Williams by Bachmann trains with COIL COUPLERS??!?

Interesting. What do the folks at Bachmann say? I would ask them to get the true facts.

Wishful thinking? Would be nice but they would have to have a lot more than those couples to do it. Don

I have that engine. it does not have coil couplers. If I'm not mistaken, it is K-line tooling so  I would assume that picture is from a very early production in K's era.

It could be an old k Line RS3 that was painted as an engineering sample. Fwiw, I did a comparison of this wbb RS3 to  Weaver model. Just do a search. Anyway rest assured the WBB model does NOT have electro couplers or TMCC. You can still get the PRR version at a good price M.I.B. from forum sponsors

That's the the same image used on  the Bachmann trains web store. They do look like coil couplers but the description says nothing about them, so I  doubt they are. Of course none of this means that your not crazy.

Who cares?  Paying $485 for that engine is absurd!

Who is foolish enough to pay that? I see them at an ogr sponsor for $200.00! NOW!

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Who is foolish enough to pay that? I see them at an ogr sponsor for $200.00! NOW!

Definitely not me  I just wanted everyone to see the photo discrepancy, because for a second I was like "wow, way to step up your game Williams - conventional coil couplers??? not seen since the old QSI days, but cool!" .....Well, ain't that a bummer though. A bit of a let down. Maybe I should make a case out of "false advertising" and just mess with them for fun lol. Unfortunately, I don't have that much time on my hands...

It is one very, very nice engine. It looks great, runs beautifully and sounds nice. It is by NO means $450+ nice. I did think it was nice for about $200, which is about what I paid NIB in the Orange Hall last October. 

Hate to bump this, but have a question if anyone available, got a good deal on a Williams RS3, BUT I'm not terribly experienced with Williams, when it arrived, the couplers are non-functioning and plastic, AND the rear has snapped off/is loose, plastic broke not the screw.  Are the couplers on these units just static and plastic?  is this an older model?  Can it be repaired? It does NOT have sound.  Thank you for any help!

ugh, on closer inspection this is a 'Quality Craft Models'/Weaver, not Williams as advertised, still question stands if anyone knows?  Thank you!

SOUTHERNMAN,

https://estore.bachmanntrains....8durggva5b1o87meedl1

SPSF posted:

SOUTHERNMAN,

https://estore.bachmanntrains....8durggva5b1o87meedl1

Ah!  Thank you, so I imagine this assembly will hook to the loco truck?  Also, looks like they are sold out, anywhere else?  Thanks again!

Williams/ Bachmann shows two universal type couplers 293-E001

Check that your coupler doesn't have a screw plate where it mounts to the truck.

That would be the FA / NW2 type: https://estore.bachmanntrains....8durggva5b1o87meedl1

Or maybe here, https://www.ebay.com/itm/Willi...d:g:AkgAAOSww05dara6

https://www.ebay.com/itm/5-O-W...1:g:-R4AAOSwDPhc9zyE

SPSF posted:

Williams/ Bachmann shows two universal type couplers 293-E001

Check that your coupler doesn't have a screw plate where it mounts to the truck.

That would be the FA / NW2 type: https://estore.bachmanntrains....8durggva5b1o87meedl1

 

Or maybe here, https://www.ebay.com/itm/Willi...d:g:AkgAAOSww05dara6

 

ah, did you see my correction?  Turns out my loco is Quality Craft/Weaver, but same problem.  Its interesting too, the truck ends with the center rail power roller, not seeing anywhere a coupler can hook to truck.  You can see the dinky plastic coupler dangling there, was it meant to be just for looks and the modeler is to add their own coupler?  Thank you again!

I think it was mentioned, but the photo is doubtless of the original K-Line iteration of their RS-3, or at least their trucks/couplers. Maybe an old K-Line photo or a newer Wms photo of an old K-Line loco.

D500 posted:

I think it was mentioned, but the photo is doubtless of the original K-Line iteration of their RS-3, or at least their trucks/couplers. Maybe an old K-Line photo or a newer Wms photo of an old K-Line loco.

 

Thanks D500!

https://ogrforum.com/topic/kline-rs-3

If its KLine, that thread states a coupler upgrade is out there, BUT the letter in the loco box states its is Quality Models/Weaver?

Any link to a buyable coupler assembly appreciated

If that photo is your engine, it is a Weaver single motor.  The coupler does not attach to to truck, it is body mounted since the pilot is solid.  I may have some couplers with a thumb tack, mounts the same.  I have to look thru my parts.

Gene Anstine

grfd59 posted:

If that photo is your engine, it is a Weaver single motor.  The coupler does not attach to to truck, it is body mounted since the pilot is solid.  I may have some couplers with a thumb tack, mounts the same.  I have to look thru my parts.

Gene Anstine

It is my engine, and as you can see the thin plastic post has snapped right off  So there are couplers that mount using a thumbtack hack?  wonder if I could rig something up...........