Lionel 8702 Southern Crescent loco

Hi

I have the Lionel 8702 southern crescent.

does anybody know where I can get the whistle , sound assembly for the tender?

somone had taken it out!

Thanks

Fred

@Fc posted:

Hi

I have the Lionel 8702 southern crescent.

does anybody know where I can get the whistle , sound assembly for the tender?

somone had taken it out!

Thanks

Fred

Yes, I have several available for sale. This engine did not come with the whistle, only the sound of steam.

I have collected MANY sound of steam boards over the years, and had many repaired by a gentleman who can actually repair these.

Please message me.

I have the 8702 Southern Crescent loco,..   I've always loved it even with it being noisy and needing maintenance.   Growls and squeaks,.. steam sound is terrible, basically static but runs ok.   I had been eyeing the loco so one Christmas back in the 70s my wife got me the loco and a set up passenger cars.  Later I ended up with another full set of the passenger cars so it made a nice long train.    Recently I've converted all the passenger cards to LED constant lighting and while I like the 8702 I purchased a new LionChief 1401 to head up that train.  On note, in the June/July O Gauge Rail-Roading there is an article about the 8702 which states the postwar 2046W whistle tender chassis is a good fit.   

@ZWPOWER13 posted:

Yes, I have several available for sale. This engine did not come with the whistle, only the sound of steam.

I have collected MANY sound of steam boards over the years, and had many repaired by a gentleman who can actually repair these.

Please message me.

Mark

Thanks for your reply.

I might be interested in buying.
do you have a instructions

Fred

Mike

Thanks for the info.

Fred

@Fc posted:

Mark

Thanks for your reply.

I might be interested in buying.
do you have a instructions

Fred

Yes, its all wired and ready to go, just have to snap the roller assembly in place and mount the new board with double sided foam tape.

Mine runs great, but agree it's loud. Needs some volts to scoot too. No sound on mine.

I  have one but not run it in over 20 years but plan to. Before I do will check the sound board foam and service it very well.  I need the tender shell mine is warped and not  sure  why.  Anybody of a really nice Crescent tender shell available?

I'll take the whole tender if anyone has one, haha!

I just ran mine the other night, I recently updated the original sound of steam board, with the 8002 sound of steam board with whistle since I have an abundant supply.

Mine works perfectly, never had a  problem or ginding noise, proper lube and grease and this thing runs well, along with all of the same size engines from MPC.

The Lionel Fundimensions era Southern Crescent small Hudson  I ached to own back in the 1970s but at the time it was well outside of my budget range.  I used to go up to Nicholas Smith's when it was located in downtown Philly on my lunch hour and actually lust after that engine.   I would look it over from every conceivable angle and from a cosmetic standpoint at least could not find any fault with it.  What a magnificent color scheme.  To this day I still don't have one largely because I have been scared off by so much  talk of its apparent poor running characteristics.  Actually, I was never really aware that extra lubing and greasing would alleviate some, if not all, of its problems.  I wouldn't care if I had to lube and grease this thing 'till the cows come home because I would still like to have one.  I know they come up on the bay quite often so they are readily available.  I just might take the plunge based on what has been posted on this topic.