I picked up some Williams version of the Lionel Golden Anniversary Union Pacific passenger cars to add to my original Lionel set. The basic execution is faithful to the original Lionel cars, but their color is quite different being more orange or even almost hot pink leaning color of yellow. They are also hard to pull. I've checked them and made corrections to wheel track width where necessary, deburred the axles and truck casting axle holes, lubricated them carefully. But still they are a tough pull for the original locomotive. My solution was to buy off E-Bay another powered yellow 2023 locomotive and wire the motors through a single E unit. This moves the train but it is a power hog.
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