- Repair manual for postwar Lionel electric
trains (Greenberg and K-line are two distributors)
- Pencil tipped soldering iron (typical soldering station is around
50 watts but develop 700-800 degrees tip temperature) 1/16 inch diameter
solder for electrical circuits.
- Soft towel or piece of plush carpet to cushion the cars and engines
as you work on them. Some people have made a U-shaped padded enclosure to
hold locomotives upside down while working on the wheels or pickups.
- Small phillips head screwdriver
- Small flat blade screwdriver
- Split-end screwdriver (for holding and starting small machine
screws in those hard to get at places)
- Small needle-nosed pliers
- Small wire cutters
- Wire stripper (again for small wire)
- Spray wax for shining/cleaning plastic bodies.
- Nut driver set (1/4 inch and up)
- Soft cotton cloth for buffing plastic surfaces
- Small vise grips (6 inch)
- Small center punch or nail set (drive out axles and set rivets)
- Small hammer (8 ounce ball peen is nice)
- Outside pliers for
spreading loco frames
- Electric drill with various bits
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- Multi-meter for voltage and continuity checks
- 20 volt test transformer with whistle control and test leads with
alligator clips
- Stainless steel locking straight hemostats
- Lionel "E" unit tool (ST-303)
- Mild soap (Ivory is good for plastic shell cleaning)
- Several soft nylon toothbrushes (for cleaning and also applying WD 40)
- Small stiff wire brush (brass is best)
- Ink eraser (pencil style) to buff armatures and contacts
- Light weight machine oil and needle applicator
- Light weight grease for gears and armature shafts (Lubriplate 630-AA)
- WD 40 for cleaning metal and black painted shells, boilers, frames, and
chassis)
- Tuner cleaner (safe for plastics) for degreasing axles, iron core
plungers, roller pickups.
- Wire for roller pickups (Belden #8890 black stranded rubber coated)
- Small channel lock pliers (6 inch)
- Small bench vise with at least 4 inch jaws
- Bench grinder with 6 inch fine wire wheel and one fine grinding wheel
- Heat shrink tubing (several sizes to insulate spliced wires)
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