Bill DeBrooke posted:The Williams E60 Amtrak engine was released in 1980. You had to find scrounge trucks, motor or motors and e unit from a Lionel Geep. There were 2000 produced. The following year because of the success of the Amtrak model they released six more road names. About 100 each were made. They are usually found with Lionel four wheel trucks and either one or two motors. One motor did not pull well. Later when Lionel developed a six wheel truck for their Geeps some of those made their way to E60's. After a run of FM's, Williams had some frames and running gear left over and mated them to some remaining E60's.
If the photo is clear enough you can see both four and six wheel trucks and one with the FM frame. Because the width was wider the cab sits high on the FM frame. Yours appears to have decals for the name and number. Earliest production.
Thank you...it only has one motor...😀🚆so it IS a Williams..because they owned the patent rights or actually owned lionel...I'm foggy on after the 1980s caus of all the takeover..merergers ect...love the GM cereal years...but postwar RULES in my BOOK....maybe not all the electronic gizzmos...but built like brick ****t house's😜🚂😀💗
