General
The C64's are one of the most modern Chinese freight car models available, which will most like limit the appeal to Western modellers. They are fairly easy to acquire compared to other models.

Details
The models do good justice to the real models in general appearance. The major disappointment to the car is the thickness of the car walls, similar to the C64 gondola's but being a smaller car and a lighter color, is much more noticeable. The severity of this can be toned down by adding real coal on top of the (removable) plastic coal 'load' and spreading it more to the sides. Those who run these cars with no load will probably also be disppointed in the interior itself, where the angled base of the car's ends are not angled at all, but rather a step. The paint is applied very nicely and the metallic stainless-steel body has a nice 'grain' to it and the lettering is razor sharp, typical of Bachmann China products. Interestingly, this is the first Chinese model to have any form of high visibility features for crew safety. The steps, grab irons and hydraulic/braking gear are very nicely made. These also feature airhoses, which has been lacking on Chinese freight cars until now.

Performance
The cars have a nice weight and roll very freely. The deep wheel flanges don't like Peco code 83 turnouts, but I think we're all getting pretty used to these shenanigans. Bogies are mounted to the chassis via plastic clips, like many of Bachmann China's freight cars.

Coupler Conversion
Bachmann EZ mates can be replaced with Kadee #53/153 (short shanks), #5/58/158 (medium) or #56/156 (long).

Other Notes
A freight car model perfect for current-era Chinese model railways.