Description
This groundbreaking Bachmann Spectrum Large Scale C-19 2-8-0 model has many advanced features not offered by any other manufacturer of model trains, including:
- Powerful precision-balanced can motor connected to an all-metal gearbox and gears with appropriate gear reduction combine to create an eight-wheel drive system with superior performance at realistic speeds
- Equalized locomotive suspension system to provide super-smooth operation on uneven track
- Electrical pickup from all drive wheels and both tender trucks
- Advanced nonproprietary plug-and-play electronic printed circuit board to accommodate the control systems of your choice, including DC power, NMRA/NEM DCC, and/or RC operation
- Two optical sensors, one in each cylinder, give you the option of adjusting the timing and count of steam chuffs
- Choose either DCC or DC operation of the smoke unit, cab lights, realistic firebox flicker and ash pan glow, and classification lights
- Choose track or battery power pickup, operation according to NMRA or Large Scale railroading practices, and motor power on/off
- Factory-installed speaker, with wire pigtail, for easy installation of optional aftermarket sound system
- Johnson bar is connected to the fully adjustable inside Stephenson valve gear by a scale reach bar for reversing linkage that operates per prototype
Bachmann no. 83198.