The Southern Pacific by Williams Trains. Two different sets and an engine. Unboxing and Run Session
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- A Sharknose Southern Pacific Daylight
A GP7 Southern Pacific Daylight
And a dummy engine
Thank you to each and every one of you who have subscribed! So psyched to have hit 2000!
Hope you enjoy the video!
Please Subscribe, like, and comment!
Thanks for watching!
Instagram: / dagryffyn
email: dagryffynhobby@gmail.com
Mailing Address:
Dagryffyn Hobby
PO Box 113
Hillsdale, NJ 07642
______________________________________________
Original song “Open” composed by James Kinne
Instagram @jameskinnemusic
www.jameskinne...
All music used with permission from the artist
______________________________________________
The legal stuffs:
I have no affiliation with Lionel, or anything else for that matter, and my repair methods are my own based on what has worked for me.
I am not a professional but a passionate hobbyist. Your results may vary. I am not responsible for any damage resulting from any repair method. I am here mostly to provide inspiration and insight.
You can do it, grab your tools and get to work!
______________________________________________
#dagryffyn #lioneltrains #ogauge
Awesome 🚂❤️😎👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍Amazing train should sell quick
Thanks! I hope they do sell quick!
great video, thanks for sharing
Thanks!
Before the takeover, Williams made some magnificent trains.
Quality and quality. The only thing I have never liked was their smoke units. Great video Dave, thanks for sharing it. 👍
Yeah, the Seuthe smoke units in the Williams steam engines aren't as good as MTH smoke units, or Lionel's, both current and post-war production but given the price points on Williams engines they're OK. I don't have any issue with mine.
I did install on-off switches on the Williams smoke units so I can run the engines with the units dry. I don't want to take the risk of burning them up.
I’ve been impressed with all the Williams I’ve seen so far!
Both are beautiful sets; I always loved the Daylight color scheme.
I wasn’t a big fan till I unboxed it and ran it around the layout, it just looks amazing!
A very thoughtful presentation of two awesome Williams SP passenger sets, Dave. They look fantastic! Brand new out of the box. Really sharp Daylight colouring. The Trainmaster is also a fine looking engine. These all should attract a lot of attention!
Thanks. I happy to be handling this collection but even happier that I get to check out all these awesome trains.
Nice set 👍
Thank you!
Williams Sharks are great. I have a pair of Tuscan Red Pennsylvanias.
If these were Tuscan PRR I would definitely be buying them myself!
Here in California we can't get enough of the Southern Pacific. Those are two train sets I would love to add to my collection. Really enjoy your channel, thanks for sharing.
They are definitely beautiful sets! They would look good on any layout. Even being an east coaster I’m drawn to the colors!
Awesome video friend!! 👍🚂
Thank you!
You got yourself another winner on your hands
I agree!
I don’t have much Southern Pacific stuff but those cars & locomotives are surely nice & beautiful pieces. Williams made some really nice trains.
They really did. I wanted to leave them on my layout and continue running them!
I wouldn’t blame you if you did. They are nice locomotives and Williams are great runners.
PS . Got the 681 up and running. Super locomotive! Love it.
@@stever.5092 awesome, the 681 is a classic!
@@dagryffynhobby I've probably mentioned this before, but I've got a 681 too. I found it in Henning's Trains in Lansdale PA in 2018. I wasn't looking for a Pennsy Turbine but there it was, in great shape and at an unbeatable price, and I knew since it was at Henning's it was going to run! Great runner and smoker, I'm glad I "Took it South!"
The black widow Trainmaster looks great leading the SP consist.
It looks great. I should have run it with one of my postwar Trainmasters.
If he has some Pennsy stuff as nice as those SP items, you ought to pick them up. Williams made some great performers. Their Train Masters were awesome! A set of Sharks in PRR would be downright DELICIOUS!!!!!
I've got a Williams catalog from 2012 I've kept for reference purposes and there's Sharks in there both in PRR Brunswick Green and Tuscan Red, and they both look great! Personally I like the Tuscan Red better, but if anyone prefers the Brunswick Green they're not wrong for doing so.
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 I prefer the DGLE, Dark Green Locomotive Enamel, (So called "Brunswick" Green) over the Tuscan because those Sharks are freight engines.(RF-16= Road Freight, 1600 HP)
@@johnblair8146 Nothing wrong with "Two parts black, one part green" Brunswick Green, it's a handsome paint scheme as well. And you're correct, those Williams Sharks are the RF-16 version. The Pennsy did have some passenger Sharks, the PRR classified them as BP-20's, that had the Tuscan paint. The BP-20's made their last runs on the New York & Long Branch in the 1960s. To my knowledge no-one's ever produced them in O Gauge. Maybe MTH, but I'm not sure about that. I'd have to dig through my old catalogs.
I lucked into my two Williams Shark sets at train shows. PRR versions are out there somewhere!
He has a couple PRR GG1s, but of course I just recently bought one 🙄
Great video Dave. I just bought the powered Trainmaster at York and now will be on the look out for the dummy engine. I didn't know it came that way.
Thanks! Everyone needs at least one Trainmaster in their collection. I have a number of Williams Trainmaster dummy’s for sale if you are interested. What road name do you need?
Is the Southern Pacific for sale and if so how much. I just bought a powered Southern Pacific at York for a great price. The vendor wanted 100 and I got it for 80. 😃
Thanks for responding back.
@@davidstevens9002 shoot me an email
dagryffyn hobby at gmail
Dave,
Email sent. Thanks
Dave,
I have tried to send a email and it comes back not delivered. Is another email I could use?
David
Hey Dave, I sent an email to you. Thanks for another great video. Happy Easter weekend.
Tim
Got it! Thanks!
Dave, you really know how to brighten up the day 🌞both Williams SP Daylight Passenger Sets are awesome 👍 thanks for sharing 😀 which one's are you keeping? LOL 😅😂🤣
Keeping both! Ok, not really. Going to have to sell both of them.
Hi Dave it kinda looks like you got yourself a new set of Trains!! To nice to pass up I Say new old stock! Oh Happy Easter to you and your family!! Hamburg PA in early June
It’s too nice of a set for me! I’d have to find a broken one! 😆
What a nice looking SP daylight set, looking great on the layout. Like the Blue Comet as well. 👍🚂
Thanks Ron! It’s going to be tough letting go of these SP sets! But I knew there would be difficulties letting go of any of it!
Congrats 🎉 2000 subs! Those Williams engines are awesome and so is the price tags. I love Sharknose and Geeps so this video is a double whammy for me. The layout looks amazing. 🤘🏻🚂🤘🏻
Thanks and thanks again! They are great engines. It’s going to be tough to not purchase them myself.
Very nice :) You have a Hobby Shop down there in PA? The "O" vs. "O27" thing is something that needs more attention, I've bit more into O27 as I started with O27 Alco's and space considerations. But the options aren't as clear and the higher quality stuff, mostly "O" :(
Just so you know, I checked a Williams catalog from 2012 where the Sharks are listed and the catalog says they'll navigate 027 curves, I was wrong when I said they were 031 minimum on an earlier comment. Whether they'll LOOK right on 027 curves is another matter, they're bigger than they seem on video.
To me, O and O27 are really the same thing, the limiting factor for any O gauge equipment is the minimum radius, whether it’s O27, O31, or O72. I run my trains on both O and O27 track, just with larger radius turns
Oh, man is that a beautiful set. I will always give Williams a thumbs up!
It is even better in person!
just gorgeous
Really is
Beautiful set. Williams made some of the nicest passengers cars in my opinion. I really like the silhouette passengers but I know not everyone feels the same way. I don’t know Dave, maybe you are the guy who should own this set.
Honestly I prefer silhouette passenger cars myself, I hate having to glue people in clear window cars. The glue can make a mess and most of the time I have to cut the legs off the people to make 'em fit, which makes my skin crawl!
What I do now is cut strips out of empty milk jugs and block the windows. The jug plastic is opaque enough to block the view but thin enough to let the light through. Works for me.
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 The milk jug plastic idea is great. Thanks for sharing that idea.
@@MESA-East-Model-RR You're welcome! Honestly I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner.
I’ll always prefer the silhouettes, just classic to me. The fully detailed interiors are beautiful but just don’t do it for me.
Really nice sets Dave. Wouldn’t be surprised if you bought both of them!!
Thanks! I’ve bought to much other stuff to buy these! Although I’ll probably kick myself later
Nice video. I’ve never had an issue with any of my Williams locos and most were purchased used. They run and run and run….
That’s awesome. And what these trains should do.
Great video. Those trains are nice.
Thanks. They sure are.
where did you get the Hess truck in the background? who makes it? great video
The Hess truck was made by Hess, late 1970s, had it since I was a kid
@@dagryffynhobby awesome thanks! Fornsharing
Really nice sets 👍
Thanks 👍
They all look C-10 to me. That's top shelf. I like the shine and colors. Keep us informed on their final value. Just curious. Thanks Dave
Everything he has is in new condition, maybe a small scratch here or there, but nothing you would notice.
That doesn't look like a Daylight to me. The Daylight has brighter colors than than that set.
You must be buying this great set how much?
Not sure how much yet. If you like, send me an email and I’ll add you to the mailing list
Nice episode on these Williams sets. They are a bit glossy paint wise for my postwar/MPC taste but, nice. If the SP had Baldwin Sharks, they would look great like this set. I saw this week a couple color pics of PRR Sharks at South Amboy in the ‘50s on one of those FB groups. You might have seen the same pics. Wow yeah, the Pennsy paint scheme was classy on those!
The original Pennsy Tuscan Red with "cats whisker" stripes looks classy on anything! Heve you seen pictures of the N-S Heritage unit done in that PRR paint scheme? It looks fantastic! In fact I'm amazed by how well those classic diesel paint schemes work so well on modern units, the people who came up with them decades ago really knew their stuff!
PRR Sharks at South Amboy, the New York & Long Branch commuter railroad. Jointly owned by the PRR and the Jersey Central the NY&LB was the "last stand" for a lot of PRR engines like the K4's and the Sharks. The NY&LB still exists today as part of NJ Transit rail, NJT calls it the North Jersey Coast Line now.
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 can’t argue with that! Agreed!
They are definitely glossy! They shine on the rails. Yeah the PRR had a great timeless classic look.
you are selling for someone, what is the price for the shark noise set.
BTW, great job on the channel 👏
No prices yet. I’ll post when they are ready to go. And thank you!
Say wow! Agree with you about PRR! However people but the “Sunset Limited@ for the paint scheme. I may be interested in a Diesel engine for my O shunting layout. Let’s talk.
The daylight is a great scheme, looks fantastic as a complete train. Send me an email and I’ll add you to the mailing list
@@dagryffynhobby Will do.
That Shark nose Southern Pacific looks good on your layout. Keeper?
It does look good, but sadly no I won’t be keeping it.
Looks great on your rails!!!! You are buying it right?
I wish!
Man, I'll say this much, the original owner of those Williams trains had some good taste! Fantasy scheme or no on the Sharks they are absolutely gorgeous! Oh, let me get this out of the way, the Shark passenger set is limited to 042 curves because of the 72' passenger cars, the engines will operate on 031 curves with no problem. I've got two Williams Shark diesel sets, one B&O and one D&H. Great runners and bulletproof like all the Williams products! It's a shame they're not made anymore.
I think Bachmann bought the Williams line and then didn't know what to do with it, I can't account for their gutting it any other way.
Oh, those Williams Espee units running through your raw unfinished layout look like they're rolling through the Great Southwest!
PS: Did the horns work?
Thanks Wayne! I haven’t checked the horns because I only have my old ZWs and I don’t want to damage anything. I’m not saying it would, but being that it’s not my stuff I’m just overly nervous!
Makes sense about the minimum curve, it sure looks like the engines would run on any size.
@@dagryffynhobby The ZW will activate the horns on Williams conventionals with no trouble so I wouldn't worry about damaging anything although I understand your caution. I've used Williams steam and diesels with a KW and it triggered the whistles/horns with no problem.
One thing, on the older Williams AA sets like the Sharks the horn may be in the motorless A unit. The first time I tried the Williams D&H Shark set I've got I had the motored A unit on the track and nothing happened when I tried the horn. Long story short I found it was in the other A unit.
Depending on how old those Williams engines are the horn units sometimes go bad of their own accord anyway, but not always. Usually it's very low volume or no sound at all.
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 ok, good to know. I don’t know why it makes me nervous, maybe because I tried one of the horns and it sounded horrible. Maybe that’s just what they sound like 😂
@@dagryffynhobby OK, the board's probably gone bad. The D&H Shark I've got had a bad board too, you could barely hear it. So I just replaced it with a current Williams sound system I had on hand.
There's been several variety of Williams horns. The earliest ones made a BEEP like the old Lionels, the next had a "long-long-short-long" pre-programmed horn sequence that sounded like the real thing. Current productions have a horn-on-command with background engine sound.
Just looking at the master carton I'm guessing that Williams Shark set is 20+ years old, that's one old cardboard box!
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 it has the “electronic horn” not the true blast. Kind of sounds like an old Lionel horn, so maybe it’s working properly.