I ordered a couple of these about 2 weeks ago. One came in nice shape but the Toronto one was pretty busted up. I sent it back to Train World and they sent me another within a week. Unfortunately that one was broken also but the axle housing part is intact. The outside truck detail is snapped off and the pieces are crumbly. Whether it was rough handling during shipping or the zinc contamination or both I don't know. Train World's price was half what these cost at the local train shop. I feel bad about complaining they were broke but what do you do? It's a brand new item. Hopefully I will get another good one eventually.
These streetcars are really nice looking and engineered so that the motor and drive lines are under the floorboards and the circuit board is hidden up in the roof. This makes room for the detailed interior. Nobody else makes these without mounting the motor in the middle of the cabin and putting cheap silhouettes of people in the windows to block the view of the interior. You got to give Bachmann credit for going the extra mile on these.
