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PHILADELPHIA, PA, January 28, 2019 -- East meets West! History was made 150 years ago when the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869. A face-to-face meeting of two locomotives and the driving of silver and golden spikes to join the last two sections of track were the climax of the famous Golden Spike ceremony. Now you can celebrate this momentous event with the DCC sound-equipped Transcontinental train set. This Limited Edition ready-to-run set has everything you need to get started in digital model railroading. It includes Bachmann’s exclusive, easy-to-use E-Z Command^® digital system that lets you independently control the sound, speed, direction, and lighting of two decoder-equipped 4-4-0 commemorative locomotives. Relive all the sights and sounds of this historic meeting with the Transcontinental with Digital Sound!

This digitally controlled train set features:

• Collectors’ Card with an individual production number for this Limited Edition set (only 1000 sets produced)
• DCC sound-equipped 4-4-0 American (Central Pacific #60 “Jupiter”) with wood tender and operating headlight
• DCC sound-equipped 4-4-0 American (Union Pacific^® #119) with coal tender and operating headlight
• old-time coach (Central Pacific)
• old-time combine (Union Pacific^®)
• E-Z Command^® Control Center with wall pack and plug-in wiring
• 56" x 38" oval of nickel silver E-Z Track^®, including 12 pieces curved track, 4 pieces straight track, 1 terminal rerailer, 1 manual turnout - left, under-track magnet with brakeman figure, and 1 Hayes bumper
• body-mounted E-Z Mate^® couplers
• illustrated instruction manual

Visit Booth 1230 and www.bachmanntrains.com to see Bachmann’s full line of HO, N, On30, and Large Scale train sets and get on board for an exciting railroading adventure! For more information, please visit our Toy Fair 2019 Online Press Kit: http://toyfair.vporoom.com/BachmannTrains.