Lionel daylight gs-2 18007, volume control? where?

[lionel2986]

I have the lionel 18007 daylight GS-2 engine that I have been thinking about selling because it is too loud. I could turn the sound off, but I want the sound just not as loud. When I look at other ones on ebay they say "railsounds with volume control". Where is this volume control?

[Anonymous]

If it's anything like my GS4 #18071 there's a cover on top of the tender which is removable by simply lifting up on the water filler hatch.  This cover fits the area normally reserved for a coal load to simulate the GS4's fuel oil tender.  Under it is found the volume control, the railsounds on/off switch and an area for a 9V battery. 

Bruce Webster

[Anonymous]

This is the owner's manual in PDF form... scroll down to page 4, looks like it is under the engine/tender coupler... interesting location if you ask me!

http://www.lionel.com/products/productnavigator/InstructionManuals/71-8007-250.pdf

[Anonymous]

If it's anything like my GS4 #18071 there's a cover on top of the tender which is removable by simply lifting up on the water filler hatch.  This cover fits the area normally reserved for a coal load to simulate the GS4's fuel oil tender.  Under it is found the volume control, the railsounds on/off switch and an area for a 9V battery. 

Bruce Webster

Bruce the GS2 is quite a bit different than the GS4.  The GS2 everything is underneath, just like most of the other Steam Engines... I never figured out why Lionel doesn't make all the tenders with liftoff sections to get to the controls... it would make it much easier than removing the tender, making the adjustment, setting the tender back down, finding out your adjustment had no effect, and repeating the process...

[Anonymous]

If it's anything like my GS4 #18071 there's a cover on top of the tender which is removable by simply lifting up on the water filler hatch.  This cover fits the area normally reserved for a coal load to simulate the GS4's fuel oil tender.  Under it is found the volume control, the railsounds on/off switch and an area for a 9V battery. 

Bruce Webster

Bruce the GS2 is quite a bit different than the GS4.  The GS2 everything is underneath, just like most of the other Steam Engines... I never figured out why Lionel doesn't make all the tenders with liftoff sections to get to the controls... it would make it much easier than removing the tender, making the adjustment, setting the tender back down, finding out your adjustment had no effect, and repeating the process...

88,

Seems most everything else I have with sounds has their volume adjustment knob burried beneath the engine or tender too.  Try lifing a PS1, MTH scale GG1 with one hand while adjusting the volume with a screwdriver.  I've since built a padded cradle for such things.  Tethered engines and tenders or A-B-A units are about as much fun.  I think a lot of the more recent offering out there today place their controls conveniently under hatches and access panels.

Bruce Webster

P.S.  I hopy your GS2 is a better representation of the real thing than my GS4.  See my post in the coffee pot yesterday.

[Anonymous]

Bruce,
I don't own a GS2, actually I own nothing but C&O and B&O engines right now.  I do have two PostWar Turbines with Lionel Lines on the tenders and a Northern Pacific GP-20 (my first Lionel train), but the rest is C&O and B&O:

C&O Berkshire - currently having issues - I think it needs to see the MRR Psychologist
B&O Mikado - Lovely engine - going to be getting some upgrades to TMCC because I like it so much
C&O 0-8-0 Switcher - currently stuck in CharlesRo's inventory because they sent me a Tony Stewart Expansion Pack and won't ship the engine until they have received the TSEP!!!!

Once the house is built and I am taken off restriction, I will be looking for some older diesel engines in the C&O and B&O realm.  I may even go Western Maryland for some stuff since they too were part of the Chessie System merger... Saw two WM Alleghenies a few days ago, with different numbers, and was just blown away by their size!  I'm not sure I want to go with an engine with a recommended O-72 turning radius, would like to stay in the O-31 to O-54 range, but I want to have a long (25+ car) coal train on my big layout and am not aware of any steamers that were used to pull that much of a load without it being an Allegheny!  I could put it behind an F-3 A-B-A latchup...

I would like to eventually have:
2 Berkshires - freight or passenger
2 Mikados - pulling passenger trains
4 GP-9s - freight
3 A-B-A latchups - freight or passenger
0-8-0 Switcher - yard duties
2 SW-1 or SW-2 switchers - yard duties
2 Turbines - freight
2 GG-1s (one C&O and one B&O custom paint jobs) - both pulling passenger trains
1 Shay - running in the mountains hauling lumber cars

That should make for a nice setup... going for the late 40s to mid 60s look on the layout.

[Anonymous]

88,

Sorry about the mixup.  After I posted I realized that you didn't start this topic.  Nice chatting with you just the same!

Sounds like you have a nice collection to start with.  I hear ya about the restrictions thing but it sounds like you have your priorities straight.  #1: a place to live #2: build a layout

I'm leaning more towards Pennsy stuff here.  My only form of B&O motive power it a pair of MPC, Budd RDC's.  They do get regular workouts on the layout.

Bruce Webster

[laz 57]

LIONEL,

  I think thats an older model and there isn't a control switch.  I have a 18009 Mohwak and it doesn't have one.  Check under the tender, there might be one there?

laz57

[laz 57]

I just thought of another place it might be and that is under the coal load of the tender.  It should just snap off, you can try that.

laz57

[Anonymous]

I just thought of another place it might be and that is under the coal load of the tender.  It should just snap off, you can try that.

laz57

Laz, ole buddy!

Under the coal load of a GS2?  That's typical Pennsy thinkin' for ya!  Maybe it's under the pantograph?

I couldn't help bein' a smart ***.   Just foolin around Laz.

Bruce Webster