Replacing Traction Tire; Replacing Your Locomotive's Headlamp - Lionel The Polar Express Owner's Manual

Maintaining and servicing your set
Replacing your locomotive's traction tire
O
ne of the locomotive's drive wheels is fit-
ted with a rubber traction tire to enhance
tractive effort, allowing your locomotive to pull
many cars at once.
To replace the traction tire, simply unscrew
the drive rod nut from the wheel using a
3/16" nut driver. Refer to Figure 9. Remove
the old traction tire from under the drive rod
and slip on the replacement, Lionel part no.
6000222108. Replace the spacer, retighten the
drive rod nut, and you're ready to pull that
long freight back to the yard.

Replacing your locomotive's headlamp

Y
our locomotive's headlight and marker
lights are illuminated by one lamp.
During the course of normal operations, the
lamp may require replacement.
Carefully remove the four body screws (see
Figure 10 on page 18 for their locations),
then lift the body off of the frame. Locate and
unscrew the expired lamp shown in Figure
10. Replace the lamp with Lionel part no.
6208653300, available from a Factory Trained
Authorized Lionel Service Station. (See the
Lionel Service section on page 24 for more
information.) Reinstall the cab and the four
screws, taking care to not pinch any wires dur-
ing reassembly.
Driver rod nut
Figure 9. Traction tire replacement
Figure 10. Lamp replacement
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Lionel part no.
6000242206
Lionel part no.
6208653300