Operating Your 352 Icing Station - Lionel 352 Icing Station Owner's Manual

Operating your 352 Icing Station

Y ou are ready to load your ice cars (available separately)! Follow these steps and refer to
Figure 4 as you operate this accessory.
1. Stock the Icing Station by sliding the ice blocks into the depot building.
The ice blocks will line up on the chute, ready to be loaded by the attendant. You may
choose to load the ice cubes by stacking them above the fixed ice cubes on the lower chute,
then raising the chute to allow the cubes to slide into the building. Otherwise, place each
cube into the back of the station building, one at a time.
2. Align your train so that the hatch at the top of the ice car is next to the
depot's ice block loading lever.
3. Move the slide switch to the ON position, and the attendant will begin to
load ice into the car until the switch is moved to the OFF position.
Load only five blocks at a time.
Be sure to switch the accessory OFF when the ice block loading lever is against
Caution!
the dock. If the lever remains over the track, your train could hit the lever.
4. Unload the blocks from the ice cars by pulling down the hinged unloading
door.
To prevent jamming the mechanism, do not turn a loaded ice car over.
Raise upper
chute to
reload ice
Ice car unloading door
Figure 4. Operating the Icing Station
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Ice block
loading lever