Thank You Jon! This was the best explanation I’ve ever seen. I sure wish MPC gave such forward instructions when I bought the Broadway Limited set back in 75. I had a few bulbs go out about 15 years back and never changed them because I didn’t want to damage the car getting to them.
Thanks again! (BTW nice NH EP-5!)
That’s fine for the pulman passenger car. How about the baggage car ? No windows just doors. I have a pullman set I bought abt 20 yrs ago, 3 passenger and one baggage. want to change a bulb in the baggage car.
If there are no windows, what is the purpose of the bulb?
Baggage cars will typically have doors with windows. MTH made baggage cars without interior lighting about the 20 year back time that Mr. Murphy mentioned but I’m not sure about Lionel.
That being said if it’s a Lionel Madison car there’s only two, possibly three ways of getting the roof off to get at the bulbs. If it isn’t a squeeze the window and lift the roof method (look at those doors carefully) then check the underside of the car for screws that hold the roof on. The third way would be to get a firm grip on both ends of the car and twist it. Maybe the roof will pop off that way.
Just to add, some streamline cars have circular “vents” on the roofs that are actually knobs you turn off to remove the roof.
It’s always interesting to scroll up through these old threads and see names and faces we haven’t heard from in a long time.
But really, here is the Milwaukee baggage car. It has one bulb, and 4 tabbed windows to press in for unlocking the roof & window piece. Same method as all of the other cars.
We should add that if the roof’s never been off it’s going to be a bit “sticky,” so you’ll have to work it a bit.