Restoring A #124 Lionel Standard Gauge Station

[wallyworld]

This is a "basket case", everything complete but the wall hung outside lights. I see it uses the building itself as a electrical return. The light fixtures are replacements that have a socket embedded in the shades which are a separate item that , in turn, screws into the wall bracket.. No wiring supplied. So...I am assuming the brackets are the return circuit but if a run the positive lead into the sockets..do you run a bead of solder on the wire to hold it in the socket and assume it's electrically isolated from the shade?..Has anyone done this before? The hole at the top of the bracket is for the the positive wire.

Here is the shade..

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[TrainLarry]

  Can't tell from your picture, but did the socket come with a contact and insulated washer to solder the wire to? If not, you will need one. A # 726-1l22 lamp lead and contact, and 61-13 insulated washer are what is needed to properly insulate the wire from the socket. The brackets are indeed used as a wire for the neutral (common) feed to the lamps. The interior lamp bracket should have 2 terminal nuts and bolts on them (one set insulated) to accept the wires from the transformer. The building frame then acts as a common for both the interior and exterior lights.

  I wish my #124 was as good a "basket case" as yours!

Larry

[wallyworld]

Thanks  Larry.....Well, it was just full of decades worth of crud, and everything attachable was missing and the roof was split in two pieces and scratched up. I suppose it looked worse than it really was..but it was pretty bad..and took several cleanings to have the result in the photos. Thanks again.

Bruce

[Payfonman]

I also have a Lionel 124 Station. One of my lamps is not working and I am unable to tell why. Is there an exploded parts/wiring diagram anywhere and somewhere to order parts once I can identify what I need?  Thank you for any help!!