Hello everyone. I’m new to the Train forum. I bought a new O scale Williams GP-9 Pennsylvania Locomotive. When I put it on the track the lights came on but the train didn’t move. I double checked everything and wasn’t able to figure it out. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks
Welcome Babtype86 a friend of mine bought a MTH 0-8-0 steamer did the some things took it back to the hobby shop the board in the tender was jared lose in shipping just had the push back on worked fine , don’t know if you tryed but good luck.
Welcome to the forum, Badtype86!
I don’t know the answer to your question, but maybe you could repost it on the Classic Toy Trains thread. It’s listed on the left side of this site’s page. I know there are a lot of O scale modelers there.
Thanks for the tip. I’ll definitely check it out.
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Welcome to the Forum!
I’ve got several Williams locomotives and the only time I’ve had an issue like that was recently, the locomotive was 15+ years old and a solder joint failed on one of the motors. Remove the shell and have a good look for any loose wires, especially on the motors. There should be one-in, one-out on both. Keep in mind the newest Williams GP9’s are approaching the 10 year old mark at least and sometimes time isn’t kind to electronics. If you can’t find anything obviously wrong take it back to the place you bought it and let them deal with it.
Mind you this is NOT meant to disparage Williams products, I’ve been a satisfied customer for years and mourn their loss!
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Thanks for the tip. I’ll try removing the shell tomorrow.
You’re welcome! Let me know what happens please!
Welcome aboard!
I don’t want to sound condescending but, have you checked to make sure the reverse unit isn’t locked in neutral? I’m not very familiar with Williams locomotives but most from other manufacturers have a switch of some type on top, underneath or even sometimes hidden under a roof vent or dynamic brake housing.
Good suggestion Becky but I’ve never seen any reverse unit switches on Williams engines, at least not on the ones I’ve got. They’ve all got a standard operating mode of “forward-neutral-reverse-neutral.” Shutting off the power resets them to “forward.” However depending on when his Williams Geep was made it MIGHT have a reverse unit lock switch, but I doubt it.
Hey, I have taken the shell off but everything looked good. I bought it to a local shop and they said the wheels were frozen from the original grease that was applied. He was able to get the wheels free and it’s working fine.
Thanks everyone for your input.
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Great to hear! Glad it worked out for you!
Aside from this glitch trust me, you won’t regret the purchase of that Williams GP9!