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- From: pesce@strobe.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Leo Pesce)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.railroad
- Subject: Re: Bachmann+ F7, Spectrum Pass car quality?
- Message-ID: <57064@olivea.atc.olivetti.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 17:48:21 GMT
- References: <92326.093853GRW104@psuvm.psu.edu>
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- In article <92326.093853GRW104@psuvm.psu.edu>, GRW104@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
- > Does anyone have experience with or opinions of the
- > Bachmann Plus F7's, and/or the Bachmann Spectrum
- > heavyweight passenger cars? How do the F7's compare
- > with Athearn (slightly cheaper) and Stewart (more expensive)?
- > I'd appreciate hearing from you. Thanks.
- >
- > G. Weaver
- > Penn State University
-
- At the club I belong to, we have a string of the Bachmann Spectrum
- heavyweight passenger cars and they are really nice. They also run
- very nice. They are a little heavy to the extent that we have to
- run the whole train with two engines. We use the Spectrum K4
- (a beautiful engine considering thet it is plastic -- but not as
- nice as ROCO steams -- at a reasanable price) and an Atlantic
- (this one brass). The train is about 12 cars.
-
- As for the F7, I have never seen one in action. Consider this though:
- I have the F40PH Spectrum and even though I am very happy with it,
- even though it is very heavy (the whole inside is made of metal)
- the engine is very slippery. I think that Bachmann uses some kind
- of different plating for the wheels than lets say Northwest Shoreline
- wheel sets. A GP40-2 Athearn with this wheel set outpulls the F40PH
- by about two cars (my Amtrak train consists of 3 Whalters Amtrak cars,
- 2 baggages by Concor and Athearn, and one or two Material Handling Car
- by Concor). The GP40-2 does not weight as much as the F40PH.
-
- I speculate that Bachmann F7 uses the same type of wheels as the F40PH
- and being a cheeper engine, the drive is not as good (but close) to the
- Spectrum one. For the money though it should be a nice engine. I am
- considering to buy a few (GN abba set). This brings me to a question:
-
- Has anybody modified the coupling distance of these F7s engines? The
- present distance is awful. Thank you in advance.
-
- Leo
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