Marx Girard Station

[ADCX_Rob]

I can’t get the motor to work the whistle. Does anyone know where I could find a wiring diagram?

There are two binding posts at one end of the station - look at that end.

The right post is ground, the left is hot.

One post wire(usually the ground) goes to one of the motor brushes, the other brush is connected to one of the field winding wires. The other post wire(usually the hot) goes to the remaining field wire.

Hooking up to any small 25-50 watt transformer will run the motor. It should be lubed(oil the armature shaft bearings). Put a momentary NO(normally open) switch into one of the transformer wires to operate the whistle when pushed.

Rob

[lionelsoni]

Any small 25-50-watt toy train transformer… (The voltage needs to be in the toy-train ballpark.)

[DFD26]

Centrehallflyer

I can’t get the motor to work the whistle. Does anyone know where I could find a wiring diagram?

There are two binding posts at one end of the station - look at that end.

The right post is ground, the left is hot.

One post wire(usually the ground) goes to one of the motor brushes, the other brush is connected to one of the field winding wires. The other post wire(usually the hot) goes to the remaining field wire.

Hooking up to any small 25-50 watt transformer will run the motor. It should be lubed(oil the armature shaft bearings). Put a momentary NO(normally open) switch into one of the transformer wires to operate the whistle when pushed.

Rob

Thanks for the good information! I recently acquired a Girard station that works, but is missing the original whistle button.