Quote from: Loco Bill Canelos on October 01, 2016, 12:59:53 PM
Hi, llimhoff
For your purposes, the Anniversary Edition 4-6-0 (91602)would seem to be perfect.  They are the same as the Big Hauler 4-6-0, but with metal siderods and metal casting details, metal gears and the new front truck. They are very adaptable to battery power and radio control(How to convert to battery and radio control article was in Garden Railways magazine awhile back. It was an article I wrote, but I can't remember the date) and they have been converted to run DCC as well.  If the higher level of detail is not important to you, then A BH version  would be OK as long as you get one with the smooth running durable version 5 chassis.They are not as adaptable to conversion to battery/rc as the Anniversary version, but can be done with a lot more work.  See at the end of this post an explanation of the chassis versions.  I am not sure I got all the 4-6-0's in the list below, but I am not in the most alert mode this morning.

Here is a list of the Anniversary 4-6-0's with the version 5 chassis(Aniversary 4-6-0's have an operating rear headlight if the prototype was so eqqupped:
81088   D&RGW   178   2005   ~ Loco   4-6-0, 10th aniv, Denver & Rio Grande Western
81092   PRR   9660   2002   ~ Loco   4-6-0, 10th aniv, Pennsylvania Ver 5
81093   EBT   10   2002   ~ Loco   4-6-0, 10th aniv, East Broad Top Ver 5
81094   RGS   25   2002   ~ Loco   4-6-0, 10th aniv, Rio Grande Southern Ver 5
81095   SPC   21   2000   ~ Loco   4-6-0, 10tn aniv, South Pacific Coast Ver 5
81096   WP&Y   10   2000   ~ Loco   4-6-0, 10th aniv, White Pass & Yukon Ver 5
81097   D&RG   12   2000   ~ Loco   4-6-0, 10th aniv, Denver & Rio Grande Ver 5
81098   ET&WNC   12   2000   ~ Loco   4-6-0, 10th aniv, ET&WNC Ver 5
81099   None   None   2000   ~ Loco   4-6-0, 10th aniv, painted unlettered Ver 5
90047SL   NP&S   1225   2004   ~ Loco   4-6-0, 10th aniv, North Pole & Southern Ver 5   P         Bach & Boscov   Set Loco   Sold only in Set 90047
90051SL   NP&S   205   2005   ~ Loco   4-6-0, 10th aniv, North Pole & Southern Ver 5            Sam's Club Set   Set Loco   Sold only in Set 90051   North Star Express   
90054SL   NP&S   12   2006   ~ Loco   4-6-0, 10th aniv, North Pole & Southern Ver 5            Sam's Club Set   Set Loco   Sold only in Set 90054   Holiday Special   
90059SL   WP&Y   14   2007   ~ Loco   4-6-0, 10th aniv, White Pass & Yukon Ver 5            S   Set Loco   only in 90059

Here is a list of the Anniversary 4-6-0's with the version 6 chassis(metal gears, new front truck) otherwise the same as above:
91602   D&RGW   178   2011   ~ Loco   4-6-0 Annie  Denver & Rio Grande Western
91603   RGS   25   2011   ~ Loco   4-6-0 Annie  Rio Grande Southern
91604   SPC   22   2011   ~ Loco   4-6-0 Annie  South Pacific Coast
91605   D&RG   10   2011   ~ Loco   4-6-0 Annie  Denver & Rio Grande  Ver 6
91606   ET&WNC   11   2011   ~ Loco   4-6-0 Annie  Denver & Rio Grande Western
91607   none   none   2011   ~ Loco   4-6-0 Annie painted unlettered Black
91608   D&RGW   168   2016   ~ Loco   4-6-0 Annie Bumble Bee
91609   None   None   2016   ~ Loco   4-6-0 Annie painted unlettered Black



Here is a list of the Big Hauler 4-6-0's (only those produced in 2000 or after have the version 5 chassis)  SL means set locomotive(some were available separately) Big Hauler 4-6-0's do not have an operating rear headlight:

91202   ATSF   49   1989   ~ Loco   4-6-0, ATSF   P         red
91242   RGS   25   1989   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Rio Grande Southern   P         
91243   B&O   1332   1989   ~ Loco   4-6-0, B&O Royal Blue   P         
90018SL   NSX   7   1993   ~ Loco   4-6-0, North Star Express   P      X      Set Loco   Set 90018
90020SL   EKJX   49   1993   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Emmett Kelly Circus   P      C      $140.00    Set 90020
90022SL   D&RGW   12?   1994   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Denver & Rio Grande               $140.00    Set 90022
90023SL   NP&S   25   1995   ~ Loco   4-6-0, North Pole & Southern   P      X      Set Loco   Set 90023
90024SL   PRR   9670   1995   ~ Loco   4-6-0, PRR               $120.00    Set 90024
90025SL   D&RGW   177   1995   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Denver & Rio Grande   P         Bumble Bee   $140.00    Set 90025
90026SL   UP   12   1996   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Union Pacific   P             $140.00    Set 90026
90027SL   SOU   8254   1996   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Southern   P            $140.00    Set 90027
90028SL   CNJ   833   1997   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Central of New Jersey   P            $240.00    Set 90028
90031SL   GN   948   1999   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Great Northern   P            Set Loco   Only in set 90031
90033SL   ET&WNC   12   1999   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Tweetsie Railroad   p            $140.00    Set 90033
90034SL   D&RGW   14   1994   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Denver & Rio Grande   P            $140.00    Set 90034
90035SL   V&T   25   1999   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Virginia & Truckee, black, straight stack    P         coal load   $140.00    Set 90035
90036SL   PE   1001   2000   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Polar Express   P      X   only in set   $140.00    Set 90036
90037SL   NP&S   12   1997   ~ Loco   4-6-0, North Pole & Southern   P      X       Set Loco   Set 90037
90038SL   CRR   12   2000   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Chattanooga Rail Road               Set Loco   CostCo  Only in set 90038
90048SL   ET&WNC   14   2004   ~ Loco   4-6-0, East Tenn & Western North Carol   p            $140.00    Set 90048
90055SL   ATSF   49   2006   ~ Loco   4-6-0, ATSF            only in set   none   Set 90055
90056SL   GVTC   5   2006   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Glenbrook Valley Transportation Co.               Set Loco   Only in Set 90056
90057SL   D&S   178   2006   ~ Loco   4-6-0 Durango & Silverton               Set Loco   Only in Set 90057
90058SL   D&S   179   2006   ~ Loco   4-6-0 Durango & Silverton               Set Loco   Only in set 90058
90060SL   OSHX   75   2006   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Ltd Edition Silverton Flyer OSH   P         Bumble bee   Set Loco   Set 90060 Orchard Supply Hardware 75th Anniversary set   
90064SL   OSHX   14   2007   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Orchard Supply Hardware            Black & Green   Set Loco   Only in set 90064   
90083SL   RBBX   12   2012   ~ Loco   4-6-0 , Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey         C   White & Blue   Set Loco   Only in Set 90083   
90085SL   EBT   10   1996   ~ Loco   4-6-0, East Broad Top   p            $140.00    Set 90085   
90086SL   NYC&HR   948   1996?   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Wm. K. Vanderbilt   p         Fast Mail   $140.00    Set 90086   
90088SL   RDG   2005   2000   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Reading   P            $140.00    Set 90088   
90090SL   V&T   26   1997   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Virginia & Truckee   P         Wood burner    $140.00    Set 90090   
90091SL   ATSF   51   1996?   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Santa Fe   P         only in set   $140.00    Set 90091   
90092SL   C&S   28   1995   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Colorado & Southern   p            $120.00    Set 90092   
90094SL   CMStP&P   3   1994   ~ Loco   4-6-0, MILW   P            $120.00    Set 90094   
90095SL   WP&Y   10   1993   ~ Loco   4-6-0, White Pass & Yukon   p            $140.00    Set 90095   
90096SL   SPC   21   1993   ~ Loco   4-6-0, South Pacific Coast   P            $120.00    Set 90096   
90097SL   PRR   9660   1992   ~ Loco   4-6-0, PRR   P            $120.00    Set 90097   
90098SL   UP   25   1991?   ~ Loco   4-6-0, Union Pacific   P            $120.00    Set 90098   


Bachmann Plus Big Haulers( these were 1992 upgrades the were integrated into the regular line in later year models):
31497   WP&Y   10   1992   ~ Loco   4-6-0 +, White Pass & Yukon            Bachmann Plus   $200.00    new worm gear drive, full valve gear & metal handrails            1992
31498   ET&WNC   12   1992   ~ Loco   4-6-0 +, ET & WNC            Bachmann Plus   $200.00    new worm gear drive, full valve gear & metal handrails            1992
31499   D&RG    12   1992   ~ Loco   4-6-0 +, Denver & Rio Grande   P         Bachmann Plus   $200.00    new worm gear drive, full valve gear & metal handrails            1992

Here is an explanation of the chassis versions:

Big Hauler 4-6-0 Chassis Version Identification  by Bill Canelos                 Copyright 1989-2016 by Bill Canelos All right reserved.                  
Version 1  1988-1990  Battery Powered R/C Units                                 
Version 2  1990-1994  Smooth Bottom Cover  You can turn drivers by hand and motor will turn                                 
Version 3  1994-1998  Smooth Bottom Cover You cannot turn the drivers by hand                                 
Version 4  1998-1999  Large wide hump dead center between the rear drivers on bottom cover                                 
Version 5  2000-Pres  3/8th inch wide hump offset between the rear drivers and a plastic lubrication plug the size of a dime to the rear of the hump..                                 
Version 6  2011-Pres  New Chassis for Annie only, has metal gears and new front truck identifiable only by the new front truck                                 
Note that the dates overlap and as of Feb 1, 2012 have not been fixed more precisely, but all new sets introduced in 1999 with the VHS instructions were version 5                                 
These  sets were 90032,33,34,35,and 37                                 
All Big Hauler 4-6-0's manufactured after 2000 have the version 5 chassis, all new sets after 2000 have it as well.                                 
As of Feb 2012 Sets still have version 5 chassis but all new Annies produced from late 2011 have the version 6 chassis it remains unclear if version 6 chassis will be included in sets                                 

Have fun  with your project.

Loco Bill

Thanks fellows.  I did look at instructions from another Williams engine, I think these are both pre-Bachmann.  This gave me the courage to open it up.  The shell does come off with one screw on either end of the hood.  There is only one motor on the "front" truck, no dangling wires on the other truck nor signs of a second motor.  Anyway I oiled the axel ends on both trucks and then by turning the flywheel was able to loosen the gears, clean them and grease them.  After a little stiffness the engine runs well.  I ran it in both directions for about an hour.  The instructions said that they do not oil the axel ends and buyer should.
Happy model railroading.

I just got a like new Williams GP-7-104 diesel loco, Rock Island # 1280.  But it will not move.  The power hums, the lights shine, but the power truck seems to be frozen or jammed,  I can't even get them to wiggle.  On the non powered truck, the wheels did not turn, but I was able to turn them loose.  They look almost dry, but I hesitate to squirt oil into the gears.  I do not have a book.
What do you suggest?  Thanks.  I may be off and on here.

Thanks for your help, my hobby dealer suggested the same parts.  Now I have to work up a little courage.

I have a DC Spectrum 2-6-6-2 steam engine.  Bachmann tells me I can convert it to DCC, because it has a board in the tender, which it has.  Before I start, has anyone else done this and hints.  I also want sound.
Thanks