ELECTRICAL REFERENCE MATERIALS & MANUALS

I have a few old tinplate manuals.   This was my dad's copy c. 1925

HOW TO OPERATE YOUR IVES RAILWAY SYSTEM

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Lionel 840 Power Station wiring diagram:

Ives prewar Transformer wiring Instructions:

Wiring Marx 1392 Lift Bridge:

This one is not strictly electrical, but it's pretty cool.  Another of my dad's originals.

American Flyer #4122 Standard Gauge Mail Bag Set instructions:

More tinplate.  Lionel 80, 080, 084, and 82N Semaphores, wiring diagrams:

Here's one on the Lionel #195 floodlight tower,

Any chance you could just embed the thumbnails and not expand all the photos?  It takes a lot longer to find what you're looking for if each post is pages long.  With a description, there's no need to actually have the expanded full-size graphic.

Here's a QSI manual for the below referenced system for anyone interested.  The PDF file is attached.

Just a caveat guys:  be careful about posting materials that have been the subject of copyrights.  I expect most Lionel pubs have been.  I express no opinion on whether any copyrights have expired or not.

Expecting that there will be a fusillade of complaints, I state that I am only raising a caution flag and will not partiicpate in any discussions.  If you don't like copyrights, take it up with your elected lawmakers.

Here is the Popular Science Reference Library #15 Manual.

How to make Common Repairs for Electric Trains

Cooper Bussman catalog of automotive circuit breakers for your layout or post war transformer.

FYI:  ATC style blade circuit breakers fit common female spade connectors!

Here is a PDF version of Hojacks original Ives instruction manual.

"How to Operate Your Ives Railway System"

Great idea and I can see I'll be busy scanning numerous old manuals.

SUGGESTION for all:  Please include the year of publication in the original post.  Many of LIONEL's operating manuals use similar covers and titles.  Perhaps others do as well; probably easier to include the year in the original post than leaving it in the thumbnail.

Here are the Protosound 1 and QS2-Plus command manuals I scrounged from somewhere years ago.

Rich:

Back in the ?90's? OGR had centerfolds  - the train kind - of Lionel parts lists, work sheets etc. Maybe add those to this thread????

Joe