Williams True Blast II question

Just a fanOGR Forum Member

Hello everyone!

I'm new to O but not to model trains. I just picked up a Williams GP38 and have a question about the sound. To me it sounds like the horn and bell are playing too slow. Imagine a 45RPM record played at 33 1/3. I really noticed this when a person on this board posted a video review of their Williams 44 tonner. It sounded great! So is this a common problem? Is there a capacitor on the sound board that needs to charge up? BTW, I'm controlling this with an MTH Z-750.

Thanks!

Jeff

1/25/129:54 AM

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oldrobOGR Forum Member

I have been running Williams trains for some time now and have never seen a slow sounding horn. Sometimes the sound is too low and can be adjusted. The MTH transformers are great with Williams trains.
Rob

1/25/1210:27 AM

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Pine Creek RailroadOGR Forum Member

Jeff,
I have an original Williams UP City of SF train which Frank put a True Blast horn in, it works like a million bucks. I also have at least 4 other Williams big engines with the TB hornes, none of them are ever slow, your engine may have been damaged in some way before you purchased it.
PCRR/Dave

1/25/1210:35 AM

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Just a fanOGR Forum Member

Thanks guys. Asuming my GP38 is supposed to sound like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tir3-_-VuCI

I'll be contacting Bachmann to see about getting a replacement sound board.

Jeff

1/25/125:10 PM

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rustyrail o scaleOGR Forum Member

Hi Jeff, Heres a video with my Williams GP 38 with true blast horn. Yours should sound like mine although it wont be near as loud as mine as I have modified the horn. Turning the volume pot up doesnt do a lot as far as volume. Mine has that loud echoing sound because I built my own speaker housing to reflect the sound. Now the horn has that tunnel echo sound instead of a deep muffled dead sound.
Thomas