Does anyone know anything about a set of Williams CSX GP-38 AA-103 locomotives? I don't have a product identification number which doesn't give much to go on. They're not a currently offered product that I've been able to determine. I'm especially interested in determining if they're O gauge, scale or traditional/baby etc. I appreciate any information anyone can provide.
Dear CGLowry,
Guessing an earlier horn only model (TB or TBI)?
The Williams (pre-WBB) Winter 2003-2004 Contemporary (now "Traditional") line catalog shows GP38-200 through -214 with TBII sound, no -1xx numbers.
Powered (no suffix) and Dummy ("D" suffix) sold separately.
Example item numbers shown:
#GP38-205 powered CSX
#GP38-208D dummy New Haven
I'm guessing that they are copying Lionel's modern era GP-38.
My Williams Chessie System GP-38 (-204), road number C&O 3892 measures
15-1/8" coupler face to coupler face,
14" handrail to handrail,
2-3/4" cab width,
3-3/4" rail head to top of fan.
I'll leave it to you to figure out if that is scale or not. (1/4" = 1 foot is "O" scale)
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Joe Satnik
Thank you very much.
Dear CGLowry,
Looking through my old box of catalogs I found the (pre-WBB) Williams Winter 2005 "New Arrivals Sale" folded 2-sided poster catalog.
"Expires 2/31(sic)/2005"
I wonder if 3rail got 3 extra days pay that year?
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz296/joebarb/scan0001.jpg
Note that each has a single motor.
Don't know if one is wired in the opposite direction (for back-to-back lash-ups) or the same direction (elephant style lash-ups).
I finally learned how to scan with my old HP PSC 2175. I have an old computer on my network with XP, so it still works.
(Apparently no longer supported on Vista or 7. HP support = "Go buy a new printer".)
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Joe Satnik