The John Bull: Bachmann's best train set?

How do we convince the Smithsonian that the real one is fully capable of hauling mile long trains at 60 mph so we can get it onto the CSX mainline?
Bought this thing at a train show over the weekend and couldn't stop thinking about it.
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[@lpclassic60]

Seeing that Conrail railway gun still feels like a jumpscare every single time

[@totallytidmouth]

Well yeah but it's like a good jumpscare, weirdly

[@Bob_TheDude]

My favorite

[@Boxwood2909]

why is there a conrail rail gun and where can i get one

[@DutchDeLorean]

That threatening ebay thumbnail is very convincing.

[@infinity6450]

I personally own the Lafayette from Bachman. Although damaged in shipping and being tiny and fragile, I love just as much as you seem to love the John Bull.

[@chasesrailwaylinesrr6447]

I love 1800-1900 railroading 4-4-0s and all I went to see John bull at the Pennsylvania railroad museum this year

[@kingkoopa64]

Well for me. My pick for favorite would be the cattanooga set or the overland

[@zenithcoinsandhobbies]

I had an opportunity to get a complete late John Bull set for $20, but I chose the Lafayette over it. I like that they seem to run quite well for their size.

[@alasdair_d_t]

Interesting, I just bought a john bull set for $20 at a train show today, maybe it was the same one lol

[@Militiaman71]

I got my John Bull from Ebay the front pilot tends to come off easily and is missing the spring. It tends to run fine. Mine must be the older style with the old school horn hook couplers.

[@cobramerciless]

Yeah that spring is incredibly important. It’s really the only thing holding the pilot on the rails

[@t26e3pershingtank]

Bought a DD40 last year, she's peice of work to keep her running but i love her all the same

[@dexecuter18]

Love mine, never ran it, sits on the shelf as a display piece. But its a nice little nod to the fact the train Club I VP is situated a block from the Bull's stomping path.

[@traviscurlutu7723]

Had one of these, ran good. One of my sons wanted so now it runs good for him.

[@raymondleggs5508]

Trix makes a "Der adler" set every once in a while Der Adler was Germany's first steam loco and Piko makes a "saxonia" mixed train set featuring another very early loco, the Der Adler looked similar to the john bull, there is a operational replica built in the 80's I think.

[@calebsswagtrains9111]

Hey I met you at the train show this year. I asked if you could paint a Triang locomotive and Stephenson Rocket Passé get cars in Penn central green! Love the videos

[@Darwinpasta]

I remember seeing this set at a Radioshack in the late '90s or early '00s. Good to see that they didn't use the same design as their 4-4-0s! I had a hell of a time trying to make those run properly when I was a kid. They were not fond of switches--or much of anything, honestly.

[@cobramerciless]

Yeah the really early ones weren’t super great. They got a revision sometime during their lifetime before the retooled one came out in 2014-15. The retool is definitely worth picking up. All the same charm with none of the drawbacks!

[@Darwinpasta]

@@cobramerciless Yeah, mine were late '90s. I would be interested to see how they improved the mechanism!

[@roman_khalizov]

God damn it one whole day to wait

[@chasesrailwaylinesrr6447]

I have always wanted to get the Bachman Jon bull but I have not found 1 yet and Bachman definitely did a great job Designing this model Despite how small it is

[@johnmaddox4403]

I got a john bull carriage! Now i know what this tiny carriage is for, thought it was a streetcar trailer! Jm

[@thatonecaledonian812]

Beautiful video
Now make high boiler 4-6-0

[@Yoyle_cakebfdi]

I’m making a conrailgun too lol

[@FreighttrainDaniel1225]

Does Bachmann still make the John Bull locomotive

[@microbusss]

yeah they made the DeWitt Clinton too!
do want the John Bull & the orange TGV in HO!
that pic WASN'T the Dewittl Clinton! wrong
its a 0-4-0

[@NWCR_1]

How do you get trains for dirt cheap prices.

[@cobramerciless]

Play the used market pretty much

[@thetoontrain6073]

@@cobramercilesslike eBay?

[@gamerfan8445]

@@thetoontrain6073check trainz

[@Nkp757railfan]

Train shows
Ebday sucks

[@BlaxlandRidge3]

​@@Nkp757railfanskill issue

[@Rhambama]

Ey, where are some more ConRail facts??

[@AtomicVisionary]

I actually own a working Dewitt Clinton set made bachmann.

[@rustingparts]

Interestinf channel, slow down talking and utilize scripts and retakes. Nice work

[@Douglas-not-Dougie]

Joke odd not funny me no laughs