Seeing this comment reminds me- there is a tie on my layout right now for loudest/grind-iest engine:
While I’ve heard of people putting the Soundtraxx DSX from the Rio Grande Galloping Goose into these, I’m not going to until I’ve had the time to spend on whatever maintenance will quiet the motor down first.
Brian Pickering
My wife has some Bachmann N scale locos and had to get an F9 and 4-8-4 replaced under warranty. The 4-8-4 ran poorly out of the box and the F9 just got slower and slower.
The replacements came in a timely manner (less than 10 days for the F9, since it was in stock and about 6 week for the 4-8-4 since it was out of stock.) Both the new engines run flawlessly! The 4-8-4 runs almost as smooth as her 2-8-8-2 Life-Like Heritage!
Since I plan on increasing my Steam loco roster in HO, I will definitely be looking for Bachmann locos, expecially with their lifetime warranty!
I think some of their items are somewhat steep.I have 2 Bachman locomotives (70 tonner) in HO scale still in the box.I used to purchased Bachman products for my sons train layout 13 yrs ago they have stepped it up since then.Would not invest to much in them.