313 bascule bridge

[initagain]

 

Has anyone out there seen a parts schematic for the old lionel 313 bascule bridge.  I took mine apart, cleaned the motor, gears, etc. and now am having a heck of a time getting the drive assembly all synchronized (including spring tension) so that the bridge raises and lowers without jamming the motor.  Any help would sure be appreciated.

[csxt30]

initagain to the CTT forum!!  I can only suggest you seach the library below, a s they have a lot of parts & schematics for engines, so I would think they would have one of your bridge. I find it difficult to use this site but others use it a lot. They never seem to answer my e-mails for parts either. 

  http://pictures.olsenstoy.com/default.htm

Hope this helps !!

Thanks, John 

[bfskinner]

I tried the Olsen's Library earlier today and found a parts list for the 313 but no exploded diagram or the like. Likewise for my Lionel Service Manual by K-Line. Anybody have any better luck? Is there anything on the Lionel.com site? I couldn't get in there at all this evening.

Looks like as of this hour this question is still very much open.

bf

[initagain]

 

 

John:  Thanks for the info.  I have tried Olsens before, and they're pretty much parts, not what I'm looking for.  Thanks anyway.  Garry. 

[initagain]

 

 

Hello.  I just finished replying to John with regard to his suggestion about Olsen's.  I appreciate your effort and reply to MY post, but I'm finding the same problem;  lots of places to find parts lists for 313, but no schematic to show how they go together properly.  There must be one somewhere, otherwise, how did Lionel figure it out?   

[bfskinner]

There seem to be two popular misconceptions about the Olsen's website:

1. Some folks have found the lists of available parts, but have not found the pictorial diagrams that are located in what they call their "Library."

2. Others have found the Library, but have not realized that you can purchase parts from them online.

It is a big site, and it pays to become familiar with it. In the case of the 313 bridge, however, I can find no exploded diagram on the Olsen's site.

Sometimes Lionel will use the same basic mechanical design in a modern reissue of a postwar item, perhaps only changing out the old-style motor for a can-type. In such cases you may find a diagram on the Lionel website; but I have been unable to check this notion out with regard to the bascule bridge because I can't get on the Lionel site at all tonite.

 

[lionelsoni]

I have found more than a few items on the Olsen site filed in the wrong place.  What you are looking for might be there under a different model number.  Or not.

[Back2Trains]

You need the January, 1995 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine. It contains an excellent article by Ray Plummer with several pictures, diagrams and wiring info.