The upgraded Bachmann Trains HO scale PCC car comes to life with a SoundTraxx Sound Value Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. In addition to realistic sounds, the model features interior and exterior illumination as well as a simulated sparking trolley pole.
Video: Bachmann Sound Value HO scale PCC car
By Angela Cotey | June 20, 2017
| Last updated on February 11, 2021
The HO scale streetcar from Bachmann Trains includes a SoundTraxx Sound Value Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder
I like the nostalgic effect of the painted-on figures inside. It brought me back to my Gilbert American Flyer days 60 years ago.
HIPPO WARNING in the area of Steinman Lumber Company!
No detailed interior in the day and age ! Will not buy it !
Can’t wait for the first article in MR on taking the toy out of the Bachmann PCC trolley.
Way, way too toy-like. The silhouettes are a thing of the passed that should stay there.
I used to ride the PCC cars on the Shaker Rapid in Cleveland. I recall that they made a lot more noise than that!
Excellent review. The strret caar looks false the way the windows and people are painted on the window covers. Why not have clear windows, seats and scale people sitting in those seats.
Come on Bachmann! No one who runs DCC is going to want those pathetic white windows. How much harder/expensive could it be to give us a non-toy-grade car? Fail.
I hated it as soon as I saw the silhouettes on the painted windows. Really???
I see a hippopotamus,,,,,,,,
I like my Bowser Brooklyn “F” Line PCC Trolley …
Wow…it brings back memories!
While this PPC car, as mentioned below, is sub-standard, the Bachmann Brill is an excellent trolley. The new motor provides smooth operation at any speed and looks like the prototype. Just pop-out the silhouette window covers and spray the body with a dull-coat. The Bachmann Brill blows away the PCC. Same company….go figure.
What this car needs is a generator car attached so that it can run anywhere. But, as Mr. Skonicki observed, this car might be too small. It needs to grow in scale and operate on a third rail (between the other rails) in order to be of some use. I would definitely join the “not on my railroad” group on this one.
Note to Robert C. San Francisco has a work car borrowed from Market Street Railway (Yes Muni has a fan club, they are the bunch behind the heritage colors on the PCC’s on Market St. ) to test new trackwork with a generator mounted on it. Looks like the recycled Bachmann car from years gone by. And it is so American Flyer of six decades ago.
When will you be stringing catanary wire and poles on the Beer Line?
I have been modeling HO traction for over 40 years and I do not like this PCC car. The trolley pole may have a sparking LED but the pole itself is non operational. The silhouette of passengers and conductor in the windows is toy-like. The color is not correct for CTA and the detail is poor. Sorry Bachmann, you came close, but no cigar.
Don’t worry guys, the river is not too far away.
Is that a hippopotamus on the sidewalk in front of Been Hur?
nice trolley but isn’t anybody going to find some water for that poor hippo!