New To the board Lionel 394 Beacon Question

[Anonymous]

Ha. :) look at me. I saw classic and automatically thought old tin plate toy trains.  Sorry.

Tim

MBL

[siberianmo]

Greetings Tim,

A refreshing "nice" introduction . . . hope you have lots of enjoyment on these Forums!

Unfortunately, you wound up on the Classic Trains Forum for REAL trains. You'll have much better success over on the Classic TOY Trains Forum when discussing Lionel or other "toy" trains . . .

Check out the way Kalmbach has organized these Forums 'n you'll get the idea!

Anytime you're interested in chatting about REAL Classic trains - drop in to "Our" Place - where we have all sorts of characters engaging in this kind of talk.

Good luck!

Tom

[Anonymous]

Howdy all. My name is Tim and I have been collecting trains since I was a little kid. Naturally my dad got me into it with some post war stuff...I had a 2055 and a 2018. When I got a little older and started making some money, I purchased almost exclusively prewar stuff. Now I have quite a few prewar locos both electric and steam.

At any rate, I am working on the Christmas layout and have most of it done....I remember having the 494 Rotary Beacon on my layout as a kid and wanted to get another beacon. Since I like early stuff, I purchased a 394 beacon...

HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU GET THIS THING TO WORK? Yes I have a bald spot on my head because I tore my hair out trying to get the thing to spin. I adjusted the vanes...even repositioned the needle to balance the lantern...

I called my pop and he said his just worked....you had to wait until it heated up, but then it started moveing slowly. Mind didn't. :)

Any ideas?

Tim

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