Hi Everyone,
For those of you who have the Williams S2 Turbine-how are they? Do they have good slow speed performance? How is the sound? How do good do they navigate the O-27 track?
Thanks,
Jim
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I had one about four years ago. I will not a really great slow speed runner - no where nearly as good as their Baldwin ten wheelers in that regard, and it didn't matter what I ran it on, CW-80, Z4000, ZW-L, it just wasn't geared for really low speed running. It was durable though, and probably had many more years of service in it. It was semi-scale and I was going to only scale, and had no chuffing sound, so I gave it away about a year ago to someone who really liked it and got the Lionel scale turbine
I've got one on my O27 loop and am very happy with it. It is like a PW steamer without being a PW steamer. Smokes continuously (just like the prototype!). Sound is the basic TruBlast. It pulls all the heavy PW Lionel operating cars like the cattle car, Moe and Joe, etc. Slow speed is not a concern for me, however.
The real turbine wasn't that good with slow speeds either. 
If you like Post War or traditional size trains you will like this engine. You could even put an air whistle in the tender if you wanted to. The only thing missing will be the E Unit hum.
Pete
YouTube has a number of video's of the Williams turbine running. Just search Williams S2 turbine.
Steve, Lady and Tex
Thanks for the replies! I have watched the youtube videos-and never saw it running slowly, that is why I asked about it. My current layout has O-27 curves, but I am considering starting over and using up to O-54 curves. It would be something like MTH's spare bedroom and pacific.
I love post war, but I also like the electronic sounds,so I may have to figure a way to pick this one up! In fact, the whole line of Williams post war remakes is oh so tempting!
Originally Posted by Baemr:
Thanks for the replies! I have watched the youtube videos-and never saw it running slowly, that is why I asked about it. My current layout has O-27 curves, but I am considering starting over and using up to O-54 curves. It would be something like MTH's spare bedroom and pacific.
I love post war, but I also like the electronic sounds,so I may have to figure a way to pick this one up! In fact, the whole line of Williams post war remakes is oh so tempting!
It is beyond me why forum members refuse to use first names. Anyway, I would recommend using as large a radius curve as you can. Take your time and really think hard of a place you can get things as big as possible. You won't regret it in the long haul. I have had a few Williams locomotives, both steam and diesel and they are great trains, very dependable. Good luck with your project, I wish you the best.
Steve, Lady and Tex
Yeah, right now I am leaning on changing the layout in case I want to run bigger stuff someday.
Here is Eric Siegel's review on a Lionel 1:48 scale size, P.RR. S-2 steam turbine engine, with Legacy, TMCC & Conventional modes and 0-72 track is required to negotiate turns.
To cause uncertainty and if, you decide to forget about the Williams S-2.
https://ogrforum.com/t...lionel-prr-s2-review
Ralph
The largest curve I have is 042 with some Gargraves switches. The Lionel 027 switch housing gets in the way on large engines going through the curved side, so I use Gargraves switches with adapter pins to solve that issue.
Lee Fritz
