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- From: Tuscarora, NY
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Posted by rlbarnard
on Monday, January 21, 2019 10:35 AM
Hi,
If you are having problems with operating dump cars 3459 and 3469 the following response may be of help to you.
I have an O-gauge layout that includes Lionel's 497 coaling station and their 3459 automatic dump car. At the moment this combination doesn't work together. It looks to me that the 479 was designed to work with the 3469 dump car. The difference between these is that the 3459 uses electromagnetic couplers that have shoes that are about 7" apart,whereas the 3469 uses magnetic couplers that have shoes that are about 5" apart. The 497 doesn't like the longer distance--the device's power blade and ground clip do not contact both shoes of the 3459. Yes, I know that I can change the couplers to get the dump car to work, but I'm wondering if anyone has instead modified the power blade and the ground clip to extend outward so that the 479 can accommodate both types of cars with their orginal couplers. If it's been done, how?
Thanks, Dick
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