The "GP9" roadnames and paint schemes are getting a bit stale in the Williams line.The Williams By Bachmann GM-EMD Geeps are GP7.Compared the bodies of the Williams Geeps to the Bachmann HO Scale GP7. Reached the conclusion that the HO Scale and O Gauge GP7s match each other.The reason I say this is because they are stuck on the paint schemes and road numbers of the GP9s that they have been using for at least the past 20 years.Time for a change of pace at Bachmann by finally putting only all the GP7 Road Names, Paint Schemes, and Road numbers on these Geeps.If they correct and improve the line-up, it will be an incentive for operators to buy up the old stock and get something new that has not been available.Put the paint masking crew back to work at Williams by Bachmann. GP7 Owners and operators included:The Electro-Motive Division DemonstratorsAberdeen & RockfishATSFAtlanta & St. Andrews BayAtlanta & West Point RailroadAtlantic and East Carolina RailroadAtlantic Coast LineBaltimore & OhioBangor & AroostookBelt Railroad of ChicagoBoston & MaineButte, Anaconda and PacificCentral of GeorgiaCentral of New JerseyCharleston and Western CarolinaChesapeake and OhioChicago & Eastern IllinoisChicago & NorthWesternCNW/CMOCB&Q Burlinton RouteChicago GREAT WESTERNClinchfieldColorado & WyomingColorado Fuel and IronColumbia Newberry and LaurensDelaware, Lakawanna and Western Denver and Rio GrandeDetroit & Toledo ShoreLine Matches the Nickel Plate Road schemeDT&IERIEFlorida East CoastGeorgia and FloridaGeorgia RailrodGreat Northern RailwayIllinois CentralILLINOIS TERMINALKansas City Southern Kansas Oklahoma and GulfLouisville and NashvilleMaine CentralMeridian and BigbeeMidland ValleyM,St.P,&SSM SOO LINE Original Maroon & Yellow Missouri PacificM-K-T KatyNashville, Chattanooga and St. LouisNational Railroad of MexicoNYCNickel Plate RoadNorthern PacificPRRPhelps Dodge CorporationPortland Terminal CopanyREADINGRichmond, Fredrickburg & PotomacSeaboard Air LineSOUTHERNSOUTHERN CNO&TPSOUTHERN AGSSOUTHERN GS&FSSW Cotton BeltSL-SF FRISCOTennessee, Alabama and GeorgiaTexas & PacificTexas-MexicanToledo, Peoria and WesternUnion PacificUnited States ArmyWABASHWestern MarylandWestern PacificWestern Railway of AlabamaAfter looking over the list. One can not help but notice that SouthEastern railroads around in the 1940's and 1950's have been overlooked by Williams and are still being overlooked by Bachmann.Then there are the Merger schemes that oculd be done eventually.Please, put some work into the research and paint masking to put new roads into the mix every year. Andrew
Watch my videos on-line at https://www.youtube.com/user/AndrewNeilFalconer
Howzabout offering an undecorated version, and I'll paint my own. (works in other scales...)
I like the Williams quality and reliability but I too want to see more roadnames for the northeast, especially the Reading Railroad. Take a look at the Williams website, both traditional and classic, for anything in Reading and all you get are four engines and three freight cars, one caboose. There is NO passenger car sets for the Reading Company. WHAT GIVES?? Reading Railroad was the fifth largest freight hauler during the 1950's, so I would love to see more in the Reading Lines or I may buy Atlas trains if I can afford them.
Maybe Williams could get a little experimental and produce stuff for Blue Mountain and Reading(passenger line that was formed after the sale of the Reading Company), or another would be Reading and Northern, (now a regional railroad in Pennsylvania)the freight line that was formed after the sale of Reading Lines to Conrail with left-over equipment from the Reading railroad.
Lee F.
Lee its kinda funny to me your comment about Reading as i just picked up an Reading NW-2 and transfer caboose by Lionel from 1981 real cheap like $40.00 for both plus shipping But I agree with you on that you don't see much Reading items and personally i don't care who the manufacturer is They just don't really carry them much. just looked on the bay and less than 300 items with reading in the titled in O gauge and over 68,000 items listed under O gauge.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Andrew Falconer...The Williams By Bachmann GM-EMD Geeps are GP7...
WBB is just perpetuating Lionel's misnomer for the diesels with the dynamic brake fitted. Lionel's postwar models are all GP-7's too.
Rob
rtraincollector Lee its kinda funny to me your comment about Reading as i just picked up an Reading NW-2 and transfer caboose by Lionel from 1981 real cheap like $40.00 for both plus shipping But I agree with you on that you don't see much Reading items and personally i don't care who the manufacturer is They just don't really carry them much. just looked on the bay and less than 300 items with reading in the titled in O gauge and over 68,000 items listed under O gauge.
I have been trying to find the Lionel 15101 thru 15103, and 15105 Reading passenger cars, with little or no success. Should have bought them all when they first came out, but didn't have the money. It seems that anything with Reading name on it gets bought out quickly and never released by the owners.
Do you check choochoo very often as i believe I remember seeing some reading passenger cars on there about a month ago but not sure if they were MTH or Lionel
Bachmann could have people vote on-line for their favorite GP7 paint scheme yet to be applied.
One vote per person.
Andrew
Williams has never made any LIRR models, which is strange since just about any railfan in the USA
knows the LIRR (for better or worse), and the LIRR has used an plethora of different colors and logos
on it's equipment through the years.
A model of the present day Cannonball would be nice !
Ken
krapug1 Williams has never made any LIRR models, which is strange since just about any railfan in the USA knows the LIRR (for better or worse), and the LIRR has used an plethora of different colors and logos on it's equipment through the years. A model of the present day Cannonball would be nice ! Ken
They should also do the MT. Hood Railroad and Port of Coos Bay Railroad, they are as well known across the country as the LIRR.
Doug
May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails
rtraincollector Do you check choochoo very often as i believe I remember seeing some reading passenger cars on there about a month ago but not sure if they were MTH or Lionel
Thanks for the reminder! I checked last week and will check again this week.
Yes. We need South Eastern. ALso they have SD90s in like ten roads. Their UP Heritage units are also SD90s.
I don't forsee Bachmann making many new Williams models in the GP-9 or even the SD-90 series for a couple of years. While Williams makes great quality stuff, their variety is very limited!
Maybe Bachmann will surprize us this spring, but I wouldn't count on it. Personally I want to see more GP-38 models in more roadnames.
They have already done the hard paint scheme research for the HO Scale GP7 models. It can be applied to the O Scale/O Gauge models. Atlas applies HO scale research to O Gauge and O Scale models, so Bachmann should be able to do the same.
Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.
Get the Classic Toy Trains newsletter delivered to your inbox twice a month