I just purchased a Williams C&O E7 A-A set. I am totally impressed with this train. The size is amazing and there is a lot of detail. The electric horn and whistle are very true to life. This is my first Williams train and I gotta tell you, I think I will be a fan for life.
Does anyone out there with this E7 run the 60' aluminum streamliners?
If so, are they a good match in size and color to the E7?
All of Williams E7s are very beautiful pieces of 3rail art. I am just a big huge fan of C&O railroad.
I run this train on Lionel FasTrack with my newer generation Lionel ZW. I thought I would mention this in case anyone was concerned on it being compatible with the E7s.
Thanks guys and happy railroading.
I agree, that is a very impressive loco. I love the colors.
What radius are you using? 036, 048 etc?
I am using the O-36 track.
The train runs well on this. It just overhangs the curves so I will eventually go with a wider curve. It does handle these small O-36 curves very well at speed.
I am very happy with this E7. It has great power.
I decided to go with the 72' Streamliners. I am very glad that I did because they look awesome with my E7.
I also changed all my curves to FasTrack O48 and O60 curves. This train looks great on both curves. There is only a 1/8" overhang when going around the O48.
The size of the 72' Streamliners is perfect because the E7 A units are very long too.
Photos, please...
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/096220031X.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
I tried posting a couple of photos but they wont go through. I get a pop up message from the post saying something like image folder is full - try a smaller file.
I even shrunk them down to 30kbs and still not going through.
I will try again later.
Hi CandO,
To post photos use a web based image hosting site such as Photobucket.
Cut and paste the URL of the photo to your post.
Highlight the URL and press the (http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/board/Themes/bachmann/images/bbc/img.gif) button on the posting toolbar (2nd row, second icon).
Then submit your post.
TADA!
Regards,
3rail
I put some photos on Photobucket.
Some photos are large to show detail beter so I'll just give the URL to go to.
I put a few photos of my C&O E7 and 72' Streamliners. I also put two photos of real C&O E7s. These have the same road #s and paint scheme as my WBB E7s.
here is the URL
http://photobucket.com/CandO
(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss182/SunfireGT1996/Rowa.jpg)
Thanks. -CandO
I added one pic to your post ... 3rail
Nice Pics,
I can't wait to see more Texas Special and Milwaukee Road E7 pics.
I was never a C&O fan, but man is that train set beautiful. :)
Chessie had a nice looking passenger train.
And who was Chessie's (mascot) mate's name? Peake! (Really!)