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I have a 263W Lionel prewar tender and the whistle has been removed and is long gone. I would like to install a working whistle. The roller pickups are still there. Originally there was either a WS-80 or WS-37 “banana” whistle I believe. There is very little room in the tender.

Does anyone know the correct whistle number that goes in the 263W and does someone know who might have a working whistle for sale???

Or is there a newer whistle that could be modified to fit the 263W??

Thanks You for your help

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I've worked with many Lionel whistles both prewar and postwar.  I can find no differences, before they went to plastic cases in the 50's, except for the position of the mounting holes.  I recently repaired a 390 tender that originally had a banana whistle using a postwar whistle.  All I had to do to mount it was drill one hole in the tender frame.  Electrically they are identical.

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