Matt_GNo27 posted:IC fan posted:That's my dilemma. Been excited for the locomotive since Williams/Bachmann announced it. I was going to run it on my 036-radius, figure-8 track inside the mainline but I'd go nuts if cars derailed. Your video was nice, btw.
@IC fan, remember that my layout is O27, which the locomotive was supposed to run on. If your tightest radius is O36, then I expect you would have no issue with derailments. Even O31 is probably OK without the modifications that I did.
The one modification you still might want to do is to wire it in series to slow it down, but that's true for all Williams. If you're comfortable opening up an engine, it's pretty easy to do. Use care with the plastic handrails when you're removing the shell. IIRC, the wires that you need to pull from the board are labeled on the board. For the wires that I had to join, I just snipped off the Molex-style pins, stripped a short section and connected them with small wire nuts.It's a nifty little conventional locomotive, and if you were excited by it, I'd say go for it.
Edit to add: Sorry @IC fan, I had forgotten @John23's post about his cars derailing on O36 track. :-(
Some cars derail on 0-36, some don't. I'm using Super 0 track. But I am going to modify the couplers as mentioned earlier.
