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I have a Williams Scale PRR GG1 that the box says it has a actual recording of a GG1 horn. I would like to hear it, but can't. When I press the horn button on the transformer, it does not work. I've tried other transformers to see if that would correct it, but still doesn't. I took the shell off, but from looking at everything inside there are no wires off or missing. The speaker looks fine. Does anybody know why the horn does not work?

Last edited by Wrawroacx
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Are the transformers all post war?  The older disk rectifiers may not be producing a sharp enough spike to trigger the horn.  An external sound effects button should work.

 

When you actually get it to work it will not sound like a GG-1's horn.  GG-1's used the single chime Leslie A-200.  I pulled the sound board out mine and replaced it with a RS board because I could't stand it (the A-200 isn't melodious but it is what was used).

 

The Williams TrueBlast  is a multi chime horn and it only plays back the grade crossing pattern (long, long, short, long) which is even more ironic since the Pennsy main line electrification had very few grade crossing.

Last edited by chuck

Thanks to all who have replied. The transformer I have and used on this engine is the Lionel ZW-L, MTH Z4000, MTH Z1000, & the original Lionel ZW. So coming to anwser, I think the board for the horn went bad. So it's just a running engine, which I have no problem with. A lot of times trains with no sound and just running sound fine.

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