i was doing a little track work today. i have a raised section of track that had a dip in it. enough of a dip that my hogwarts hit it and engine, tender, and passenger car went 40" to the floor. the engine was fine...go figure. the tender blew a wheel and the passenger car blew a wheel and the bulb came lose. lionel's tenders has these little plastic pieces that the wheels go into and then the it's easy to snap the wheels in. one of their better ideas but how about a couple extra??? suckers are hard to find. the passenger car was impossible. i'm a big guy...i couldn't push in on the windows to the doors and get anything to budge. my fingers were too big to get in there. did a youtube search and a guy showed me how to pry it apart which is where i was going anyway. i chipped the corner, but got it off. basically ruined a car to put a bulb in a socket that shouldn't have came out in the first place. i suppose they have a reason for the bulbs coming out so easily other than to sell more cars. however, how do you get the top off properly?? i'm sure this will happen again. i'm wondering if channel locks will go around and fit into the windows. my fingers sure won't. thanks, jeff
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