D500 posted:"Dan, I bought mine new in 89 and was not happy with the gearing."
I never owned one, but a friend was considering selling his as he did not like the way it ran. I thought about it as it is historically interesting, but after testing it on my layout, I decided that a 100 smph switcher was not appealing, even historically, for any price he would find acceptable. So, I don't have one.
I can't imagine why they made it that way; the old 700E Hudson was well geared, and was a contemporary. And a better switcher, if it came to that. Did Lionel in the 80's change the B6 gearing? The 80's 785 Hudson will run at calm speeds; I have one.
I am surprised to read this. I though the 18005 was mostly just the prewar 227 switcher with a modern motor and eunit. Many of the parts are interchangeable. Following is a quote from a previous post regarding the gearing on the 227.
"Ted, the motor pinion has 9 teeth, the bull on the worm shaft has 19 teeth. That gives a ratio of 2.11 to 1. The worm is a 3 lead worm. The worm wheel has 21 teeth. That would give a gear ratio of 7 to 1. The overall ratio is 14.77 to1. So the armature would make about 15 turns to get the wheels to make one full revolution... These 227 series locos run noticeable slower than most post war locomotives do."
