Hi GUYZ,
Since we have a cool rainy day here in PA. I was running trains and now that I am done and going to put the Lionel VL BB on the shelf for the summer was wondering which way to store it. I have filled the coal bunker up so it has a full load. Is this better then having it depleted? Or doesn't it matter? I looked in the manual and there is nothing that states either way. Probably doesn't matter but after running it I just had to ask. So what do YUZ GUYZ think?
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I can't imagine why it would matter one way or the other. I suppose you could make an argument that having it halfway depleted would stretch the rubber less, but I'm not sure that's a good thing or a bad thing when you get it out again.
Hi GUYZ,
Since we have a cool rainy day here in PA. I was running trains and now that I am done and going to put the Lionel VL BB on the shelf for the summer was wondering which way to store it. I have filled the coal bunker up so it has a full load. Is this better then having it depleted? Or doesn't it matter? I looked in the manual and there is nothing that states either way. Probably doesn't matter but after running it I just had to ask. So what do YUZ GUYZ think?
I'm pretty sure mine came out of the box from Lionel with a full load... its a long trip from china. Seems like lionel already answered this question.
Hi GUYZ,
Since we have a cool rainy day here in PA. I was running trains and now that I am done and going to put the Lionel VL BB on the shelf for the summer was wondering which way to store it. I have filled the coal bunker up so it has a full load. Is this better then having it depleted? Or doesn't it matter? I looked in the manual and there is nothing that states either way. Probably doesn't matter but after running it I just had to ask. So what do YUZ GUYZ think?
I'm pretty sure mine came out of the box from Lionel with a full load... its a long trip from china. Seems like lionel already answered this question.
I would return it to full to keep the strain lighter on the mechanism; but it should be OK at any level for storage.
Thanks JON.
Sorry for sort of being off topic but when I get my new BB (still making payments) I am going to order 2-3 new loads so when the original one breaks or tears I will have some new replacements. Choo Choo Kenny
One would hope that would be far down the road and that spares will be available. 
I suspect Lionel would have considered the durability of this material.
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