Modified WBB NW-2 switcher starts in neutral

I have never wired any Williams motors in series as I usually need to double head my powered units as I like long trains.

As for the starting in neutral after series wiring and then starting in forward when rewired in parallel, there must be less amps being sent to some electronic component.

Maybe you can check this further on the Bachmann forum under Williams or under the read only section FAQ's.

Lee Fritz

Well here is the modification to make it do what it's doing now... did you short a trace on the board somewhere?

I rewired my Williams Baldwin Shark to run its motors in series, and it starts normally (in Forward).  I can't imagine why yours would start in Neutral.

I definitely did not perform the neutral-start modification by accident or otherwise.

When it first starts it has TWO neutrals. This leads me to believe that the first neutral is really forward, but for some reason it's not powering the motors.

I'm with you on this BALSHIS... None of my other WBB locomotives behave this way, and I performed the exact same modifications. Plus it works fine when I undo the modification.

Matt Kirsch posted:

... Plus it works fine when I undo the modification.

That's pretty important information.

Most of my Williams & K-Line Diesels have the motors wired in series and I've never seen this. I will try it with the newest one(an FM) and see if I can duplicate it.