Illuminated Gauges in the Cab

I never noticed, I will have to check. nice effect

Ken - That is a very nice feature.  Great picture of it too.

Art

Great picture, Ken!!

Great topic for discussion and great pictures; between better quality & engine specific sounds, more detailed lighting all around, and more smoke specific details; our locomotives and tender will be really getting closer to the originals.  HOW Exciting to be able to bring back a part of the past that we may or may not have experienced and be able relive those days when ever we want.  To be able to do that and pass it on to my children and friends (you guys included) EXCITING!

Thanks for your comments guys.   Thank you, F30MSport, for information about this feature with your VL Big Boy and the other earlier Vision Line Steamers.  In looking at the online Lionel catalogs for all the Vision Line Steam Engines except for the VL Big Boy have a listed feature saying, “Enhanced realistic lighting in cab interior.”  So I assume, “Enhanced realistic lighting in cab interior” means the lighted gauges in the cab.  However, for my Legacy Milwaukee Road S3, the Lionel catalog says nothing about “Enhanced realistic lighting in cab interior” in the feature list other than the typical cab light.  I only have one other Lionel Legacy steam engine, Crescent Limited 4-6-2, but it does not have this feature. 

The Milwaukee Road S3 was delivered to dealers in late 2011 so again I wondered if there were any other Legacy Steam Engines since then or even before then that have this feature or if Lionel only put it in all the earlier Vision Line Steamer Engines and S3?  For those of you have Legacy Steam Engines, take look to see if your engines have this feature! 

Adding the feature is something I plan on doing to a few locos that warrant it.  Whether it's prototypically correct or not matters little to me.

We know it's standard on automobiles so I added it to this one along with head and tail lights.

Bruce

Not on the ATSF 3000.

Now that is cool!

The Vision Line GENSET has lighted panel gauges.

"lightening" or "lighting" ?  Which is it, one wonders?

"lighting" or "lighted gauges" would be correct, so do we really know what they mean? They don't seem to know, themselves.

Hi Bruce,

You have me thinking about placing these lights on some of my vehicles. Do these illuminating gauges come in a kit?

Thanks,

Frank

Arthur

My spelling mistake in the post...it should be "Enhanced realistic lighting in cab interior"

Pretty cool, although I don't think the gauges in prototype steam locomotive cabs were backlit. 

Not a kit, Frank.  I used 1.5V grain-o-wheat types for both head lights and dash light because they're cheap.   Also, their reduced heat production should avoid the damage to plastic caused by higher voltage bulbs.  I simply drilled holes in the dash where the gauges would be and taped the bulb in behind with black cloth tape to prevent light leakage. 

Bruce

Light coming out of holes in a control panel is not as impressive as actual lighted gauges.

Nice idea, but, I can hear The Boss blasting on the radio now..."He was blinded by the light, ripped up like deuce another runner in the night."

Bruce,

Thanks for explaining how you created the illumination.

Frank