2327170 USATC Station Sounds Diner

I just got this Lionel station sound diner car for my army train. The blacked out windows on the one side hide the kitchen area of the diner car. It also is where the electronics for the sound system are located. Better blacked out than seeing the wires and boards. The other side is the hallway area going past the kitchen area to the dining room area. At night you would only see the seating area of the diner. This is the same mold Lionel has used for years on there tmcc heavyweight cars as well. Enjoy your diner car.

@V. Tiberie posted:

I just got this Lionel station sound diner car for my army train. The blacked out windows on the one side hide the kitchen area of the diner car. It also is where the electronics for the sound system are located. Better blacked out than seeing the wires and boards. The other side is the hallway area going past the kitchen area to the dining room area. At night you would only see the seating area of the diner. This is the same mold Lionel has used for years on there tmcc heavyweight cars as well. Enjoy your diner car.

Thank you very much V! Makes sense. So in other words there is nothing wrong with the car and the lighting is the way it's supposed to be with the hallway unlit?

I love the car and the Troop Train in general. Pulling it is the Lionel 2333720 O US Army Legacy FA-2 AA TW Exclusive set. I also have 4 MTH Sherman tank flatcars and an MTH TW Exclusive 20-91757 O US Army 1942 Bay Window Caboose on the end. It looks awesome snaking around the layout.

Dave I am not sure how the lighting is done on these new cars with led lighting, I have not opened one up.  The older tmcc car have a full light bar so it could maybe show more illumination in the hallway. Your train sounds very nice. I put together my army train with a MTH army passenger set 20-3474-1. I sold off the MTH engine and use a legacy Santa Fe northern 6-11333. The MTH set has a sf R50b express reefer, two army coaches and an observation car. I also added an extra Lionel  baggage  car 6-25542, and just for good measure I added this k-line buy war bonds heavyweight coach. The Lionel diner was the final coach I wanted.

Your train looks very nice too. I can see from the picture of the Troop Diner that it lights up exactly the same as mine does, so I got no worries. Thanks a lot. You saved me the hassle of sending it back to Lionel for no reason.