Part Number of Equivalent Truck With Collector

Tex, try calling  a parts dealer from the forum. If you can actually talk to a human they should be able to help.

The trucks on a Lionel lighted boxcar might work for you.   Example is 26706.  

@romiller49, I'll try that.

@Steims, Thanks for the idea.  I looked that up on the Lionel parts site, and there isn't much there.  They only have a drawing of the underneath of the car, and it does indeed look like it has collectors and the ground strap.

You can buy that entire lighted boxcar for ~$21.    That’s probably cheaper than buying 2 trucks from Lionel.  

Yeah, actually I saw that after I posted the message.  A complete truck from Lionel is over $20!

These should be the parts to add collector capability to those trucks.

@ADCX Rob,

Thank you for the explicit part number list.  Between eBay and the Lionel Support site I found all the parts except for the collector bracket.  I couldn't find that part number anywhere.  Most of the stuff was found on Trainz, so I'll give them a call tomorrow.

Rob beat me to it. I would also recommend auxiliary spring 610-6655-346.

@Chuck Sartor,

Thanks.  For what Lionel product does your image show if you don't mind me asking?

I heavily modified a Lionel woodsided caboose a while back. I cobbled up somewhat correct trucks for it. No easy way of adding rollers. I only wanted to light up a couple of marker lamps. I gave battery power a try. I found an on off switch from Polulu that could be activated with a magnetic reed switch. I just attached a rare earth magnet to a piece of scrap wood to activate it. Wave it over the car where the reed switch is located and the lights come on. Another pass to get them out. No fishing around for a toggle switch. This is nothing new in the hobby as I remember reading about it years ago. Rapido Trains uses it in their HO passenger cars. They call it Magic Wand lighting. The downside is the battery. As long as the battery can be easily accessed I think it’s just a minor inconvenience to switch it out. You will never have flickering lights or have to deal with dirty rollers or wheels. The recent MTH cabooses had issues with the pickup rollers causing derailments. I ended up ditching the rollers and was able to use a coin cell battery for the markers and added a small LED for the somewhat detailed interior.

@texgeekboy posted:

For what Lionel product does your image show if you don't mind me asking?

I got it from the illuminated smoking bunk car(with Standard O die cast sprung trucks) page... 9656 & 9657.

Same as Rob.

Just to close this thread out, I got the collector bracket, collector bushing, pickup assembly, axle contact, etc. from Train Tender Jeff, and was able to install them on my truck.  Unfortunately my truck is not exactly like the one in the diagram, so it took some effort with my dremel to make the space for the assembly to fit.