lionel 6-18090 steam engine parts list

Unfortunately, Lionel does not have any service information on that loco.

Researching smoke resistors seems  to come up with a value of 8 ohms.

You can try that, or you will need to open up your loco to check the value.

Larry

check with gunrunner  on forum!

Alan

It looks like it was made in 1990. That means it has a puffer unit with the resistor connected to track voltage. Most of these came with 27 ohm resistors though you might be able to go as low as 18 ohms which is what post war engines came with.

Pete

@Norton posted:

It looks like it was made in 1990. That means it has a puffer unit with the resistor connected to track voltage. Most of these came with 27 ohm resistors though you might be able to go as low as 18 ohms which is what post war engines came with.

Pete

Ron,

Pete is correct. The 6-18090 takes a standard 27 ohm resistor, Lionel part number 600-8141-055 (8141-55). I'd caution using anything lower due to the plastic cover of the smoke unit.

Lionel never published a specific parts break-down for this loco.

TRW

@PaperTRW posted:

Ron,

Pete is correct. The 6-18090 takes a standard 27 ohm resistor, Lionel part number 600-8141-055 (8141-55). I'd caution using anything lower due to the plastic cover of the smoke unit.

Lionel never published a specific parts break-down for this loco.

TRW

Actually they did publish specific parts for this loco. Its the same as the 8610 Wabash and  18004 Reading that came out in 1989

Here is the breakdown:

https://www.lionelsupport.com/...131-8004Complete.pdf

@ZWPOWER13 posted:

Actually they did publish specific parts for this loco. Its the same as the 8610 Wabash and  18004 Reading that came out in 1989u

Of course, but you needed to know that they were the same in order to find it.

And that information is not published anywhere, except in the heads of some of us Forumites.

Thank goodness for the forum, and for your comments @ZWPOWER13.

Mike