Lionel 313 bascule bridge

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Mania Trains in NJ has repro stamps for Pre-War trains...may have stamps for the boxes as well. Many of the stamps came from Jerry Butler....Excellent products

Olsen's trains in Ohio may be a second source

Not much on the train stuff, but maybe this link can help. I see a few parts list .pdf file and a link below that for a diagram for the bridge.
Parts Diagram for Lionel 313 Bascule Bridge

Lionel Post War 313 Bascule Bridge


Hope this helps.

There are 5 terminals on the bridge number them from outside to inside 1,2,3,4,5
Terminal 1 gets connected to the outside rails on a V,Z,VW,orZW transformer terminal U. The control button a #96 push button gets connected between terminals 2 and 3. Terminal 3 also gets a wire from A or B on a V or Z or Bor C on a VW/ZW. Terminal 4 gets connected to the transformer terminal D. Terminal 5 gets a wire to the lockon on the black bridge frame. The bridge needs 3 sections of track on each end seperated from the rest of the track as a stopping section remove the center rail pin on this section, This forms the stopping sections at each end of the bridge.

Just got my bascule bridge working.
1) cener rail should be ground (U terminal on my "V" transformer) and insulated from rest of tracks.
2) Power should rails should not be insulated from the rest of the tracks.
3) on my bridge there are 5 terminals (1 farthest from the track, 5 closest to the track.
4)Power to terminal 1 (on my "V" transformer that is from A terminal)
5)Terminal 2 and three are the two ends of a "Push Button Normally Off" switch (this switch send power across the motor and to ground at terminal 3.
6)Terminal 3 has two connections. The aforementioned switch and a ground connection at the transformer ( terminal "U" on my V type transformer.
7)Terminal 4 is a ground connection from the transformer ( "U" on my "V" transformer).
8)Terminal 5 runs a jumper wire to the center Rail on the clip connection at the free end of the bridge.

Good Luck

You should be able to. The Lionel transformers all put out AC power, not DC and many Marx and American Flyer transformers will work too. The real question is total amount of power being drawn and whether or not you have the wattage to match your engine and accessories. With the CW-80 though, it should put out plenty. I run my pre-war 1666E engine pulling a full compliment of metal cars with no problems using a CW-80.

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became the governing polity on Taiwan. In 1949, after losing control of mainland China following the
Chinese civil war, the ROC government under the KMT withdrew to Taiwan and Chiang Kai-shek
declared martial law. Japan formally renounced all territorial rights to Taiwan in 1952 in the San
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Have you changed transformers? You can also make a Lionel run in opposite direction by using the throttle control...just go to stop and then to power and then back to no stop and right to power. That often works.

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I agree, it is old. None the less, yes on reversing the wiring of the motor. All DC motors are polarity affected.

Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.

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