Trains - Durango & Silverton Ready To Run Electric Train Set - HO Scale, Yellow

Very nice train. Great craftsmanship my Grandson will love it.

Works great, just as I expected, enhancing my wife’s collection of village buildings and accoutrements

Great product: kids love it

The set was easy to put together, and ran flawless;y from the outset. However the speed controller does NOT turn off. All you can do is turn down the speed, but the red power light remains on... so they lose a star

This is the second Durango and Silverton I have bought on Amazon. I got the first a year ago and had to have another. The locomotive and cars are beautiful with a lot of detail I noticed some of the reviews about the engines not running or stopping after a short period. Low and behold I got a loco that had a wheel of the axel!! This is usually an easy fix and I suspect why some have reported locomotives not working. First, these locomotives are extremely delicate. Use a great deal of care when removing from the box or any other handling. When a wheel is off the axel you can use light finger pressure to press it back on. Press the opposite side wheel at the same time so you squeeze the wheel onto the axel. BEFORE PRESSING ON THE WHEEL make 100% sure all the wheels are aligned and the make sure the droverods are aligned between the wheels. The easiest way to align the wheels and drive rod is to make sure the solid sections on the wheel rims all point in the same direction Yeah I know you buy something new and it should be flawless. Sometimes they aren’t. It’s easier for some people to make the adjustment even though Amazon returns are fast. If you are unlucky and get a locomotive that has a loose wheel and are hesitant in the slightest just return it. This is a great set for a beginner or advanced enthusiast. The locomotive is DCC ready with an 8 pin slot in the tender.

It began last Christmas season when I purchased a set of N-Scale Bachman for around the Christmas tree. The train would not stay on the track (yes it was properly mounted to a board). Eventually, a wheel on the locomotive and all of the linkage fell off. As a Dad, I was crushed to see the look of disappointment on my young son's face. Thank you for that, Bachman. Fast forward to this Christmas. Again, I purchased a set of Bachman trains to place around the tree. But this time, I purchased HO scale thinking a bigger, heavier train would stay on the track. I was wrong. Again, these cars don't stay on the track. And again, the look of disappointment on my son's face as I packed this junk to return it. My suggestion: Buy Lionel.

Our grandson loves his first train, and he spends quality time learning about how trains have shaped the history of this great country. We’ve purchased age appropriate books for him to learn with, and we’re learning along with him. Easy to set up, realistic train engine and cars, with a light and smoke from the engine.

This train runs great and is fun to watch. Great starter set. The only thing I had to do with a couple pieces of track was press the rails flush with the ends of the track bed to make sure the mating rails met up flushly to avoid gaps between the rail connections. I just pressed the rail ends against a smooth hard surface until the ends were even. No derailment issues after that. The detail on this train set is really impressive, especially with the locomotive and its coal tender. Glad I got it!

Cette reproduction faite par Bachmann à l'échelle HO du train touristique Durango & Silverton est vraiment adorable. Les détails sont bien rendus, d'autres son simplifiés volontairement pour éviter la casse ou la torsion. Les couleurs sont bien rendues. Le toit des voitures et de la gondole ouverte est gris métallisé avec un beau rendu. Le vrai train à vapeur reliant Durango à Silverton aux USA est à voie étroite (narrow gauge) et comporte des voitures très courtes. Il vaut le détour et traverse à très petite vitesse des panoramas à couper le souffle. Les voitures portent des noms différents et Bachmann a eu l'intelligence de reproduire d'autres voitures complémentaires portant d'autres noms dont certaines arborent la livrée brune en complément de la livrée jaune orangé. Peux ceux qui souhaitent faire circuler sur le circuit, ne pas oublier de roder en douceur la machine seule sans voitures dans les deux sens bien sûr. Les roues du modèle réduit, noircies, comportent des boudins très fins ce qui m'a agréablement surpris. Il n'y a pas d'aménagement intérieur dans les voitures couvertes mais la gondole ouverte comporte comme dans la réalité ses bancs longitudinaux. Les attelages sont typiquement américains. Un bien sympathique modèle qui permet de se souvenir avec bonheur des moments passés dans le "vrai" train !

I was supposed to get it Thursday got it Tuesday 19 December enjoying it under tree good looking train and track is easy to set up and is solid very satisfied A+++

I thought this set was a DCC set and would run on the tracks we already have. Apparently after consulting with a train store, it had to have a decoder and speaker installed at further cost to me. Currently they are working on it trying to make it usable with my current system.

Didn't expect that it was used and broken