A new Williams locomotive just arrived in Roger's Corners yesterday. After standing on my head and pulling real slowly, I got the darn thing out of the box.
I placed it on the table and then took a hard look at this new Williams and I must say I believe that Bachman has improved and added more details. The grab irons are not molded on but are added on.
Has anyone else purchased a Williams by Bachman and been able to compare?
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Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
I have always thought that they had good details. I have a regular Williams Hudson and it has chrome plated seperate piping on the sides of the boiler, as well as seperate handrails with turned stanchions to hold the handrails in place, and the boilerfront has four marker jewels instead of two, and it also has a highly detailed coal load that one could almost swear it is real coal!! I would like to modify it someday, like put a cruise control feature and new sound system from train america studios, and fan driven smoker on it. But you might be talking about a diesel, am I right?
Give me steam locomotives or give me DEATH!
Berkshire Junction, bringing fourth the cry of the Iron Horse since 1900.
December brought an F7 A-A to our house. The details on this model are molded, but it is a good casting with the detail being clean and crisp.
The paint work is also very well done with nice crisp lines.
It's a nice smooth running engine. Very pleased.
I've gotten a two new Williams by Bachmann locomotives recently, a BL-2 in Mo Pac colors and a GP-9 in NYC lightening stripe colors.
Happy with both of them. Good detail for the money, nice crisp paint, run smoothly, and pull well.
About the only criticism I have is the headlights. The headlight bulb is mounted low on the frame, so very little light actually shines through the lens. The fact that they run faster at a lower voltage does not help the headlight any either.
Setting the NYC GP-9 next to my mid 70's Lionel NW GP-9, I can see how faithfully Williams reproduced the Lionel item. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like the body shells will interchange.
buckeye ... thanks for the update on the williams engines ... I was wondering if they went downhill since bachman . Sounds like they really improved on them .... also I know some of the older williams had defective electronics ... I'm sure lionel/bachman will ensure that won't happen .
I have a couple of Williams only Santa Fe FP-40's. One of them took a dump while under warranty so back it went. WBB just gave me a new one instead of repairing the old. The only difference I saw was that the red was a little darker than what Williams had. I called them on it and they sent me my old body back to keep my pair matching. I thought that was pretty cool of them. That's the only thing I've seen.
Buck-eye,
Show us some pictures! Sounds like a beaut!
Buckeye Riveter (Photos??? Wait until SPF.)
Buckeye - tease.
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