Need help finding the right train

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Hi all. New to the forum. I am designing a N scale layout that will become a coffee-table. I have a particular train style that I’m looking for and I can’t seem to find it! Any suggestions?

What I’m looking for is an old style steam engine and small passenger coaches. (Think Thomas and Annie/Clarabel). Because of the small layout and the enclosure around the set-up, I am leaning towards a simple “scenic-route” train trip (as opposed to creating a minature town). I am having a hard time finding a train that fits my ideal. Bachmann makes a couple of locomotives that would work, but the coaches are really giving me a hard time! All the passenger cars I’ve found are too “new” and long for what I have in mind. To give you an idea of the train I’m looking for, check out the Cagney train at http://www.strasburgrailroad.com/fun.htm

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Not an N-scale guy, but I used to be the Borough Engineer for Strasburg Boro. I know the Railroad also had a nice hobby store. Perhaps if you contact them they would carry models that mimic their prototypes? Also I thing Overton produces some turn of the cenntury coaches, baggage cars, etc.

Good luck.

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Bachmann has produced passenger cars that look pretty close to what you’re looking for.I have two of them but since I bought them used,I don’t have part numbers.They were “Bachmann Plus” products and may be that you can still find them at distributors.Good luck in your search.