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Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Replacing your locomotive's lamps
Y
our Shay locomotive is illuminated by
three lamps. One is located in the boiler-
top headlight housing. The second is located
behind the motor for the firebox glow, and
the third illuminates the inside of the cab.
During the course of normal operations,
these may require replacement.
Note: Due to the complexity of the
disassembly required to replace the lamps in
Replacing your tender's lamps
Y
our Shay tender is illuminated by one
lamp located at the rear of the tender.
Remove the tender body by unscrewing the
four screws located on the underside of the
tender (see page 9 for screw locations).
Carefully lift the tender body from the
frame, taking care with the lamp wiring
assembly which is still attached to the tender
b o d y. Remove the expired lamp and replace
with Lionel part no. 620-8029-300. All lamps
are available from your authorized Lionel
Service Center or direct from Lionel Service.
See the Lionel Service section on page 20 for
more information.
Tire-Traction
Y
our locomotive is equipped with Ti r e -
Traction. This means that four of the
drive wheels are fitted with rubber traction
tires to enhance tractive effort allowing your
locomotive to pull many cars at once.
your Shay, we recommend that you take
your locomotive to your authorized Lionel
Service Center for any required lamp
r e p l a c e m e n t .
Headlight (1)
Cab and firebox (1 each)
Firebox (red)
Reassemble in reverse order. While
reassembling the tender, make sure all wires
are inside the body before the screws are
t i g h t e n e d .
Figure 6. Tender lamp replacement
Lionel has provided extra replacement
traction tires. We recommend that you have
an authorized Lionel Service Center perform
the replacement. Traction tire replacement
requires the disassembly of the drive trucks.
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