Blue Comet/Alton Limited Tender Marker Lamps

I had the same desire to add marker lamps to my Southern Crescent tender. I searched Lionel's parts website for marker lamps and finally found some I liked. It wasn't too hard to add the lights once you figure out where to connect them to the electronic boards inside the tender. The marker lamps I chose are similar to those found on the K-4 Pacific tender.

Lee, thank you very much for posting the photos.  They give me a very good idea of where I would need to drill the holes to make this happen.

TRK, what loco are those parts from?  I like the black finish on the marker lights.  They go well with the Crescent.  How did you attach them to the tender?

I'll send you a PM later today with the details of parts I ordered and how I did it.

Paul, I was going to send you a PM about the details you wanted but can't seem to find your e-mail address in your profile. Here are the parts I ordered from Lionel.

1. Marker light housing - 6911147T18
2. Marker light LEDs (red)     - 6911264300 (this is a 3 red LED light bundle for the K-4 tender - I only used two of the lights)
3. Backup light housing - 6sp8022T98 ( this is for a shay tender light but feel free to look for other housings is you don't care for this one. It looks close to what I got)
4. Backup light LED  - 6208312300  ( this is a 3mm white led without the shoulder - there are many others available too)
5. Backup light housing screw  -  (my housing is held in place with a little screw made for the housing but did not come with the housing. The screw size is 4-40 and you can find many on the parts lisiting)
 
What I did was drill three small holes (1/8 to 3/16) on the back of the tender to match the hole size in the light housings. The backup light required a second small hole for the screw that hold the housing to the tender. The two marker lights come with brass holding wires that can be bent over to hold them in place but I used a dremel and cut the wires off and glued the marker lights to the tender (less holes and was easier). Please note where you drill the outside holes for the marker lights as there are two metal columns inside the tender (holds the tender shell to the tender frame with screws) and will be close to where you want to drill the holes.

TRK,

Thank you very much for posting the parts details and the how-to specifics.  This is extremely helpful.  I'm going to order some parts and get this project underway.  Not sure why Lionel didn't do this on the Crescent anyway.    Go figure.

Maybe it's because the Southern didn't put marker lights on their PS-4 tenders.  

Originally Posted by Blue_liner:

TRK,

 

Not sure why Lionel didn't do this on the Crescent anyway.    Go figure.

Maybe because the Southern didn't put marker lights on their PS-4 tenders.  

Well, that explains it.  But, I still don't like it.  I'm not prototypical and don't care to be.

In this specific case, I agree. I just like lights on engines, and would consider adding the marker lights to the tender as well.