repairs old lionel trains

Greenbergs repair & operating manual for Lionel trains.
Or the hardcover K-Line version.

I second Kent's recommendation. This is a good book to have on hand. Mine gets a lot of use. It also includes info on operating cars and accessories.

Another alternative is HSL's Lionel Postwar Service Manual (scroll down to the repair manual) which is a scanned searchable archive on CD for your computer. It's basically the same as the Greenberg or Kline books which are scans of the Lionel repair manuals. It has added parts lists and service station bulletins.
HSL is the same guy that scans the Lionel and American Flyer catalogs as well as the disc libraries of old OGR magazines.

The Greenberg book and Jim Barrett's videos were enormous helps to me. I have 10 left thumbs and I was able to restore and repair 3 old Lionel PW sets.

Hi Kent,

Thanks for the mention of HSL's Lionel Postwar Service Manual Digital Archive 1945 - 1969! I appreciate your support.

Thanks for your order Dennis!

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Originally posted by Aquinas2:
... but was wondering about any other resources that might be good
joe in buffalo

I used my MasterCard and a fine gentleman by the name of Adrian Cates at Chesterfield Hobbies in Midlothian. My big issue is, even if I know what's wrong and how to fix it, I can't readily lay my hands immediately on the spare parts.

Gilly

You might try

http://www.jwtrains.com

to see if this provides the detail you need to repair and maintain your postwar Lionel trains.

The best videos are Jim Weatherford's Lionel Repair at
http://www.jwtrains.com/buy_videos.htm

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My big issue is, even if I know what's wrong and how to fix it, I can't readily lay my hands immediately on the spare parts.

The Greenberg book or the www.hslinc.com discs get you the part numbers.
Then go to www.ttender.com and order the parts

I've been looking at repair manuals and none seem to specifically cover Lionel from the MPC/ Fundemensions era. Am I missing something or is there a specific manual for trains during that period.

Lionel provides the Modern Era service manuals on line. You can download the whole set, or look up what you want right on line.

The site search capabilities leaves a lot to be desired. I often get no results when searching by stock number, only to find the pages by browsing though the manuals.

Regardless, here is a link.

 

http://www.lionel.com/Customer...e/service-documents/

You may even wanna try You Tube.There's a tutorial on repairing a PW E-unit and it goes step by step and is free.May be others there also......... 

For the MPC era stuff, download supplement #1-9, and #17.  The #17 is an index that you can look up by model number, then find the drawing & parts list numbers and reference then in #1-9.  This is what I wound up doing.

Thanks guys I always appreciate the information you provide. Y'all are what makes this forum so fabulous.

Just got this DVD for Christmas; have not had a chance to view yet. From TM Books & Video:

 

http://www.tmbv.com/Maintenanc...s/productinfo/MAINT/

 

 

I have "Greenberg's Operating & Repair Manual" that covers 1970 - 1978.

Copyright of 1978 and written by Stan Shantar

The ISBN # 0-89778-070-1

 

This book covers these years and then there is Greenberg's "Modern Era" book that covers 1977 - 1992. The ISBN # 0-89778-285-2

 

Might be able to find it on Amazon or the bay.