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You can leave the motor block in if you wish ...take out the screws for the following locations...

2 at the back of the cab

2 underside of the cab up through the frame (near the firebox light) 

One down through the chimney.

 

Release the boiler front... you squeeze the front while lifting so as to prevent scratching the smoke box area by the cylinders. Should come right off.

Thanks. Got it. Fixed the firebox/ashpan light. (Original bulb!)  It was wired to the chugger. Mostly original wires in place inside this bugger, with the exception of the newer spliced lead onto the old ashcan light wire. The chugger is not working, so I wired it to the same lead as the front headlight. Anyone ever fix a chugger? Any common problem(s) that I can look for?

(I do know that a decent repairman tried to fix the chugger for the previous owner, and was stumped.)

Ives1122 posted:
Rob English posted:

Why bother.  They sound horrible, and they all get turned off after 2 seconds anyway.

Cuz its part of the charm... 

Love it or hate it, you have to respect it for 1930's technology.

True, at least they gave it a shot. But it still sounds like a belly dancer getting run over by a steam roller.

Dreyfuss Hudson posted:
....But it still sounds like a belly dancer getting run over by a steam roller.
 

^This wins the internet.^

I am probably going to fix the chugger in time. Just to say 'it works.'

LOL,

I'm probably the only person ever who thinks the chugger is neat and actually uses it sometimes...

Ash pan glow is definitely one of the best features ever put on prewar trains!  The American Flyer wide gauge steam locos actually have a bunch of little holes cast into the firebox sides, so the red light shines out the sides.

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