williams sd-45's, do you have one and how you like them ?

[bluerose lady]

Hello Guys, Gals.....

Does anyone have williams sd-45's and how do you like them ? .  I have one williams sd-45's made in 2007 (pre-bachmann) and i LOVE the engine it is far better made and runner than my MPC lionel FM's and 140 dollars cheaper too.

the woman who loves toy trains
Tiffany

[cpkoltz2002]

   All of my Williams-WBB units are good pullers,but my Crown Edition Great Northern SD45's have a tempermental dummy unit.It will derail or just stop.Someday I'll get a coversio kit and turn the dummy into a powered unit.

[bluerose lady]

hello cpkoltz2002.......
whats a Crown Edition, i have seen that name on the older boxes of williams trains but what does that mean ?
the woman who love toy trains
Tiffany

[az2rail]

I used to have a Williams SD-45, and I liked it a lot. A good puller and dependable. I changed to 2-rail, so I sold it.

If I am not mistaken, The Crown line was scale. Or at least as close to 1/48th scale as 3-rail trains were back then.

Bruce

[DominicMazoch]

Run like a deer, pull like a mule.

[phillyreading]

I have three Williams SD-45 diesel engines, all powered. I bought a Shark B unit and installed a True Blast 2 diesel horn in it, wired it with 1/32 scale model car wire plug-ins to get the center rail power to the B unit and it works great. The SD-45's look better than the GP-9's in my opion.
Also have two GP-9's, powered and one unpowered GP-9 with a TB-2 horn installed in it. The GP-9's seem to pull more freight cars compared to the SD-45's, both are dual motors by Williams(pre-Bachmann).
Another set of diesels that I have are the F-7's, two three unit(A-B-A), they have less pulling power compared to either the GP-9's or the SD-45's. I had to add a power conversion kit to my F-7 diesels to get them to pull what I wanted.
For the money I would buy another GP-9 because it runs great and has good pulling power. Just don't try a jack rabbit start with a Williams GP-9 or it may end up off the layout, it happened to me by mistake.

Lee F.

[DominicMazoch]

A GP will have all weight on 4 wheels.  SD have weight on 6, but only 4 are powered.

But my SD45 will do what the SP wanted of the real thing:  Pull like a mule, run like a deer!