MTH Reading boxcar Questions?

Looks like there is a sound system of some kind installed in it.

Can't tell you about the SKU, but have you tried the MTH website under product locater?

Lee Fritz

Hey James,

using the Road number 111110 I pulled this item number and it seems to match

http://www.mthtrains.com/content/30-79051

Operating Signalman car

Here is the link to download the instructions
http://www.mthtrains.com/sites...ction/30rs19517i.pdf

Mike

Thanks Mike for the link that is the one!

Just does not mention the battery or the lead so I think I`ll have to take it apart.

As I said it looks new but missing the signalman and having a lead comming out on the underside with a MTH battery connected?

James  

This is just a guess...  it may be that the previous owner wished to "operate" the car with out the operating track.  IOW as a stand alone project.  FWIW

Hi Cheryl I think you are correct as I have now taken it apart as does seem that it never has been run at all.

A close up of the empty 2 pin socket.

Where's the signalman?

Contact MTH, you might be able to get replacement parts for the missing signalman.

He probably has wires that plug into the empty socket. Mine has a lit LED signal.

I will take a look if I get time tonight. I have a couple of those cars.

Thanks Russell That would be of great help.

Cheryl I think he must have gone for a tea break & got lost hence the bargin sale price! James

OK, I have the car in front of me with the shell off.

Looking at mine and knowing how it works, your car is in the door open, signalman out position.(I had to adjust the gears in mine for a bindup problem)

The empty plug goes to the motor where the external wires were added.

White on the left of the plug to the right side of the motor.

Yellow on the rt side of the plug to the left side of the motor.

These wires are routed down into the undercarriage at the barrier to the interior on the back side as you have it pictured.

The signalman goes on the end of the lever slanted across the floor. he has 2 small black wires through the feet, down the bottom of the lever through the undercarriage to a plug on the back side of the circuit bd labeled out6V. since both wires are black polarity will have to be tested.

6V on a LED is not going to hurt it if you have it backwards, it just wont light up.

Give Midge a buzz and see if you can get the signalman with wires. If not we will have to get creative.

Have you tried going to the MTH website and seeing if you can get a download for the operating car? Email somebody at MTH if you have to. I went there to get instructions for an MTH engine that I bought at a train show.

They have several Reading railroad cars and engines there, and some really accurate caboose types too. I am surprised at what MTH has in the Reading railroad name and Reading & Northern RR too.

Lee Fritz

Actually, look at all the operating signalman cars, they are all the same except the paint on the shell.