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Barack Obama Collectible Electric Train Collection
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by tomjohn
The last time I saw a train set that was from The Hawthorne village the train set was produced by Bachmann. And I suspect this one was also...
by graftonterminalrr
Yep. Bachmann "collector version" Spectrum F7 A&B plus the old ATSF/Auto-Train Super Dome car.
The Bachmann "collector version" F7 shell has NO rivets or louvers on the hood sides. The tooling was simplified so that large and complicated pad-printings wouldn't be distorted. For some reason, the standard trainset-line F9 mechanism is used but at least it's 8 wheel drive now.
I'm saying this because if anyone picks up one of these sets, the engine is beyond saving. Staret with a better F (you've got tons of choices)and be done with it.
The Bachmann "collector version" F7 shell has NO rivets or louvers on the hood sides. The tooling was simplified so that large and complicated pad-printings wouldn't be distorted. For some reason, the standard trainset-line F9 mechanism is used but at least it's 8 wheel drive now.
I'm saying this because if anyone picks up one of these sets, the engine is beyond saving. Staret with a better F (you've got tons of choices)and be done with it.
"What was it the engines said?
Pilots touching, head to head,
half a world behind each back?
'They should have made this double track'"
Pilots touching, head to head,
half a world behind each back?
'They should have made this double track'"
by Dieter
The price is a shameless rip-off, but I wish they made a NIXON train! $70 for the dome by itself is highway robbery, we all know what it cost for the Alaska Train.
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