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The Bachmann Thunder Valley N Scale Train Set offers a ready-to-run, highly detailed freight train experience featuring the powerful EMD GP40 diesel locomotive with working headlights, a 24-inch nickel silver snap-fit track circle, and an integrated speed controller. Perfect for ages 14+, this compact starter set combines ease of setup with authentic operation, making it the ideal gateway for model railroad enthusiasts eager to build and expand their own miniature freight empire.









| ASIN | B000BFQ4Z4 |
| Batteries Included | No |
| Batteries Required? | No |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (427) |
| Date First Available | August 7, 2012 |
| Material Type(s) | Metal, Plastic |
| Model Number | 24013 |
M**N
Le gusto mucho a mi hijo y la compra fue a buen precio
A**O
At $76, this is a great price. Seriously, try buying an engine, 3 cars, track and a controller for less. You can't. Some of the other starter sets are worth considering though. The track with this one is only enough to make a circle which is fine, but others come with enough to make an oval which was my first purchase after buying this along with 4 more cars. I did see the same exact set for ~$90 on another site which seems to have good prices on other n-scale items. The list price is $165 on Bachmann's site. Other sets may be worth considering. Some of them even come with the obligatory Sunnyvale Train Depot which I also bought to complement this. The track was dead simple to set up even with my failing eyesight and I recommend buying a re-railer for about $2 to put the cars on the track right. The couplers are not perfect - they don't always couple properly but once they are coupled they have been solid. I even mixed in an Atlas car with their own style of knuckle couplers and experienced zero problems. The Atlas couplers are probably better than the Bachmann couplers anyway. So far there has been no reason to change them out. I've had it for just over two weeks and the train has run flawlessly except for one time it inexplicably stopped even though the light was still shining (so it had power). I reversed it and it went around backwards without problem and then went forwards again without any problem after that. Model railroading can quickly get expensive. I've spent about $200 so far and all I did was add 6 pieces of straight track, 4 cars and 4 buildings, and 50 automobiles for some stupid reason. The station was $15.99 (came assembled) and the bar that I have yet to build is $20. The 50 autos were $9.99 and are too many to know what to do with. I've got plans for scenery, more track and other building and trains which will easily raise the cost to $1000. But for $76 you get a nice small train that goes in a circle and works very well. You can leave it at that if you want and not spend anything more.
A**D
Nice one
O**O
Just got it ,even earlier than I expected, very nice detailed loco and cars , everything works great out of box, like Bachmann product ,thank you. All what you need to run it smooth with no problem carefully assemble the tracks ,make sure that ,here no bumps at a joints. Great set for that price,
E**N
overall great product. Only issue I have is with coupling the cars ... couplers are not that great. Can't couple by backing loco into cars or pushing other cars with loco into car to be coupled. Have to couple by hand. looking into different couplers. thanks
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