Lionel made an add on sound activation switch that you can buy and hook it up in reverse to get the bell feature to work for your Williams engines.
The one I have has a Lionel part number 6-5906 on it.

Lee F.

The Plasticville buildings were made closer to S gauge or so it seems. I think they would look good with On-30, as that is an attempt at O gauge with H.O. track.

Lee F.

I would like to thank the Bach Mann for the Plasticville parts website!

However there are some parts that were never re-produced according to the parts people. An example would be the bracket for the signal bridge that houses the plastic lights in it, what I have done is to use fishline string and string it into place. Also on my airport hanger the walls won't stay together so again I used fishing line, through the windows near the corners. In my opion don't use super glue to put together any Plasticville kits, if you have to move for any reason the kit will have to be packed fully put together and that can cause it to break.

Lee F.

Quote from: Jack Lynch on February 18, 2010, 02:25:13 PM
If the MTH track had the black coating on the middle rail it was inhibiting electrical conductivity. My experience has been that you need to remove the black coating (by sanding) from the middle rail on realtrax in order to get good contact.

That's interesting to know about MTH Realtrax.
With Gargraves track I have no problems with the center rail, even their Fanton Rail track gives me no problems.

Lee F.

That's the first time I heard any thing about MTH's track acting up other than their switches going bad. Some of the guys on CTT were complaining about MTH's Realtrax switches being bad right out of the box, even falling apart.
Personally I use Gargraves and Lionel tubular track, not into the expensive plastic roadbed track.

Lee F.

To upgrade to TMCC or DCS may cost as much as buying a new engine that already has it! I checked into the DCS upgrade just over a year ago and it would have cost me $275.00 for the DCS upgrade and about $30.00 shipping.
You can buy a True Blast 2 horn from Bachmann for around $40.00.
The switch underneath is for the direction control if so equipped, otherwise there may be a hole where the switch should go.

Lee F.

The cut down wheel set works but it is too much trouble to do any more.
If I leave the flange on the wheels it causes a derailment as the third wheel set is unflanged or I will need 072 track to run it on.
Guess I need to call Bachmann's parts number and see if they sell the wheels.

Lee F.

If you want to change the horn, try Electric RR. They sell replacement horns for several models.
Sorry about previuos posting, didn't know you meant time period.

Lee F.

I just bought a new True Blast 2 horn for a diesel engine and the volume is either all or nothing, no real volume adjustment!
If Bachmann were to change the horn sequence on the TB-2 they should offer one that will let you choose the feature you like with an on/off switch.

Lee F.

Up-date; I have ground down the meatl wheelsets from the F-7 dummy unit and have installed the first one on my SD-45. Have yet to test it on the track, but everything looks good to go.
Grinding down sure took some time almost 25 minutes per wheel, not so sure about doing another set of wheels.
Any tips on filing or grinding down the metal wheels would be greatly appreciated! Currently I used an electric dremel tool with a grinding stone on it, my electric drill didn't get up to the same speed as my dremel tool motor did.

Lee F.

What do you mean by the air horn in there don't fit the area?
Unless you bought a replacement horn the factory horn unit should fit in there very tight, this applies to all motorized Williams engines with a horn set-up installed. If you took the factory horn out by mistake you did a big Goof-up, because I don't see how to put a horn unit inside a motorized unit that don't have one from the factory.
The replacement horn units sound circuit board is too large to install except in a non-powered unit.

Lee F.

Quote from: Cobrabob8 on October 04, 2009, 12:27:57 AM
I would like to see F3 ABAs in Pennsy tuscan and brunswick green. Also F3s in ATSF freight blue and yellow. GP9s in NKP and Erie paint.
Cobrabob.

Cobrabob;
Williams made an F-7 A-B-A set a few years back that had Tuscan Green on it, and I may have access to one set.

Lee F.

I took the wheels off of two dummy trucks, from an F-7, that I am not using, gear puller & a small screw did the job. Maybe I can return the gear puller and get my money back on the gear puller, it cost me $38.00 at Pep Boys. Napa didn't have one.
Now to try installing the wheels on the SD-45's.

Lee F.

I have an older SD-45 that has plastic wheels for the inner set of wheels, is there a replacement set of metal wheels that will go in place of these? These wheels don't have connection to a motor so there is no need of a gear needed.

Lee F.

I have no complaints with the quality of Williams trains. They don't have all the fancy features that brand L or M has but then that is just something else to go wrong!
My only complaint is the catalogs, being that over half the stuff in certain catalogs never gets made or is two to three years late in being made and shipped.

Lee F.