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

Bachmann has done a great job with the Santa Fe F7A model. It runs at scale speeds from 15mph to fast about a scale 75 mph. The paint jobs is first class. Not any attached parts but for the value a great runner. Good weight pulls the three cars in the set with ease. The cars are very attractive and look more to scale for the same HO set. I really like the N scale road bed track fits firmly together and stays together during operating sessions. Models run fine on the track at all speeds and they don't fly off at full speed as well.

If you're of a certain age you may remember playing with Lionel or Tyco trains (you might even remember AFX slot cars); you might have even built a train table diorama. But chances are, over the years, the trains got boxed up, sold, passed along, donated, or worse. I bet you miss those trains; I do. This year I decided I would dip my toe back into model trains by purchasing one of the Bachman N gauge sets. The advantage of the small scale is that it's far easier to set up a layout compared to O or even HO. As a test, I decided to set up a simple circle layout under the Christmas tree, and I'm glad that I did. Basically, the track and train are of good quality; they're not as solid as the old Lionel and Tyco sets of old, but they're good enough. I think it's easy to set up, and you'll quickly be up to speed. The bottom line is that this is a fun and nostalgic train set.

This is a great entry-level N-gauge train set from Bachmann. The EZ track is easy to assemble and the train runs well.

the locomotive is great and has no problem handling the load given in this set, plus a few extra car. the problem I have with it is that the included loco and freight cars do not like to couple with each other, while additional cars couple to it without any issue.

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.

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

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.