Lionel prewar Station #136

It's been 8 years since this thread died of apparent neglect.  How sad!

Maybe Jeff found his answer through a post on a different forum??...even MORE sad!!

But here I am...another soul ISO the same thing...How is the pre-war #136 station w/variable delay supposed to be wired??

Now, I suppose I could take it apart further and sleuth it out.  How boring.  I'd rather tap into the immense wealth of cumulative knowledge lurking out there on THIS forum...THE BEST!!!

The search resumes...

KD

It should wire like the other Lionel stations with the bimetallic element.  Try this:

Dan...

Bingo!...again!  This is the second time, if I recall, that you've had THE answer for one of my silly inquiries. 

And the Greenberg repair manual has a wiring diagram for the 132 station.   And that was "the rrrrrrest of the story", because I found out the thin heating wire wrapped around the bimetal delay had broken/separated from somewhere, which was traceable, repaired, and proven fully functional!!

Which is, again, why this Forum is THE BESTEST!!!

Thanks a bunch!   

And, I hope this is still of use to Jeff Noll after 8 years of waiting!

KD

Gee!...when it rains it pours!  (Sorry about the metaphor for all of you bit by Beryl!

My wife just discovered a discussion re the bimetallic controller of the prewar stations in Greenberg'sLionel Prewar Trains, Repair and Operating Manual, by John Hubbard.  Our reference is the second edition, third printing.  The pertinent discussion is on pages 64, 65 re the 115 station.

Prewar stations that had this feature are listed in the discussion as 115, 116, 134, 136, and 137.    However, among those stations, apparently, were two versions of the delay bimetallic mechanism, each having a different wiring scheme in the track connections.

Anyway, it's all edifying and complementing...and very useful!!

KD

Thanks all!