.
where might i look to find about differences between bachmann 97119 & 89392 (g guage, “combine” car on yp&y) products?

all i can determine, from their website & elsewhere, is that 89392 is current – nothing about any underlying differences, not even that they ever made the 97119 product…

thanks in advance.
hwn

ps- if i’ve dropped this in the wrong forum, please feel free to relocate it.

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Like you I can not find the num 97119 my WP&Y coach is the other number, it often happens that a protoyype gets a funny number and when a cat is printed sone one forgets to put the right number in it. hope this helps[2c]

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In the 2006 Bachmann Catalog, all four of the W P & Y coaches have numbers in the 893xx series, no cars are in the97xxx series, must be a misprint you have come across. Where did you see these numbers in print?

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i’ve found the 97x19 [x=1,2,3,4] numbers on ebay and at a number of online stores (both active and historical).
i have concluded that these are not prototypes: there are/were enough around that it must be that bachmann [at the very least] changed numbering systems.
i’m praying they didn’t do something dreadful like change their implementation scale.

since i first posted i took a chance and now have a 97219 (lake tutshi) ‘big haulers’ car coming to go with the 8939x stock.
97219 matches the description for #89391 which nobody seems to have – i’ll see if it turns out to be the same as 89395 (lake tagish) which apparently has no corresponding 97x19 model.
as for the other older wp&y stuff, the old bachmann numbers i’ve found have a pattern which looks like xxx19 is wp&y, 97xxx is passenger/mail and 93xxx is freight, caboose, etc.
alas, no web-memory that goes back that far and no reply from the nice lady at bachmann…
thanks all!
hwn

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hi again.

in comparing the 97xxx and 89xxx beasties side by side, there are two obvious differences (beyond the part numbers and prices).

first, the cars that are lit have different power sources: the older 97xxx cars take a 9v battery, whereas the newer cars are track powered.

second, the old plastic handrails have been upgraded to metal – or at least something a lot less flimsy.

so, there you have it, the non-definitive answer.

ttfn,

bear.

ps- forgot to mention that a helpful chap named andre responded to my query (in some forum, i asked many places) and he told me what to expect

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The older cars and locos they already kitbashed j/j