Lionel 6-1487

The gearing for this series of locomotive is still readily available from Lionel and other parts sources.

However, I'm not sure that one can make the leap that gearing with missing teeth would cause a driver to fall off. My guess is that other forces are at work.

TRW

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PaperTRW posted:

The gearing for this series of locomotive is still readily available from Lionel and other parts sources.

However, I'm not sure that one can make the leap that gearing with missing teeth would cause a driver to fall off. My guess is that other forces are at work.

TRW

I'm with you there. But, my mind jumped right to that, 

Donor all the way.  These locos are readily available on some popular auction sites.  But I doubt the story about how the wheel came off, unless it had been dropped and the wheel was already loose.  In a pinch you could even use the chassis from a plastic-bodied 2-4-2, but since the front drivers weren't tapped on a lot of these, you would have to omit the connecting rod, which somewhat spoils the appearance.

I once heard that it was much harder to pull/press wheels onto these MPC chassis, relative to the postwar four-wheel motors 2034, 250, 249, 1615, etc.  I'm also pretty sure there's more copper in the MPC wheel casting.  Perhaps because there was no magne-traction, and no concern about transferring magnetic flux.  Either way, trying to put it back on yourself without a press and wheel cups will be tough!

Ted Sowirka posted:

Donor all the way.  These locos are readily available on some popular auction sites.  But I doubt the story about how the wheel came off, unless it had been dropped and the wheel was already loose.  In a pinch you could even use the chassis from a plastic-bodied 2-4-2, but since the front drivers weren't tapped on a lot of these, you would have to omit the connecting rod, which somewhat spoils the appearance.

I once heard that it was much harder to pull/press wheels onto these MPC chassis, relative to the postwar four-wheel motors 2034, 250, 249, 1615, etc.  I'm also pretty sure there's more copper in the MPC wheel casting.  Perhaps because there was no magne-traction, and no concern about transferring magnetic flux.  Either way, trying to put it back on yourself without a press and wheel cups will be tough!

You might be right about it being dropped. Little hands ( mine) might have done it when I was a kid, ok. Donor might be the way to go

hey buddy, I have a perfectly good donor complete chassis ......20 bucks, that will include shipping my email is down, you can shoot me a text if you want it......252 340 3239.............Pat