Bachmann Trains Durango & Silverton Ready to Run Electric Train Set N Scale

My husband and I love trains. I got him this train to go with his train table. He was so excited and it was a good price for it. He put it together with one of our granddaughters and it was is to assemble. They had a lot of fun.

Love this, got as a gift. Not the best kit around, but it's the only Durango silverton available in n scale! Wish they made add on cars for it!

** Important cute little set, engine would not run called Bachmann no help, put a meter on the track make sure its getting power.track has power the issue is with engine. Amazon reshipped a replacement. Same issue!!! OK this is the fix!! On the top of the engine a small black screw, (don't loose the screw) lift off the engine cover. you will see 2 screws, i just loosed them a touch. Then placed the engine back on the powered track!!! Success. I think the screws were too tight not allowing the motor gear to turn. Replace the engine cover, and enjoy the set. N-scale set are very tricky but for 100 buck well worth it. I plan on telling Bachmann as the quality control is poor, Thanks for reading

Expected the train to look like cheap plastic, but i was very surprised! It was a beautiful very tiny train. It's pretty quiet, but gives off some white noise. I keep it running beside my bed to help me sleep. I am sure it's quite fragile though, probably not a gift for anyone under 10. The plug in to the track is quite touchy though, it does make the train stop if you hit it. But it looks better and retains its value better than any battery operated train on the market. Just overall, a great item.

Train arrived in a timely manner and assembled easily. However, within a couple hours use one of the drive mechanisms on the locomotive broke. I removed it since was non-essential and it would still be able to be used at Christmas time to entertain the grand kids. Not much longer the transformer started acting bad; it would only go on one speed no matter how you tried to slow or speed it up. The transformer is a random problem because the next day it worked, next day it didn't.................... I am not satisfied. I will return it all to Bachmann since it is less than a month old. I am curious as to what Bachmann will do.

I bought this to make a coffee table loop for the grandkids. Very well made, track snaps together easily and absolutely no issues. Train ran for over a hundred hours during their Christmas visit. Impressive Bachmann quality, as always.

If your train doesn't work initially, READ THIS before shipping it back. Initially my engine did not work. Remove the tiny screw on top the engine and remove the housing. Take a 9v battery and hold the terminals against the right and left halves of the train. The little DC motor should fire right up, spin the worm gear, and turn the wheels. This at least proves the engine is OK. After i did this, i re-installed the housing and the engine did not work again, even though the track tested out fine (wtf!). All it took to make it run was to loosen the screw holding the housing on. If it's screwed in too tight it will cause a short, and not put the DC through the motor. I read through the troubleshooting manual and all sorts of engine troubleshooting forums, and none of them suggested this. Other than that initial headache, the train works great!

All the Durango Silverton trains (K-28’s & K-36’s) are 2-8-2 locomotives, not the 0-6-0 as shipped in the train set. Comparatively, the 0-6-0 engines are diminutive in size compared to the 2-8-2 locomotives. Having ridden the Durango-Silverton NGRR numerous times, I was very disappointed in the differences. I also wish there were light and smoke capabilities on the N-scale, but understand the limits of such a small scale. Additionally, the DS engines have their headlight mounted at the very top at the front of trains with engine number plates to either side of the light. Another engine number plate is prominently mounted in the center of the circle at the front of the engine (see attached photo). Bachmann no longer makes a 2-8-2 locomotive that I could find, but they do still make a 2-6-2 which would have more closely depicted the actual locomotives used by the Durango-Silverton train. In my humble opinion it would have been a more suitable locomotive to represent the Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. I received the train and I am pleased with it other than it isn’t the correct locomotive that the DSNGRR actually uses. I also had problems getting the train to run, but after loosening the two internal screws and retightening the screws holding the two blocks together, I was able to get the locomotive to run. The shinny shafts hooked to the large drive wheels came loose from one of the rear drive wheels. Both problems were fixable - but petty difficult - especially getting the small pin holding the shiny shafts through the two holes in two of the shafts and reinserted into the hole on the side of the left rear drive wheel on the locomotive. Some of these complaints may seem petty, but if you are going to market a train set after such a famous and well known railroad, I feel that Bachmann has a responsibility to accurately depict the train. I own other Bachmann train sets, and none have had the quality problems that I found and that others have also identified.

Muy bonito bien detallado.

Le rendu du train est bien cependant le mode d'emploi n' est pas assez précis nulle part il est fait mention que l'on ne doit pas se servir du transformateur de la boite (réservé aux USA) mais de celui rajouté en vrac. Dommage aussi qu' il est manqué quelques pièces dans la boite et d'être obligé de les demander plusieurs fois. J e reconnais cependant que chacune de mes demandes a reçu une réponse très rapide j espère que l'acheminement des pièces sera aussi rapide

Es war nicht das, was ich erwartet hatte. Die Lokomotive hatte einen Defekt

No biene preparado para 220v solo para 120 que en España no tenemos y antes de comprarlo en ningun sitio te indica los voltios para su uso PERO UN ROBO PORQUE YO PAGUE MAS DE 400€ Y AHORA LO TENEIS A 278€ ANGUIN ES UN LADRON

Good little train