cleaning wheels off prewar+ post war locos

Hi Patrick.   Nice little engine you have and looks to be in good shape.  If you don't already have one the Dremal tool is your friend! You can clean up the wheels and take a little surface rust off the diver rods with a small wire wheel bit or something similar.   The part your looking for I would check with forum sponsor "Hennings trains" Harry usually has any part I need.  Hope this helps.

I usually scrape any built up crud off with a hobby knife, followed by a good cleaning with a rag dipped in naphtha. You can clean and degrease the entire loco including the motor with naphtha, watching out only for decals. Here is the parts callout for your loco. You need the #249E-1 red light.

Larry

Nice diagram with the parts breakdown Larry. That make life a lot easer! 

Right or wrong I am happy with the results, I use Goo Gone with Q tips.  You will use a lot of Q tips but they are cheap.  The wheels come nice and clean

Thank you all! But how muchshould the red lantern be? I mean it's a small piece of plastic but I cansee why they would be hard to find.

Jeff Kane has it listed on his website......a buck.    tender.com

-Roger

Sorry......typo.........ttender.com

Thanks! And should my engine have a humming sound? And do you know what cars(preferably passenger) cars go with this train? 

I use TV tuner cleaner on the wheels with a no-lint cloth.  Seems to work well!

First, I put it in a cradle and upside down I get the wheels spinning at a medium rate of speed.

After cleaning any grease off the wheels with alcohol on a rag (make sure you don't let it catch in the gears!), I bust out my custom ScotchBrite Dremel pad and polish them up nice and bright (only the running surface of the wheels).

I don't like the wire wheels as they spit tiny little wires that get everywhere!