Thank you for the replies back. Okay if finding the potentiometer/switch is not possible and it is an undersized transformer,what suggestions do you have? The train I have is very low key. It is a Lionel 242 Scout,built between 1962 and 1966. Yes, I know it is a beginners train,but it was a gift from my dad from the early 1960's for a Christmas present when I was just a child,and it has sentimental value to me. I just dug it out a couple of years ago and was amazed that it still worked. I even figured out the problems with the extra rusty track my dad could never figure out as to why it would not work. I rehabed the track and it works fine now.I have recently improved this "throw away train" as some call it, to pull more than just 3 or 4 cars as it's original advertisement said about it. I applied Bullfrog Snot to the traction wheels and it now pulls up to 12 cars. I kind of like the nostalgia involved with this train and the memories it holds playing with my dad back in the day. I'm not as big a hobbyists as some of you are. I'm just wanting to see if I can get it running again like it was before the control broke on the transformer. I do appreciate any suggestions you guys may have since you folks are pros at this and I am not. I'm a retired electronics technician and like fixing things. This is a simple fix if I can only find that part,but that does seem not possible now. One option I have considered is finding a now defunct same transformer and taking the part I need out of that and fixing it,but most people throw these away nowadays and even that would be hard to find.
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