I fixed one Williams scale Hudson for a fella who was persistent about making it better....it was a fluke repair, I promise you that, I just happened to have a gearbox from a 2 rail brass engine that had no home, the axle gear and bearings were slightly smaller than the Williams, so machining the gear for a press fit, and making the bearings slip smooth was no big deal. The fella bought two pairs of wheel sets to ditch the rubber tires. ( believe he bought them straight from Bachmann) I wanna say it wound up being like 20:1.... but in the end, he spent way more than I ever would on one. There’s just way too many scale Hudsons on the market to warrant such an invasive job on a locomotive that lacks details IMO ....by the time the fella I had helped out was through, he could have bought a used MTH PS1 scale Hudson and been light years ahead ..........Pat
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