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Reply to "Prewar and Postwar versions of Lionel switches - observations and questions"

Could I jump in here with a suggestion and a question. As to using LEDs on the 022 switches, the LED direct-replacement lamps are quite expensive (like $2-$4 a piece). You can buy 12V bayonet or screw-type LEDs on ebay for about $5 for 20 (or less). Then you get a 12VDC walwart from ebay for power and do the following. Remove the plastic cover so you can see the constant voltage terminal. Follow the wire from the bulb socket to that terminal and unsolder it from that terminal. Solder a wire to the end of the wire that was on the terminal, insulate the joint, route the wire out of the space around the constant voltage pin, and then replace the cover. Now replace the incandescent with a DC LED. Connect the ground side of the walwart DC power supply to the AC transformer U (ground) terminal and the + side of the power supply to the new wire coming out of the switch. This will save lots of $$ if you have many switches (as I do) in your layout.

 

My question is regarding the 5132 & 5133 switches. I just bought one on ebay, and it arrived with no screws holding the rail assembly to the control assembly. I have some spare 022 parts (and screws for that attachment) but they are not compatible. Could someone tell me what those screws are.

 

Ken

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