Replacing Your 4-4-2 Locomotive's Headlamp - Lionel O-27 Owner's Manual

Maintaining and servicing your set

Replacing your 4-4-2 locomotive's headlamp

Y our 4-4-2 locomotive lights the way
with its operating headlight. During the
course of normal operation, the lamp may
require replacement. Refer to Figure 13 as
you replace the lamp.
1. Remove the two front truck screws and
carefully slide the front truck assembly
off the linkage rods.
2. Lift the smoke unit out far enough from
the cab to allow lamp extraction.
3. Pull the lamp straight out and replace it
with Lionel part no. 600-0161-300,
available from your nearest Lionel
Authorized Service Center or from Lionel
Front truck
screws
Figure 13. Headlight replacement
Linkage rods
Service. Be careful not to twist the lamp
or it may break.
4. Reinstall the smoke unit, making sure
that the smoke stack lines up with the
cab top opening.
5. Reassemble the front truck, making sure
that the linkage rods go into the holes in
the front truck. The lug wire from the
smoke unit must be reinserted through
the slot in the front truck assembly and
secured under one of the two front
screws. Tighten the screws firmly, but do
not over tighten them.
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Smoke unit
Lionel part no.
600-0161-300
Smoke unit
lug wire