LIONEL TENDER PROJECT , PICTURES AND VIDEO

Just saw the video!  Perfection!  Love the lighting!

Awesome Alex!

That should be one happy customer.

Rod Miller

Excellent work again, Alex.

Though I don't know what tender got this. Is it a Williams product? It actually looks like the tender from the reissue of the scale Hudson/700E.

Mikado 4501 posted:

Excellent work again, Alex.

Though I don't know what tender got this. Is it a Williams product? It actually looks like the tender from the reissue of the scale Hudson/700E.

Hi Thomas 

I think you're correct , it's a Lionel tender and the markings inside if I remember correctly said 700T 

Alex 

That sounds good. Where do you get them boards from?

Amazing as usual!!!

Alex, 

looks great!  Could you give us a close up of the mounted reed switch and magnet you are using to activate it?  Do you have a part # for the magnet and reed switch and which electronics company you orders it from.  

Thanks 

Mike

Hay Alex, 

As mike said, I too would like to see where the reed sw. & magnet are and explain how you mounted each item. I'm wondering if this can be done with the reed sw. & magnet to an EM-1 Lionel engine by replacing the limit sw. (cherry sw.) with it . It has an R2LC board & uses the commom (ground) to activate the chuffing sounds. The current sounds only gives 2 chuffs, when in actuality there should be 4 chuffs / revolution. If this doesn't work then can you suggest a system to install into the loco to give it some realism. Thanks.

     Steam Forever

          John

I thought it looked like the 700T, though I've never seen one with Lionel Lines markings on it, unless it's a reproduction. I also noticed how far the coupler sticks out from the body. Talk about overbite!

Very cool

Nice work as usual Alex, but what's that 

0 5 0 all about?

:>

Richard

Hi guys 

all the parts are available at The electric railroad company. There's really no part numbers, you can give Ken a call at ERR or look everything up on their website 

The sound board is large steam sounds. 

I make my own reed switches but electric railroad has them ready made. 

The magnets I get from a company called K&J magnetics the size is  1/8 x 1/16 discs  

Here's the Reed switch simply mounted to the frame with CA glue 

Two magnets glued to the tender wheel, 

It amazes me how much better the speakers sound when the speaker/s are enclosed with a baffle. 

Very cool. I will have to checkout ERR some time.

John J. Giuliano posted:

Hay Alex, 

As mike said, I too would like to see where the reed sw. & magnet are and explain how you mounted each item. I'm wondering if this can be done with the reed sw. & magnet to an EM-1 Lionel engine by replacing the limit sw. (cherry sw.) with it . It has an R2LC board & uses the commom (ground) to activate the chuffing sounds. The current sounds only gives 2 chuffs, when in actuality there should be 4 chuffs / revolution. If this doesn't work then can you suggest a system to install into the loco to give it some realism. Thanks.

     Steam Forever

          John

Hi John

This Reed switch will work along with magnets and you will get 4 chuffs. But a better method is using Hennings / GRJ super chuffer along with their chuff generator. It's much more full proof and you'll end up with 4 chuffs with 4 puffs. But it has to have a fan driven smoke unit. 

Alex