Hello All,
I picked up a 6-28800 GP-7 from a non-train person (won’t do that again) and it appears to have been worked on. It has a single can motor in the trucks with a small circuit board and nothing else. No lights inside or sound mechanism at all. I’m looking for a parts diagram or parts list or anything that would help for me to get it right again, if possible.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Rick
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That Lionel Redbird dates to 1998. When it was sold, they claimed it had ‘constant-intensity lighting’ (probably no brightening and dimming if the headlight with speed) and an “electronic diesel horn”.
I found this purporting to be a picture of the chassis, with very obviously the wrong trucks:
@Flintlock76 I checked there and nothing but thanks
@Woke_Hoagland That doesnt look anything loke my chassis. Mine has a can motor in the trucks.
Also from Graham’s Trains it should have:
Features:
You’re welcome!
That is a picture of the chassis for an HO scale Athearn Hi-F drive Budd RDC from their ‘Blue Box’ period. Not remotely close! Not sure how it got conflated with a Lionel O gauge model.
-El
I had (have?) a GP38 with this style of construction (motors in the trucks, circuit board mounted on plastic holder). The horn was a speaker, located inside of the fuel tank. It was very loud, lower in pitch than a postwar horn but not really more realistic. My engine had incandescent bulbs which were not directional, so it probably predates this engine.
I agree, it’s clearly been messed with. The question is how much. At a glance, I see a large lead weight, a small block of wood, and connected to it is what I think may be a switch. My guess is the weight was added to help with pulling power, and the switch may have been for locking the engine in forward.
That’s my 2 cents, at least! I have no experience with this exact model, and fairly little experience with newer (1990s onwards) Lionel models, so it’s a little outside my wheelhouse.
-El
@El_Fixes_Things Thanks.
What is the model #of your GP38? I would like to find the parts breakdown (If you have please share) so I can see if maybe the same parts will fit to mine
Should be 6-18825. Hope this helps. Again not sure how similar it is to your engine but hopefully you can get somewhere.
-El
Although not that exact locomotive, this attached document, a Lionel service supplement, covers locos that should be similar if not identical in wiring and construction of the drive trucks.
Reference the RS3 in particular, which is single motored.
Thanks you @ben10ben
