Another Round of What In The World

Appears to be a throttle control for a Gonkulator.  I need one.

Chris S.

Looks like the controller for the power pack of the Lionel #8803 “workin on the railroad” set. I’ve seen this controller in the Santa Fe set. I believe these sets were dc only but I believe these engines may have been reissued as ac/dc compatible. That being said I may just have it confused with the Lionel #8300, which is a similar looking engine which is able to run on AC power.

FireOne posted:

Appears to be a throttle control for a Gonkulator.  I need one.

Chris S.

The only known Gonkulator was destroyed by Coloniel Klink after Shultz discovered it.  Must be something else!  😂

I agree with Liam.  I had that exact set as a kid.  There was a very similar one with I think an additional car and maybe another structure included as well.

Those engines (and therefore this throttle) are DC only.  They will not work on conventional O Gauge transformers most of us use.

As to whether the engines were ever re-issued in a version that works on both AC and DC, that I have no idea. 

But the item shown is definitely a DC controller (and needs the wall-wart power brick to feed it, shown in Liam's picture).

-Dave

Case solved thanks to our astute members.  Thanks.

Hmm.  Looks like a catalytic converter.....LOL.....Or two, to be precise.