NEW COLLECTOR for post war LIONEL non-powered trucks

Any pictures of it installed?

 

Larry

I'll post that photo in the morning weather permitting at our Web Site.



> On April 8, 2015 at 2:36 PM O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum <alerts@hoop.la>
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Larry,

     Here is the photo of our NEW COLLECTOR installed on a LIONEL caboose. Probably where most of these will be used.

Dave, LBR

Dave,

Speaking for myself, I'm rather confused by what I'm able to see. Based solely on what I can see. I don't think I would purchase the item. Do you have any step by step instructions available? Preferably with photos of each step. These would be helpful with the caboose that you show in your photo.

 

Pappy,
This isn't rocket science. You just trim a little so it dry fits in the
truck. Then solder an electrical wire to the top of the slider and then to the
truck attach rivet and you have center rail power to the caboose. Glue the
fitting to the truck, I'd use rubber cement or hot glue. Easier to remove later
if you want to.
Then power the other truck and you are ready to rock & roll.
Dave, LBR

> On April 9, 2015 at 7:01 AM O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum <alerts@hoop.la>
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Thanks for the picture, Dave.

It seems that the pickup will only fit the 560 series plastic trucks.

How do you propose to get the ground side of the circuit to the wheels? You would need to incorporate a copper wiper in the design to contact the axles for the ground connection.

 

Larry

Larry,
This just takes the place of the LIONEL roller assy. You will have to
energize the other truck as usual with axle wipers.
Dave, LBR

> On April 9, 2015 at 3:18 PM O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum <alerts@hoop.la>
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I guess we could incorporate an axle wiper lead on this though. Good thought Larry.

Dave, LBR

Dave,

In most cases one would not need the, axle wipers. Most added light assemblies would ground to the chassis of the railcar. With plastic trucks the installer could use a wiper assembly"kit". If made available separately. One thing has me puzzled. You say to use rubber cement or hot glue. The trucks are not made from your usual plastic. I highly doubt that either method of attachment would work. A silicon based sealer like RTV might work better. Just a thought.

If you have three or four different types of trucks you might experiment with your product. This might prove more beneficial than your condescending, "This isn't rocket science" remark.

Sorry about the remark ( I was having a very bad day. My apologies to one
and all especially Pappy.
Dave, LBR


> On April 10, 2015 at 7:44 AM O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
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Watch which glues you use on Lionel trucks.
I tried using some CA glue to fix a crack in a later postwar plastic truck a while ago. Rather than fix the truck, or just not work, the glue made the truck brittle where the glue came in contact, and just about fell to pieces.
Surprised, I put a little glue on another spot, same thing happened.

I would use RTV or maybe contact cement.
Dave, LBR

> On April 10, 2015 at 9:44 AM O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
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Of course, the best way and fully reversible is to drill a small hole on either side and use very small screws. You can find 4:40 or smaller with hex heads that look great.
Dave, LBR

I was excited to see the subject, but disappointed when I saw that you were talking about the center rail connector.  What I'd really like to see is an operating car pickup that doesn't foul on Gargraves and other switches.

Assuming you're referring to pick-up shoes, have you tried Jim Barrett's fix?

Carl, As I recall, his fix was to taper the ends of the shoes.  That I did before I had heard of his fix, and while an improvement, it's not a perfect fix.