| Initially, Bachmann specialized in manufacturing model | | | | contact other collectors in an effort to barter with |
| trains for children, and although not of the highest | | | | them. This very well may be the most assured way |
| quality, these Bachmann model trains enjoyed their | | | | for acquiring the train of their choice. |
| own degree of popularity. It wasn't until more recent | | | | Among the category choices that Bachmann offers is |
| times that they switched their attention in their model | | | | the pre-war and the post-war. The pre-war models |
| production to trains that are more directed at the | | | | are the trains that will most likely present the challenge |
| serious collector. Excellence in quality has now | | | | of higher expense, because they tend to require more |
| become a trademark of this company in their effort to | | | | labor to restore them to their original state. |
| grab an equal share of the model train market. | | | | Although there is lower degree of accuracy in the |
| The initial direction that Bachmann placed it's attention | | | | post-war trains that Bachmann manufacturers, "baby |
| was in the manufacturing of N scale trains, and they | | | | boomers" are more apt to add this particular model to |
| soon came to realize that there was a better business | | | | their collection. This choice is influenced by the fact that |
| opportunity if they also expanded their choice in scales | | | | these are the first trains that they experienced in their |
| to include the HO scale. The decision to include the HO | | | | childhood. An interesting fact about the post-war trains |
| scale could not have come at a better time for | | | | that sets them apart from most model trains that |
| Bachmann, because it allowed them to negate the | | | | collectors buy, is that they run on fuel rather than |
| serious financial position the company had recently | | | | electricity, and this unusual quality sets them apart from |
| fallen into. | | | | most other models. |
| Bachmann offers the collector more than one | | | | In the end, when making your choice to add a |
| category to choose from, but it should be noted that | | | | Bachmann model train to your collection, you can be |
| these trains are not without their expense. One | | | | confident in knowing that your part of a unique group |
| advisable way the hobbyist with an interest in | | | | of model railroaders. |
| purchasing an era Bachmann train, would be to | | | | |