FYI TIP FOR VISION LINE HUDSON OWNERS

Good Tip Alex. I haven't had to take mine apart yet. Thats the lubricator linkage BTW.

 

Pete

That linkage is to the lubricator which most or all modern steam locomotives had as a requirement. It was filled (on real locomotives) with valve oil.

THANKS for the tip, but I have NO intention to ever open this baby up! If service is required, it will be sent back to Lionel CAREFULLY packed and insured for FULL value ($1600)!  

 

Hudson5432:

 

I well remember filling the lubricator on Ex-Southern Railway 2-8-0 #722 with steam oil before our day's run. It has the viscosity of pancake syrup, and is even thicker in cold weather! My G-Scale Aster live steam engine also uses steam oil, but of a lower viscosity.

I found this out some time ago. It isn't too hard, but it is a little annoying. Then again, it's not as hard as when you had to remove it on the American scale Hudsons that had the lubricator lever (i.e. 18005, 18056, 28062).

Unless you are as technically talented and proficient as Alex, I would recommend avoiding self-repairs on such complex locos as the Lionel Vision Line series!  

Since there are two mechanical lubricators on most "modern steam locomotives", one for machine oil and one for valve (steam) oil, I would sure hope that nobody ever poured valve oil into the machine oil lubricator.

I have had to deal with that little linkage when working on my 18056 Vandy Hudson project. If you care about prototypical appearance, the middle pivot point of the linkage needs to be swung in the other direction.

They make small nut drivers for this kind of work there worth every penny .

Wiha make some excellent hex-nut drivers.

 

NOTE: SR  2-8-0 #722 had NO mechanical machine oil lubricator at that time (1984). Manual oiling was required, as well as pin-grease and soft grease for running gear fittings. FOUR types of oil/grease in all!

Alex,

 

You're scaring me. This is my favorite engine.  Why are you working on quite a few of them?   Thanks,  BigRail

BigRail:

 

NOT to fear: my VL 700E has run for quite a few hours with no mechanical or electronic problems.

 

Absolutely the BEST Lionel Hudson ever produced, with about nineteen different improvements/additions over the 1990 model.

 

NOTE: I run mine with Legacy 1.51 on 072 Lionel FasTrack with a Z-4000.

Thanks, I will never take mine apart, will seek help any time it breaks, no problems to date except the smoking issue, Lionel fixed it .

 

It is a super engine but looks a little small next to the VL Bigboy.

 

Brent

What direction is the proper direction? The "other direction" is a bit vague.

If there fear in taking apart, send it to Lionel when it comes time to replace wicks each time?

Big Rail,

 

 No worries this is one of the best engines Lionel has ever made. They are so well built

and solid.

 

Thanks

alex

Thank you for the tip ALEX!

Thank You Very Much for this Valuable Tidbit of Information. I have a really nice Lionel Authorized Hobby Shop in Louisville, Ky. Roundhouse Hobby Store. Louisville, Ky.

We appreciate Your Helpful Tips as it Makes The Hobby Much More Fun. 

When these were released and a few people had whistle steam issues, Mike R cautioned against folks opening these up. I recall him stating something to the effect of "there was chassis detail attached to the boiler."

 

I wondered what exactly that was .Now I know.

 

As if the under shell mounted, and now dual smoke units weren't tedious enough to work on.

Alex, thanks for the tip!!

Alex is a very buys man rebuilding his layout and building Korber buildings for York.  A very nice thing to do Alex to give heads up to owners of the greatest Lionel Hudson ever built.  

Hi Guys,

 

I thank you all for the very nice comments, Marty I'm looking forward to spending some time with you at York !!!!!!

 

Again thanks to all,

Alex

We will do that.  I will be in the booth to check out the goodies.

Thank you for posting it helped me  when i had to work on mine