for an 1938 American Flyer 4321 ,O gauge loco can someone guide me on howto : a. get smoke working: do I have to put water or oil some where in loco? b. drive the loco in reverse: I don't see any reverse option on the transformer, do I have to do something on loco? c. get the whistle to...

Hi All you Lionel experts, Anyone know if I can use the Lionel #167 Whistle Controller to ring the Bell on a K Line or Weaver Locomotive, equipped with TMCC and Railsounds, But running in Conventional Mode using a Lionel ZW? The whistle button on the ZW activates the whistle, but I'd also...

The whistle is in the engine car, I have a Lionel no.60 whistle controller. The whistle blows if I take the train off the tracks and touch a wire to the wheel and a wire to the electric pickups on the bottom of the motor. It will not blow when the car is on the tracks whether e car is moving...

I've amassed quite a collection of FA and and F3 locomotives and dummies. The downside is I haven't been able to get the whistles to work in any of them. I've tried several batteries, so I don't think that's the issue. These are all older locos and the whistles are apparently not known for...

I am running a Lionel O gauge 2046 with tender on lionel fastrack. The train receives plenty of power to go around the track, but when I press the whistle button on a lionel cw 80 transformer, the train whistle sounds, but the train comes to a stop as if all the power is drained just to turn...

This is a prewar item so directions are scarce. I pulled the cover off to check the connections. The two left terminals are connected to the transformer. The two right terminals are connected to the track The two center terminals are common The left terminal is connected to the A terminal The...