Lionel street light

[Beatle]

 What size  lamp do I need for a Lionell 6–2170 Street light and where can I get one ..

craig

[KRM]

Craig hard to tell without seeing it. They made a lot of replacement for the old # 71 lamp post over the years.

 Does it have a bayonet mounted light bulb or a screw in style? Or is it modern era with the very small screw in bulb?  6208653300

If a bayonet style maybe a Lionel L53 bulb if it is a screw in a # 53. Call Jeff at the train tender and ask.

http://www.ttender.com/

 Looking at the pictures here it looks like it would be the #53 screw in bulb.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL-3-Operating-Street-Lamps-6-2170-Green-Bases-W-Original-Box-LOT-2-/262838039320?hash=item3d325e3318:g:HsYAAOSw44BYcRBu

 

You can also check here.

http://brasseurelectrictrains.com/service/bulbs.asp

 

 

[lionelsoni]

Number 53 has a bayonet base (G-3.5, 14.4 V, 120 mA).  A comparable screw-base lamp is number 52 (G-3.5, 14.4 V, 100 mA).

The pictures don't seem to show the bases at all.  The bulbs look more like T than G to me.  In any case, they may not be original, and the bulb shape probably doesn't matter anyway.

[cwburfle]

MPC modified those lamp posts. They do not take a bayonet based or a miniature screw based bulb (like #1447).

They take a midget screw based bulb, Lionel part #2314-300.

By the way, the Lionel Postwar #76 Lamp Post, on which those are based, took a #19 bulb, with a 2-pin base. I guess there might be some 2170 lamp posts that were made with the #19 bulb.