09-28-2011, 08:16 PM
True. To be fair, for the last 10 years or so the Bachmann F7 was actually a huge improvement over the old one. The newer one had a metal chassis, mid-mount motor and 8-wheel pickup and drive. The earlier versions had a plastic chassis with metal weights in the fuel tank, maybe 8-wheel pickup, and a power truck or two which tended to give on-off throttle response.
Justinmiller171 Wrote:Squidbait Wrote:If the box is white, it is likely old stock, of the train-set quality stuff, which you can pick up at model railroad shows for considerably less than $40.
Train-set quality does not necessarily mean that it is bad, I got my first bachmann trainset at a trainshow for $25, it had an f7 that ran great and had fairly good detail.