horns

[Anonymous]

Hi ,
new ,first post. am not new to MRRing however.
as a kid, i had a lot of HO scale.
my main desire was always post war Lionel,
which, thanks to ebay (!), have acquired
quite a bit of ...
thot it would be nice to have some 'newer'
technology, so about a year ago, purchased
a Williams GP-9, supposedly horn equipped.
sure enough was, however a cracked tracing
on the pc board prevented operation.
replaced it with a board from the company
that supposedly supplies Williams...
i can only get intermittent operation, mainly
if i have the throttle pegged, and, even
then it is erratic. all of my connections are
soldered fine.
i have an old 2037 w/ a whistle tender and it
blows perfectly.... am using a LW 125 transformer.
i have seen elsewhere on the net that Williams horns
are 'touchy',, is this true and are there any cures ?

complete regards in advance.

BNSF just rolling thru my town on the main line-
4 SD's pullin' long line of coal as i post ....!

happy thanksgiving !
driver8

[Anonymous]

You might ask over in the CTT forums, as there are more O-Scalers there.