| Waking up Christmas morning with a Bachmann model | | | | picks up speed and roars through the country side, |
| train set under the Christmas tree is one of the great | | | | past farms and rural communities. You can hear the |
| joys of being a kid. You can hardly wait for your | | | | sound of the massive locomotive as the train begins |
| parents to help you put the track together so you can | | | | climbing it way up the mountain side. The train reaches |
| run the train. The train comes with a basic oval of | | | | the top of the mountain where you can see the whole |
| track that is easy to put together. In just a few minutes | | | | valley below. As the train starts down the mountain it |
| you have the track together and the train waiting for | | | | travels by a long freight train waiting on a siding track |
| you to hook the power pack to the track. The power | | | | for the passenger train. The passenger train stops at |
| pack is hooked up and you turn the throttle and the | | | | the next small community to pick up some passengers. |
| train begins to slowly move down the track getting | | | | There is a freight train in the switch yard picking up |
| faster and faster as you increase the throttle on the | | | | loads of logs from a near-by logging camp. Also some |
| power pack. You are now hooked on model trains as | | | | empty hopper cars that had been loaded with coal |
| you watch this one go round and round the track. You | | | | and are now ready to be returned to the coal |
| want to go as soon as possible to the hobby shop to | | | | company. |
| buy extra track and maybe a couple of turnouts so | | | | |
| you can expand the size of the track. When you get | | | | All of this track, locomotives, rolling stock, buildings, |
| to the hobby shop you find more rolling stock and | | | | trees, people, and other accessories all come from a |
| locomotive than you ever thought existed. From this | | | | manufacturer called Bachmann Industries. This |
| small train set you begin a trip down that model train | | | | company was founded in 1833 by Henry Carlisle. Later |
| road that never ends. | | | | the company merged with another company owned |
| | | | | by Henry G Bachmann. Bachmann's sons later entered |
| As your train transforms into a layout, you start trying | | | | the business which was called Bachmann Brothers. |
| to make it more life-like. You build a small town with | | | | The company has change ownership several times |
| building, roads, automobiles, and people. At the edge of | | | | over the years. Today most of the Bachmann |
| town is a switch yard with many box cars, gondolas, | | | | Industries, products are made in China under their |
| flat cars, and hopper cars waiting to be hooked up to | | | | parent company name the Kader Industries. Bachmann |
| the locomotive in order to retrieve all types of freight | | | | industries sell more model train products than any |
| from factories and other town to bring back to this | | | | other. So if you are interested in model trains, |
| town to keep it thriving. A passenger train slowly pulls | | | | Bachmann industries probably makes just what you |
| away from the depot loaded with town people and | | | | want. |
| visitors from other towns returning home. The train | | | | |