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« on: January 30, 2026, 11:45:11 am »
Thank you for the good insight, and I apologize for the late reply! I do not know the age of the Santa Fe diesel, as my (deceased) brother was an avid train collector, and had been acquiring Lionel trains for a long time. The locomotive number is "2343". The side ladder to the cab has 2 rungs. There is a "GM" logo on the side near the aft end of the engine. When I slide over the battery holding plate, there is an imprinted number "2333-20".
It is good to know that 9V may be too much for the horn actuation! I will have to disassemble the engine from the housing and check this out more. I hope to get to this in the next few weeks, after we did out from all the recent snow and ice in Connecticut!!
aaganz
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« on: January 11, 2026, 05:18:44 pm »
All,
I have resolved the reversing gear issue.
I am now trying to activate the Horn on the Santa Fe diesel. Please see the new Thread I have posted on this question, Thank you
aaganz
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« on: January 11, 2026, 05:16:32 pm »
All,
This is in follow up to my previous posting on the reversing gear in my Santa Fe diesel.
I am trying to activate the Horn. When I insert a "D" size battery (either up or down) the "whistle control" from the Transformer doesn't activate it.
There is also a 9V battery connector in the battery compartment, that may have been an "add on" from my deceased brother. If I attach a 9V battery to it, the horn blows off!!
Any advice on making this all work would be appreciated!
aaganz
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« on: December 29, 2025, 12:18:24 pm »
To all,
I miswrote when I referred to the poor performance with a 90 Watt transformer. I looked again this morning under the Christmas Tree, and see that it is a large 175 Watt transformer running the Santa Fe diesel on 027 gauge track. The engine runs fine, although reversing of the A-B-A + 3 passenger cars is pretty slow!
However, the 175 Watt Transformer really powers my Steam engines and Milwaukee diesel with a full set of freight cars very well!!
aaganz
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« on: December 28, 2025, 08:54:05 am »
To all,
I found the Reversing Gear Control F/N/R on my Santa Fe diesel. It is a thin lever that protrudes from the bottom of the engine between the two wheel "trucks".
When configured as A-B-A and three passenger cars, it moves very very slowly in reverse. I have a 90 Watt Transformer on a small layout.
Now I need to resolve the horn battery!
Again, thanks for the help!
aaganz
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« on: December 27, 2025, 04:42:06 pm »
I do not know the age of the Santa Fe diesel, as my (deceased) brother was an avid train collector, and had been acquiring Lionel trains for a long time. The locomotive number is "2343". The side ladder to the cab has 2 rungs. There is a "GM" logo on the side near the aft end of the engine. When I slide over the battery holding plate, there is an imprinted number "2333-20".
I have attached the train set up as an A-B-A configuration under the Christmas Tree. (Dec 2025). The pix failed to upload! Sorry.
Let me know if a closer photo of the engine itself would assist.
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!
aaganz
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« on: December 23, 2025, 04:28:39 pm »
All,
I see I have 253 Views but 0 Replies!! Can anyone advise on where I should put the posting, or is there another web site or Forum where I should post???
Thanks,
aaganz
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« on: December 14, 2025, 04:08:14 pm »
All,
I have just inherited a Santa Fe diesel set from my recently deceased brother. I have two questions?
1. Where is the Reversing Gear control located. My engine runs only in F/N.
2. The D size battery compartment has a 9 Volt connector wired into it. When I just insert a 9V battery the horn sounds??
Any advice or help would be appreciated, thank you.
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