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the lantern housing and pull the
bulb out of its mount.
the bulbs in the cab, use tweezers
21881
to reach through the cab door.
The Prototype
A light socket is installed on the
The Uintah Railway was built in the
rear of the loco. This socket pro-
high mountains on the border be-
vides power for lighted passenger
tween
Colorado
and
Utah.
It was
cars, add-on sound cars and other
originally established to haul gil-
accessories.
sonite, a solid hydrocarbon ore,
Drive
out
of the
Uintah
Basin.
In the
This
1920's,
the
Baldwin
Locomotive
Works
built
two
massive
2-6-6-2
seven-pole
motor powers a set of three axles.
locos, numbered
50 and 51 , for the
One wheel per loco is equipped
line. Unlike their European
name-
sakes, the Uintah "Mallets" did not
with a traction
recirculate
steam
between
the
Smoke
drive units. However, they were ar-
Enclosed
ticulated
and
quite
capable
of
small supply of smoke fluid, which
handling the tight curves and steep
allows you to run your locomotive
grades of the railway.
with "steam".
tor in the smoke stack should only
Technical
features
be filled halfway with fluid. This al-
Two seven-pole
Buehler motors
lows the generator to develop suffi-
in
weather
and
dirt
resistant
cient heat to evaporate the smoke
gearboxes
fluid. The smoke
- Six
powered
axles
(three
per
Because it is powered by the 5-volt
motor)
voltage stabilization
- One traction tire per loco
smoke generator can be run "dry",
- Automatic
directional
lighting
that is, without fluid. For additional
with
one
front
lantern
Lighted
engineer's
cab
with
fluid, use LGB Smoke and Clean-
ing Fluid (50010).
complete
controls
and engineer
Attention:
figure
- 5-volt voltage stabilization circuit
touch the heating element in the
center of the smoke generator. It is
for lights and smoke generator
- 4-way power control switch in
very fragile.
the cab
Replacing the Smoke Generator
- Rear light socket
(Fig. 2-4)
- Weather resistant paint and pro-
First, remove the safety cover lo-
totypical lettering
cated on the top of the smoke
- Craftsman quality detailing with
stack.
working parts.
ging the stack.
4-Way Power Control (Fig. 1)
Then pull the smoke generator out
A 4-way switch, located in the en-
using pliers to grasp the heating
gineer's cabe above the fire box,
element.
selects these power settings:
to the old generator and attach
Switch position O=
All power off
them
Switch position 1 =
(see illustration). Insulate the wir-
Power to the lights only
ing connections and push the re-
Switch position 2 =
placement generator into place.
Power to lights, motors and
Be sure
smoke generator
cover.
Switch position 3 = function see 2
Cleaning:
Lighting
Dirty locomotives can be cleaned
Automatic
directional
lanterns
are
using a paintbrush. Avoid splash-
located
on the front of the loco. The
ing water on the sound system
engineer's cab is lighted also. A
speaker.
5-voltage stabilization circuit pro-
vides constant power to the lights,
Lubrication:
The axles should be occasionally
even
when
the
loco
is moving
lubricated with a drop of LGB
slowly.
To change the lantern bulbs, lift off
Maintenance Oil (51021).
6
To change
Mechanism
model
is powered
by the
Buehler
motors. Each
tire.
Generator
with the locomotive
is a
The smoke genera-
is harmless.
circuit,
the
Be
careful
not
to
to
Be careful
to avoid
dama-
Cut the wires
connected
to
replacement
generator
to
reinstall
the
safety
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