Product code: Bachmann HO shop Scale Train Set - John Bull
Bachmann HO Scale Train Set - The John Bull. This train set is a model of one of America's earliest locomotives. Ready to run and easy to assemble. Includes locomotive with tender and 3 coaches shop. Power pack and instructions. Plug in track; nickel silver EZ track ( 12 pieces of curved track; 1 piece straight track) assembles into a 45" x 36" oval train track. New in box. This is a must-have for the HO train enthusiast. The John Bull ran only from 1860 to 1866; it was refurbished for exhibition and operation at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. Then in 1885, it was presented to the Smithsonian. Then in 1893, it journeyed from Jersey City, NJ to Chicago for exhibition at the World's Columbian Exhibition. It again was exhibited in 1927 for the centennial of the B&O Railroad. The train also was taken to the 1933 New York and the 1939 Chicago Worlds' Fairs.
Bachmann HO Scale Train Set - The John Bull. This train set is a model of one of America's earliest locomotives. Ready to run and easy to assemble. Includes locomotive with tender and 3 coaches shop. Power pack and instructions. Plug in track; nickel silver EZ track ( 12 pieces of curved track; 1 piece straight track) assembles into a 45" x 36" oval train track. New in box. This is a must-have for the HO train enthusiast. The John Bull ran only from 1860 to 1866; it was refurbished for exhibition and operation at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. Then in 1885, it was presented to the Smithsonian. Then in 1893, it journeyed from Jersey City, NJ to Chicago for exhibition at the World's Columbian Exhibition. It again was exhibited in 1927 for the centennial of the B&O Railroad. The train also was taken to the 1933 New York and the 1939 Chicago Worlds' Fairs.