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Lionel Railsounds boxcars and how to power them

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Posted by rrlineman on Thursday, December 10, 2015 8:08 AM

get 2 lionel Railsound buttons from your local train store or Ebay. the instruction sheet for wiring the cars and/or the buttons will show you how do connect the buttons to the track to get the sounds of the bell and the whistle/horn to work.

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Posted by lionelsoni on Sunday, December 6, 2015 2:39 PM

Funny you should mention TCM, if only by accident.  I just watched the 1949 movie "Holiday Affair" on TCM, starring Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, and postwar F3s and Madison cars.

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Posted by ADCX Rob on Sunday, December 6, 2015 10:23 AM

stebbycentral
... I have no interest in TCM or Legacy or any of the new electronic control systems. It's AC all the way... So what is the minimum technology I would have to invest in just to run that one car?

All you need to run it is a transformer capable of whistle and bell control.

By the way, TMCC and Legacy are "AC all the way" too.

Rob

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Lionel Railsounds boxcars and how to power them
Posted by stebbycentral on Sunday, December 6, 2015 10:12 AM

I have a question about Lionel's new railsounds boxcars. My Flyer layout is old school, and I have no interest in TCM or Legacy or any of the new electronic control systems. It's AC all the way. But I am very interested in the diesel sounds boxcar ever since having seen it displayed on another's layout. I have read that all you need to run it is a transformer capable of whistle and bell control. So what is the minimum technology I would have to invest in just to run that one car?

I have figured out what is wrong with my brain!  On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!

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