I can't answer your question but all of my two motored locos,all Williams,have been changed to series wiring.

I like this because they run slower at the same voltage and have not,IMHO,lost any pulling power.The speed is enough slower that I don't worry about my grandson having locos become airplanes.Smooth starts are also easier,IMO.

My guess is that it might take around 12 volts.

No one has mentioned the difference in the reversing units.

WBB locos will start in forward after about a ten second power off.

Post war Lionel and any with the old style E-unit reverser will go to neutral and then to the opposite direction of travel before the stop.

This can be a problem in certain circumstances.

Some web sites frown on the mention of other forums on their forum,so if this is not acceptable just delete this post.{That won't hurt my feelings.]

Both of the following forums have 2-rail sections that may be able to help with this conversion.

www.modeltrainjournal.com

www.ogaugerr.com


Again,if this is not appropriate,delete.

Should be a nice product for Williams.

Are/will the products be available?

Who owns them?

IMHO they had a lot of nice stuff.

I have some of the Williams by Williams passenger cars from the early 20000s that were bought new.They did not have a parts list or schematic with them.

Quote from: phillyreading on September 28, 2010, 03:21:02 PM
Tiffany,

Some of the older Lionel steam engines came with Baldwin Locomotive Works hardened steel drive wheels, example # 224E (1941).

As for wearing out track, I have only bent the rails on any track I have when I had a derailment happen. The track was Gargraves stainless steel.
I may try Atlas track to see if it is more solid.

Lee F.

Lee,How did/do you bend the rails?
Just curious.

Lee,

Not sure when they were made but all start-up in forward and will re-start in forward if the power is off for at least 10 seconds.
They are all pre-Bachmann.
Mine were also bought from independent dealers.Those days are gone.

Unless it is very old ,made in the 1900s,there should be a horn and bell.

WBB has a sound system available.

I have 3 Williams GP7/9s  made in the late 1900s and early 2000s.All have horns and bells.All start in forward.

Quote from: bluerose lady on September 25, 2010, 12:14:16 PM
hello Joe Satnik.........

doesn't the tube type track wear grooves on the wheels of engines, ? i have seen some heavy wears on locomotive's wheels on evil-bay as they look like pulleys !!!!!  lol
the woman who loves toy trains
Tiffany

I think this is a story started by the makers of T-rail.

I have three Lionel locos from 1946-47 and none have grooves worn in the wheels.

There were some reports of Lionel Super O track with the very narrow center rail wearing into the pick-up rollers and slides.I have seen it on slides.

With the right mixture of cars and being careful about placement,I have been able to pull 40 + cars with any of my Williams locos.

By rewiring the motors in the locos in series instead of parallel,the speeds canbe lowered.
Understand that this wiring voids the WBB warranty.

Joe,

I agree.

The longest I could pull with mine was 37 cars.Then they started to pull off on the curves.

Also remember  that real railroad cars came in different sizes.This occurred at least twice in the twentieth century after both world wars.The largest differences could be seen in the 1960s and 1970s.

I have zero interest in European trains in any gauge.