How do you make a Lionel train whistle? Well, if you have a whistling tender, a transformer with a whistle button or handle, and it’s all wired correctly, pushing the button or handle while the train is moving will make it whistle. And if it doesn’t, let’s try to figure out why.
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How to make a Lionel train whistle
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 20, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/11/how-to-make-a-lionel-train-whistle/
Frequent questions about setting up toy trains and trains and Christmas trees
Here are some train-related questions I’ve been seeing from Google searches that I really don’t think I ever answered adequately elsewhere. I don’t know where they’ve been landing before today, but hopefully this will help.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 28, 2010
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2010/11/frequent-questions-about-setting-up-toy-trains-and-trains-and-christmas-trees/
My $8 secondhand Lionel
I hear stories all the time about the Lionel train that someone found at a garage sale for $10. Or sometimes it’s a Marx. The one that bothered me the most was the story about a 65-year-old American Flyer locomotive for $10, and the guy who got it didn’t even like O gauge.
Whatever. Today was my day. I found a Lionel starter set from 1999. The price marked on it: $8. I didn’t haggle. I handed over Alexander Hamilton, scooped up the train set, grabbed a couple of Washingtons, and headed to the car with a train set under my arm.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 13, 2006
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2006/05/my-8-secondhand-lionel/