Do trains come with directions anymore?!

These days it seems that if you want detailed operating or service instructions related to a particular locomotive, regardless of scale, you pretty much have to find the info online.

Allan Miller posted:

These days it seems that if you want detailed operating or service instructions related to a particular locomotive, regardless of scale, you pretty much have to find the info online.

Unfortunately even that isn't always an option.  Most instructions I've seen either in the box or online lately are very generic and many times copied and pasted from a previous release without much explanation of new features.  Instructions manuals are a lost art.

Mine come with forward and reverse

It's been my experience that model trains come with two basic directions: Forward/Reverse. However, some of my simplistic models when I was young only came with one direction: Forward.

You're welcome.

This brings me to another question I have for my missing instructions. Do you oil all moving parts on these more delicate On30 locomotives out of the box?  I assume a light oil would be used. 

Depending on the size of the parts, I use medium oil on G and O larger parts, light oil on smaller parts downs to HO and ultra light oil on smallest parts HO, N & Z.  I classify On30 as HO since they all use HO drive components 

Do like axel bushings round get something thicker yo hold it in place better like  a medium or light oil and drive linkages would get a light or ultra light oil 

Do like axel bushings round get something thicker yo hold it in place better like  a medium or light oil and drive linkages would get a light or ultra light oil 

I don't know anything about the engine / manufacturer in question.
In general, I think you have to look at the bushing. If it is sintered, like an Oilite bearing, you want to use something that isn't going to clog the pores of the bearing.

This is kind of a side project for me so I have to adjust to the slightly more delicate workings.