Lionel C&NW WINDY CITY GP-38 Owner's Manual page 11

Maintaining and servicing your set
Replacing the lamp in your Bay-Window Caboose
T
he interior of your caboose is illuminated by one 14-volt lamp,
Lionel part no. 6000161300. During the course of normal oper-
ations, this lamp may require replacement. Replacement lamps are
available at your Factory Trained Authorized Lionel Service Station
or from Lionel Service.
1. Carefully lift the curved ends of the ladders out of the slots in
the roof. Refer to Figure 6.
Be careful not to scratch the caboose roof with the ends
Caution!
of the ladders.
2. Using a Phillips-head screwdriver, remove the screws from both
ends of the car. Refer to Figure 7.
3. Lift away the body.
Be careful with the wires that attach the body to the
Note!
frame.
4. Carefully pull the expired lamp straight up and out of the socket,
then install the replacement bulb. Refer to Figure 8.
If you accidentally pull the entire socket away from the
Note!
frame, simply press the crimped copper bracket over the
vertical tab on the frame.
5. Replace the body onto the frame. The two end platform posts and the tabs that receive the
screws should be located inside the body.
6. Replace the screws at the ends of the car.
7. Carefully replace the ends of the ladders back into the slots in the roof.
Figure 8. Interior lamp replacement
Tab
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Slot
Figure 6. Disengaging the
ladder
Figure 7. Screw removal
Tab