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O GAUGE 4-6-0 BY WILLIAMS BY BACHMANN
This little chugger is great. I bought the C&O version for my 12 year old son and he loves it. This is saying a lot because he is normally not interested in trains and I have offered him the world. I own Century Club engines down to cheap little post war issues. He was not interested. He saw this engine and had to have it. The light is bright and the true blast whistle is a little different from some of the other Williams engines I have. For it’s weight and size it is definitely the little engine that could. I found this engine for $152 at Christmas and it was a sweet deal. They aren’t that cheap now. I would like to have the Southern for myself. The trick is to sneak it in before the wife bust me. Ha Ha.
Another great addition to the Williams by Bachmann assortment. I have a number of these affordable engines, and enjoy the heck out of them. I’m looking forward to adding this good looking one to my fleet!
I have one of the C&O versions of this engine, and I totally agree with your review. This engine is quite nice for the price and the craftsmen ship is top notch. This is an engine that my grandson can play with and I’ll not worry about add-on pieces getting broken off. I’m running it around a loop of Gargraves 072 track with a mix of modern reefers. it is pulling elvenn cars and caboose. I think it is quite a great little engine.
I have had good experiences with Williams locomotives and this one seems to fit that mold: basic,smooth-running, well ma that wasde and attractively decorated. As this is a standard type of locomotive used by many rairoads, I agree that an undecorated version would be a good addition. I’ll bet Williams will offer a 2-8-0 version of this one.
The crude valve gear is out of character for Bachmann. In the Baldwin 4-6-0’s that they offer in other scales, complete stephenson or walschaerts valve
gears are in evidence.
Just the kind of steam loco I wish Lionel had offered “back in the day!”
I purchased the Santa Fe version (soon to be Long Island RR). Looks great, and runs great. Very good low speed operation-very smooth running through out speed ranges. I have recently given up on expensive remote control locos which seem to develope electronic problems that are beyond my expertise (and many repair shops) to repair. I have recently purchased several other conventional powered locos from Williams by Bachmann and RMT-all of which run great with no fuss. I simply let them run and smile!!!
Great value (on sale for $150.00). It is a well made that runs very well at low speeds. It pulls very well for its size. Anyone who has been frustrated by problems with more expensive electronic marvels will appreciate the trouble free operation of this conventional model. It all works . . . the smoke unit, whistle/bell and the constant lighting headlight. And it looks great too. I did notice the whine at higher speeds as mentioned in the review. However, it is not a distraction and in fact has dissipated after several hours break in. Now if Bachmann would only offer it in Long Island RR! Overall great fun!!!
Why does everything Southern have to be green?
Hope they bring out other road names, especialy PRR!!
Great Review!!!
I heard no mention of how well the smoke unit operated if at all. I didn’t see smoke.