Dennis LaGrua posted:I purchased my Williams FM unit when they first came out around 1980. The unit features two instrument grade US made Pittman DC motors, headlights, a Lionel eUnit, a full wave rectifier, and magnets between the wheels. It does have metal railing. Great running engine.
Yes hit the nail on the head i have 4 in different road names of these no horn no bell and exactly like Dennis mentioned in his post. Those large pittman motors are very strong no flywheel just brute pulling power and you can see the magnets on bottom of each truck. One screw on each end and the shell comes off the end lights are not attached to the shell.
If one is not afraid you can even open up the pittman motor as there are screws on it but there are no replacement brushes that i have found but bought some other pittman motors with the brushes for spares.
One was jerking really bad as it ran the problem was the bridge rectifier bought one on the bay very cheap and i soldered it in and works great.
They are plain jane engines but can pull a ton with those twin large pittman motors as you may have realized they will not coast to a stop (no flywheel) but thats not a problem if you dial the transformer down very slowly near the end.
