Bachmann - 24028 - Mixed Freight Consist, Europe Epoch III - London, Brighton and South Coast Railway - Thomas with Annie and Clarabel Set

Specific Item Information: homas and his loyal companions, Annie and Clarabel, have the task of carrying some very important passengers to their destination. Thomas and his coaches are now available in N scale! This electric train set is the perfect way to begin your N scale Thomas & Friends™ collection.
This ready-to-run train set includes: Thomas the Tank Engine™ Annie coach with international-style hook-and-loop couplers Clarabel coach with international-style hook-and-loop couplers 24" circle of nickel silver E-Z Track® including 11 pieces of curved track and 1 curved plug-in terminal rerailer power pack and speed controller illustrated instruction manual

Prototype History: A mixed freight train is a train that hauls a variety of different freight cars or wagons. A mixed freight depends on the locale and industries. The train will be carrying cars to be brought to a yard where a local will bring them to the various industries. The location determines the industries, and the industries determine the cars.

Which cars are in which trains is determined by the waybills they are assigned - which is close to a totally random process. For example, through freights simply run from up staging to down staging and back, stopping long enough to trade out 30 percent of their cars and change from steam to motor (catenary) or vice-versa. Thus freights will have a variety of cars, changing each time they pass through a switching yard.

Brand/Importer Information: Bachmann Industries (Bachmann Brothers, Inc.) is a Bermuda registered Chinese owned company, globally headquartered in Hong Kong; specializing in model railroading.

Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the home of its North American headquarters, Bachmann is today part of the Kader group, who model products are made at a Chinese Government joint-venture plant in Dongguan, China. Bachmann's brand is the largest seller, in terms of volume, of model trains in the world. Bachmann primarily specializes in entry level train sets, and premium offerings in many scales. The Spectrum line is the high quality, model railroad product line, offered in N, HO, Large Scale, On30, and Williams O gauge all aimed for the hobbyist market. Bachmann is the producer of the famous railroad village product line known as "Plasticville." The turnover for Bachmann model trains for the year ended 31 December 2006 was approximately $46.87 million, a slight increase of 3.36% as compared to 2005.