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Modern Toy Train Repair and Maintenance by R D Teal Soft Cover
Modern Toy Train Repair and Maintenance by R D Teal
Modern Toy Train Repair and Maintenance
R D Teal
Soft Cover
112 pages
Copyright 2005
Contents
Introduction5
A 1 How to create a repair workstation7
1.1 Make a test track8
04
11.2 Choose a transformer
9
1.3 DCS and TMCC10
1.4 Tools, supplies, and more12 1.5 Soldering tips
15
2 Finding parts and service information
I
17
2.1 Lionel parts19
2.2 MTH parts20
2.3 K-Line parts21 2.4 Parts from other manufacturers
21
3 General repair and maintenance
22
3.1 Sound systems22
3.2 Electrocouplers25
3.3 Fan-assisted smoke systems29
3.4 Pickup rollers and wiring33 3.5 Direct current motors
36
3.6 Drive system lubrication and repair41 3.7 Lighting systems
47
3.8 Locomotive tethers
51
4 Lionel-specific locomotive repairs
4.1 Warranty and service
56
4.2 Electronic reverse units57
4.3 Pullmor motors60
4.4 RailSounds without TMCC62
4.5 Command-control circuit boards65 4.6 TMCC with RailSounds 2.5 77 4.7 TMCC with RailSounds 4.0 and 5.0 78
5 MTH-specific locomotive repairs79
5.1 Warranty and service79
5.2 Electronic DCRU with horn or whistle81
5.3 PratoSound (PS1) locomotives84
5.4 LocoSound locomotives94
5.5 ProtoSound 2.0 (PS2) locomotives97
6 K-Line-specific locomotive repairs
I105
6.1 Warranty and service105
6.2 Electronic reverse units107
6.3 TMCC and RailSounds108
6.4 Speed control109
Glossary of terms110
Index111
Introduction
Many modern 0 gauge locomotives outwardly look like Lionel locomotives from the golden 1950s. But beneath their metal and plastic body shells are circuit boards for direction and speed control, audio systems for sound, and digital components for the reception of command-control signals. The extensive use of toy train electronics, beginning in the mid-1990s, has made these locomotives seemingly difficult, if not impossible, to be repaired by an average hobbyist.
About the author
Richard (Dick) Teal lives in Horicon, Wisconsin, and is a retired manager of product development for The John Deere Lawn & Garden Division of Deere & Co. He earned more than 30 patents over the course of his career.
Dick began repairing trains a few years before retirement, and it has since become a second career. He repairs modern electronic locomotives, accessories, and transformers for Sommerfeld's Trains in Butler, Wisconsin, and has written many related articles for Classic Thy Trains magazine.
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