Greg J. Turinetti posted:terry hudon posted:found this gem with some 4 rail track ,great find,if anyone wants a copy hit me up,anyway I believe that the controller is the one they refer to,anyone know what kind of lockons they used with this ?,looking at the paper,i have this button also,maybe its the (top pix look like a door bell,
terry
Terry,
I would like to take you up on your offer of a copy of the directions. The door bell button is the same one that they use for the pre war whistling billboard, so my guess is that is the one used for the 4 rail track. The whistle got moved from the tender or car into the billboard. The other controller is from the AC Gilbert era, after the 4 rail track was discontinued. I believe that some of the 4 rail curve tracks actually have an eyelet or a clip attached to them where the wire is attached - no additional lock on necessary. I will have to go looking in my photo archive, or I will have to dig out my 4 rail track.
Great find! And Good Luck with your remodel. We will expect voluminous amounts of photos as you make progress.
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
EDIT
I knew I had photos of the curve track with the clip. Seek and ye shall find.
Someday I will have a loop of this track setup to demonstrate how Flyer got its whistle.
Greg
PS
Did you know that they made 3 rail track with this masonite base for a short time too?
greg ,thanks, I checked all my 4 rail curves,,,30 of them,,,only one has the lockon but I guess that's all ya need !
