Does anyone have the WBB Christmas Special set?

I don't have it, but I have the Southern version of that engine, and I love it!

I don't have it, but if this is the G gauge version you're thinking about, I was thinking of it last Christmas. But my LHS dissuaded me. Said they were going to stop carrying these sets from Bachmann because they were coming back in droves with problems.

No, looking for the O-gauge, which I believe was new last year.

I'm pretty sure OGR reviews this set last year. The engine has only gotten rave reviews from what I've heard. The cars have been around forever with only different paint and the transformer is good. I say go for it.

I have the set still in its unopened shipping box.  Would be willing to part with it if you're interested or can't find the set elsewhere.

While I don't have that particular set, I did buy the White Christmas set for an "around the tree".  All in all, it runs fine. Smoke capability worked for a couple hours and then quit but it did lite up the kids with the trains & holiday spirit very well!

 

Outside of that and in my opinion, the worst thing about these sets is the track. It is extremely flimsy. Of course, one small footprint and its over as the result is more akin to an old washboard.... And...it's hard to justify a couple hundred bucks of track just for an 'around the tree' temporary layout for 30 days.  However..the track in your pic looks similar to fastrack with some type of plastic base rather than just rails & ties.

 

Would I buy it again? Yes - with the caveat I would also buy better track at the git-go.

the track in that set looks like the Atlas/IR track that 

WBB also puts in their sets. It is OK. 

That is not the WBB set the original inquiry was about.  The "White Christmas" see is G gauge.  The WBB set is an entirely different O gauge set, which includes the very nice WBB 10-Wheeler locomotive.  I believe Bachmann also does a "White Christmas set in HO, but not sure about that.

I know a little about the set even though I don't have it. The track is from Industrial Rail corporation that is owned by Atlas Trains, and the transformer is either an Atlas 80 watt or a Williams 80 watt. WBB only sells track connectors or pins for this track, any further track needs, for expansion, will have to ordered through Atlas Trains.

 

As far as I know it is a good quality set, but you can not easily buy additional track for it. So that would be the only drawback for the set.

 

As for the track, that would not be an issue for me, as I would sell it off or give it away, as I like the older tubular track best.

 

Lee Fritz