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Reply to "Lionel 1946 2020 Ballast weight install problem"

I think you are trying to accomplish something that isn't meant to be done, without a lot of work involved.  Rob included the paperwork for adding the ballast, and you just have to read the FIRST line (to later models, i.e. 1947 and later).  The frame for the 1946 version is totally different from the later versions, and although I don't own a 'Smoke Bulb' version, it appears that you don't have the needed area to drill and tap holes in the frame to attach it.  The Smoke bulb would have to be changed to the heater type, and you would have to remove quite a bit of the ballast, to make it fit.  I don't think it is meant to be done, but I may be wrong.  It looks like a lot of work to accomplish it!!

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