I am seeking information on an old Atlas Plymouth WDT switcher that I discovered in my packing boxes.
Are these now made by Bachmann?
In many of the internet references the acronyms WDT, MDT, and RTR are written, what do the acronyms mean?
Do you know if these can be converted to DCC?
Thanks in advance.
This site has reviews of the models:
http://www.spookshow.net/trainstuff.html
Plymouth M series - 4-wheel
Plymouth W series - 6-wheel
RTRrefers to the model not the prototype “ready to run”
JT506,
I suspect this is the 6 wheel ‘N’ scale switcher offered by Atlas back in the late 60’s. They do not run very well, and are sort of ‘dime a dozen’ at train shows. I think the Bachmann model may be different. The MTD usually is a 4 wheel engine, and the WTD appears to be a 6 wheel model(usually 30-40 tons). As far as DCC, I suppose you can find an ‘expensive’ mircro-decoder, but it will cost more than the engine, and the engine will not run any better.
Jim
The Bachmann one is different, I had one of those, it’s a 4-wheel MDT model. I also had the AHM HO scale version- those will give an AThearn RDC a run for its money in the top speed department, and even lean off the rails on curves at speed like an old Lionel die-cast loco, except the AHM loco will drop back on the rails as soon as the inside wheels lift and contact is lost.
My Bachmann N scale loco was by best runnign N scale loco - this prior to the availablility of the Atlas/Kato Alcos, so that might not be saying much, but even without traction tires it was able to haul a couple fo cars up my super-steep mine branch. I suspect the Atlas one should be perhaps of a bit better quality.
–Randy