Lionel 6-84257 SD40 has four small loose screws in factory-sealed box ? and missing air hoses.

Sometimes on one side or the other there may be only a few hoses, maybe on the SF, LIONEL got it right. You will have to check to see if that is prototypically correct.

As far as the screws go, who knows. The small screws usually keep switches and the like in place.

Dave

The assembler must be missing four screws.

Hal

david1 posted:

Sometimes on one side or the other there may be only a few hoses, maybe on the SF, LIONEL got it right. You will have to check to see if that is prototypically correct.

 

There should be three hoses on either side of each pilot.

John,

   There is no charge for the extra four screws, they are free.

JohnB

Judging from the sag in the front pilot, look up under there and see if something's missing.  Those kinematic pilots should be pretty much flush to the bottom of the frame. 

There are two holes in the front of the engine for the air hoses that are missing.

There are holes in the chassis floor that appear to serve no purpose.  I can't imagine the screws are long enough to fasten to anything on the inside of the chassis.  The couplers line up higher than my 21" passenger car couplers.  There is no sag problem.  There is no kinematic cover plate as are on the passenger cars.  Should there be a cover plate to  hold the couplers up?

Thanks for your input.

Sincerely, John Rowlen