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Hello and I watched my video again at looks like at 2:15 you can see the little screws on the back which hold the cover on. Nothing to it just remove those little flat blade screws and cover comes right back exposing the insides.

Absolutely and since magnetraction works so well I have it on 95% of my engines.

I've seen that only early transformers had manual resets for circuit breakers and as far as I know all have had automatic resets after it cools for a number of seconds. I watched my video again and at 3:45 it appears the circuit breaker is the black box at the lower right, below the whistle rectifier disc. If there is no continuity through that part I imagine it would need replaced and good luck repairing your KW.

Thanks for watching the Lionel magnetraction trains ripping in the snow and I understand that snow just isn't a good enough conductor of electricity to short out the rails. I'm sure there is a conductor chart out there somewhere with all metals and insulators on it and somewhere in between the them is snow. Since the voltage is so low we don't have to worry about getting shocked either and I really need to test them under water to take it to the next level:)

Good luck on the switch restorations and I've still yet to see a Lionel O22 switch that didn't work and I've restored at least a couple dozen.

I enjoy restoring the old trains and almost everything works, everytime, since the old stuff is really great quality.

Thanks for enjoying some of he best of Lionel postwar magnetraction just like I do.

Thanks for enjoying the video and I'm really attempting to capture what we hear, see, and feel when we run the trains, so others may understand just a bit of why we do what we do. Happy Railroading!

@@trainzone1073 Any chance you could post up a track plan diagram? Did you design this using a software program like RR-Track, Anyrail, or SCARM? Thanks for sharing!

@@TexasTedS This layout is a duplicate of the best layout that I ever built as a youngster and at the end are the pictures of the original design with elevated track allowing two train operation along the long loop. I built this commerative layout using crossings instead of elevated track since I had the room. I took all the video of the layout at the end for duplication and in the description it lists my diameters of curves and switch tracks, thanks again for enjoying the trains.

Glad you enjoyed the fun 233 and that's been the best smoker I've ever owned. I use the Lionel MPC smoke fluid from the 1970s since I grew up with it and to me it's a little different aroma than their newer liquid smoke. I use liquid in my postwar steamers also just let them sit a minute or so after running prior to adding more fluid. You can use the original pellets in the postwar smokers however it's much more expensive and they're more prone to clogging, however I still use some Lionel pellets since they also have their own unique smell. Some people use scented smoke fluids from pumpkin pie to peppermint.

Thanks for viewing the trains and if you run conventional operation like I do and don't mind the mechanical reversing units with the lever than I have your answers. The cheapest most dependable, Lionel modern dual Pulmor motor diesels with 12 wheel drive magnetraction I've found must have the mechanical reversing unit which makes them older so then they ALSO have the manadatory brass drive gear down inside the die cast metal power trucks. The motor armature drives this gear so it needs to be strong and kept greased. Their newer stuff I know by 1995 with the electronic reversing units (which I do like) they had plastic gears which I've seen broken-stripped out on the metal drive axle shaft 50% of the time (such as a 18220 & 18223.) Go with something stronger like the 8458, 8585, 18200, 18203 which are from the 1980s. Seen in the video pulling strong was the early 1980s Lionel 8157 Santa Fe Trainmaster dual Pulmor motor 8wd magnetraction diesel which has the brass gears too, plus its heavy with its steel gas tank. Check out my SnowTrains Compilation video on my channel where I have the 8585 and 18200 churning through deep snow season after season. Good Luck and Happy Railroading!

When the nut is tightened on the stud all is tight and It wouldn't budge and with just a small piece was stuck on the back and with no Dremel there we were. It's not pretty I know.

Thanks for viewing the trains and Lionel really made some great stuff that lasts, and some not so great. I've been fortunate to be able to restore a bunch of different types and designs and now I'm fascinated with their really heavy early postwar, dual motor, magnetraction diesels.

@@trainzone1073 You welcome and yes they have I still have my first Lionel which is the Hogwarts Express the first one not the lion chief version and I also have Lionel battery trains from learning curve

Yes excellent and I had a loose one on a 2344 diesel and had luck with some locktite and like you said keep it out of the bearing.

How Magne-Traction works: Magne-Traction works by placing a permanent Alinco magnet either inside the axle or right above it. The magnetism travels through the axle, through one drive wheel, through the rails, and back through the other drive wheel like an electrical circuit, holding the train to the rails-as long as you used steel track. It works really well on prewar T-rail track. Applying electricity to the circuit creates magnetic flux: Magnetic flux is a measurement of the total magnetic field which passes through a given area. It is a useful tool for helping describe the effects of the magnetic force on something occupying a given area. Therefore the higher the power, the higher the magnetraction. Welcome to the Wonderful World of Lionel Magnetraction. Read more: dfarq.homeip.net/what-is-a-magne-traction-train/#ixzz8EBb5uDdx

@@trainzone1073 thank you for the lesson man. and here I was just randomly scrolling videos and popped onto yours. what a fun bit of history.

Ha just found this message cleaning out my folder and thanks for watching. I picked up a Lionel 746 steamer after someone commented on how I didn't have one and what a big machine that one is. You are reminding me that the 773 needs to arrive at some point and what do you think of the motors, are some different or slow, is the Gold Stack motor required?

Thanks for watching and I see this is from last summer. I really enjoy the turbines and it took me so long to figure out what was going on I just had to try to help somebody else avoid the frustration..

Excellent, I knew someone would finally appreciate the old Ankeny trains. I wish I would have gotten so many more pictures including the old siding north to Alleman along Hawkeye Park which originally was the Fort Dodge, Des Moines, and Southern. That original track then paralleled on the east side of the C&NW main line south and was in the weeds behind Nevelyn Jr HIgh School, then was used south of Magazine Road as a long siding and also to the the AGI Warehouse. Don't forget the siding going west over Ordnance Road through the Pioneer Lumber yard and also a long siding along the track to the John Deere plant:)

Glad you enjoyed the Scout magnetraction and after restoring and testing the engine you saw why I just had to make the video, that little engine almost defies logic.

Happy you enjoyed the snow trains and sorry for the late reply. That's awesome that the 8030 pulled through and these Lionel trains really can impress.

Hello, thanks for watching and sorry for the late reply and I'll bet you have it running well by now. With the steamers disconnect some of the drive wheel linkage, drop the motor out of the shell watching the smoke piston linkage. Clean and oil the motor, grease the gears just like on the diesels. Same type reversing unit too. Happy Railroading.

We are always learing in this hobby aren't we and since it took me so much time to figure out what the heck was going on that I just had to make the video to hopefully help others keep their sanity and not give up on their broken trains. Happy Railroading!

Glad you enjoyed the magnetraction battles I had never heard of Tri-ang so I checked them out and thanks for letting me know about those trains.

Thanks for watching and I make the carpet layout videos so we can watch Lionel in action any time we want without having a permanent layout like myself, and it will come down soon this spring. It's a lot of work to find and restore good trains and accessories at a fair price but we operators and collectors know it's worth the effort.

Thanks for watching Lionel in the snow and imagine how deep it's been out there the last couple months with the snow burying ski lifts it was so deep.

Glad you enjoyed the set up and appreciate this comemorative layout design.

Glad you enjoyed the video and I love the turbines and I'll keep that 682 forever.

I love carpet layouts so much for their sound muffling that when I eventually build a real layout I'm unfortunately going to want carpet & pad for roadbed...

Glad you enjoyed it too and I feel I must continue to try to capture and share the real fun of Lionel trains.

Thanks for watching the trains and I'm fortunate to have this stuff for this cold winter here this season.