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Title: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: BobbyDing on November 13, 2007, 12:33:15 AM
All previous William's product offered in 3 and 2 rail. Both come out of the box running conventional, but with plugs/slots inside to easily install Digital Command and/or SOUND as upgrades (also available from Bachmann) as I can afford to do so.

DCC for 3 rail (AC) would be neato. I'd buy it, as long as upgrades were also available for me to upgrade most (if not all) of my other older AC locos at a reasonable price.

Just fantasizing.  ;) ;D

Bobby
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: the Bach-man on November 13, 2007, 10:42:13 PM
Thanks, Bobby, for your suggestions.
Have fun!
the Bach-man
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: jsmvmd on November 18, 2007, 09:39:40 AM
Dear Friends,

I just did a quick search for battery power in O gauge and came up with an amazing hit.

http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/1/745611/ShowPost.aspx

For me, I am going to do R/C with battery power in LS, and am now thinking about it for O.  This link shows an economical and good way to do it.

So, is this relevant to this thread?  Perhaps not, but for the adventurous person, one may want to consider this as an intriguing option to track power.

The Williams by Bachmann line could work beautifully with this.

Best Wishes,

Jack
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: John Brennan on January 17, 2008, 10:52:38 PM
I would like to see Bachmann do the following in the Williams line:

-locos and rolling stock in the armed forces liveries (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard)

-locos and rolling stock in the Long Island Rail Road (not a typo, that's how they spell it) liveries

-ore cars in all the liveries that Williams presently uses

-gondolas with (cheap?) loads (ie pipes, beams, barrels, canisters, whatever)

It would be really, REALLY nice to get some news, any news from you folks on what is happening and what (in the broadest of terms) is going to happen to our beloved Williams line. Thank you for your time.
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: zhyachts on January 18, 2008, 06:24:56 AM
Traditional sized O-31 China RR engines and cars.  Maybe one of the Mikados with some green ribbed passenger cars followed by some freight.

Scale size is too large for Chinese homes.

International market is there and a massive Chinese market is waiting.

Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: mike d on January 19, 2008, 11:30:44 PM
I would like to see....

1) New road numbers on locos. The last few runs had the same cab numbers. Mr. H. said that was because they didn't want to change the picture on the web site. Nothing personal, but that is a weak excuse when all you have to do is put a little text under the picture that reads; "road number may differ from that shown". I haven't bought any more Williams locos because I can't get any with a new cab number. Please reconsider your position, I want more locos, but I will not buy any with duplicate road numbers.

2) The dome on the scale streamliner dome cars put on the correct end of the car. Yes, it is on the wrong end, a mistake in the tooling that was caught too late.

3) The cab roofs on the U.P. GP-9s painted gray like they are supposed to be. I don't know why they are not gray. I have never seen a prototype U.P. loco with a yellow roof.

4) Run the coaches for the scale streamliners as a separate sale item. I want some more coaches.

5) Rerun the scale heavyweight combines and pullmans as separate sale items. I want a combine and a pullman or two.

6) Parts available when I need them directly from Bachmann. Not the phone number for someone else that parts out products. The unavailability of parts from Williams was a main gripe I had with them.
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: cpkoltz2002 on January 19, 2008, 11:39:41 PM
  Mike D made a good point.The Chinese Red Burlington and Milwaukee Road GP9's had the same problem.The Burlington had gray all the way down the cab.I know because I own one.The Milwaukee had either black or orange painted down the cab.
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: Custom Mike on March 02, 2008, 10:51:26 PM
I think that Bachmann/Williams needs to tap the market in different ways than the competition.  I think Bachmann knows that Williams has a niche of lower cost trouble free offerings.  Why not stick with that philosophy and work towards enhancing their product line a liitle bit at a time. So the end result can be good detailed offerings with the flexibility to have the customer upgrade or to leave it simple, again leaving the decision up to the customer and keep the price down by not going overboard on technology.

I have purchased Bachmann items in HO as I feel this is the philosopy they use.  It attracted me as a customer!
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: DominicMazoch on March 05, 2008, 09:09:37 PM
What would be great are those new hybird and/or genst switchers that are bein used now.  Trucks/motors for the model could ude the ones on f7's, GP's, BL's.
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: DominicMazoch on March 05, 2008, 09:11:58 PM
Also, an SW and GE switcher in Southern Pacific!
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: DominicMazoch on March 06, 2008, 09:29:31 PM
A PRR K4s Pacific !
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: mike d on March 30, 2008, 12:00:07 AM
Well, it looks like one of the things I want is going to be released! The scale streamliner two-car coach add-on's will be out this summer. I have two sets pre-ordered.  ;D It happened a lot sooner that I thought it would. Thanks Bachmann. Keep it up.
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: OGReditor on March 30, 2008, 06:27:13 AM
Quote from: John Brennan on January 17, 2008, 10:52:38 PM
I would like to see Bachmann do the following in the Williams line:

-locos and rolling stock in the armed forces liveries (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard)


As one who is interested in constructing an Army depot line in 3-rail, I definitely would like to see a GEEP in Army livery--preferably red with yellow lettering.

I think--and hope--that Williams will approach things at a measured pace (I'm pretty sure they will).  All of us have our own lists of "wants", but Bachmann certainly has to look at the bigger picture and keep costs in line.  I'm hoping they will eventually pursue the starter set market with complete sets because my personal feeling is that they can offer one heck of a competitive product in that market.
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: ogauge47 on May 11, 2008, 02:41:48 PM
I want the SD45s to have the fuel tanks flipped around. The torpedo tube is facing the short hood, in real life it is the other way around. I also want the SD90's to have an EMD fuel tank and more modern EMD-ish trucks.
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: Dusten Barefoot on May 24, 2008, 01:54:35 PM
ET&WNC SG 2-8-0 207 or 208! ;D
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: Mike_AA9ZY on May 24, 2008, 09:39:01 PM
I'm still waiting for pictures of the Milwaukee Road E-7 and passenger cars. I picked up a WBB catalog and guess which pictures were missing? Come on Mr. Bach-Man! ???
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: DominicMazoch on May 25, 2008, 07:51:06 PM
I'm looking for TS.
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: 3rail on May 25, 2008, 08:32:59 PM
We will post the photos of the new items as soon as we have approved samples.  They will be worth the wait.
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: Mister Lee on June 24, 2008, 12:53:07 PM
A Williams version of the GE 70 tonner switcher might not be a bad idea--especially if it would be possible to slip either Bachmann's or somebody else's trucks, motors, and couplers under the frame and inside the hood to turn it into an On3/On30 engine.
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: emdsd40 on November 14, 2009, 11:03:43 PM
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WINDOWS IN THE CAB OF THE SD45 LOCOMOTIVES
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: phillyreading on November 17, 2009, 04:02:40 PM
If Bachmann could put a true Blast 2 horn in the SD-45's.
My SD-45's by Williams never had a factory horn in them, or ditch lights.

Lee F.
Title: Re: What I would Like to See in William's by Bachmann
Post by: SgrB2 on November 28, 2009, 08:19:19 AM
No one makes the Lionel postwar prairie engines.  I would like to see the 221 steam engine made in 1947 now with a can motor.  The original is just too loud and has to be run too fast.

Cheers,
SgrB2