Bachmann Trains - Super Chief Ready To Run Electric Train Set - N Scale

The media could not be loaded. In 1990 I bought my first N Scale Train, a Bachmann Trains - Super Chief Ready To Run Electric Train Set. Still runs good. This new one is just been updated to new couplers a small circuit board under the hood, and a 24 inch circle of EZ track. Also updated Controller. The circuit board may be related to DCC. The Loco and cars have great detail, and look very niceI bought Two of these sets over the holidays to take advantage of the sales. I was hoping I could run the two Locomotives Back to Back. I expected when putting them on the track in different direction and would run away from each other but was glad to see they ran in the same direction . So I coupled them together and put as many cars on a 34 inch oval could handle, 22 plus the two Loco'sThe video I posted, the first 4 cars and the last caboose car came with the set. So about the first 1/3 of cars have knuckle couplers the the middle third of cars have the older Rapido couplers and the last third is back to the newer knuckle couplers, with a transition car to handle each change of the coupler type.At the end of Video a Derailment happened as the Engineer started slow the Train down. A NTSB investigation determined that as the slowing occurred two Cars in the middle of of the train become unconnected causing the Loco to run into the back of the uncoupled cars. No damage was done to the Front coupler of the Loco or the rear coupler of the Caboose.The uncoupling of the two middle cars were of different manufactures so Coupler incompatibility and excess speed probably was the cause as the couplers unloaded weight from the pull as the train slowed.The Engineer of the Locomotive was reprimanded for speeding and unsafe operation of a Train and assigned to administration duties pending further investigation.Conclusion. On a large layout running these two Locos in the Back to Back configuration one could pull very long Train. I don't have enough cars to test this out though, and my bigger layout is out of commission for renovation work.

Nice starter set. OK quality. Has been running daily for over a year.

awesome, great price

A great many reviews complain the installed couplers don't work which is true with the included track loop as this set only contains a circle of track. The knuckle couplers DO work but they are very touchy and don't couple well on curved track. They couple just fine on straight track, they couple just fine with Atlas, Micro-Trains and Kato couplers as well. They are not as reliable as other couplers and require a little pressure to get them to click together. The default couplers work fine with Atlas, Micro-Trains and Kato so if you are looking to expand your train a few cars, you don't have to limit yourself to Bachmann.I personally like the metal wheels Bachmann uses on their rolling stock, they are a bit noisy due to being metal but run smooth.

After over a year of our kiddo begging to move on from wooden train sets/ duplo train sets, we decided to get this set for Christmas 2023. No regrets! We added some extra track to the deal and made an oval. It fits perfect on a counter we have for it and he's building a city around it with legos and the like. It's a great set for beginners (kid and parent alike) and set up was simple and quick. The train runs smoothly and I was impressed with the speed controls.

Poorly constructed. Couplers DO NOT WORKImpossible to get cars/trains coupleDO NOT BUY UNTIL THERE IS A MORE RELIABLE COUPLING SYSTEM

This train set was very easy to put together! I just needed something small for my village set and this fit the bill!! It is very tiny but it's built very sturdy!! The only thing I didn't like was that it said that it was easy to couple the trains by just an easy push, that wasn't the case here. I tried more that once but I had to pick them up and set it on the other to couple it!! But once that was done the train ran beautifully!! I couldn't be more happy!!

Please be aware that this is a minature train set. I didn't see that in the description and had to return it. Probably a nice train if you are in to that kind of thing, but I didn't open it.