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 Posted - December 11 2012 : 6:45:11 PM
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Does anyone have an Ideal rotating beacon? It is an Ideal tower with a red and green beacon at the top.
Is there a trick to get it to operate? Mine lights up, but doesn't rotate.
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Posted - December 11 2012 : 7:21:10 PM
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I have no idea on the beacon, but I thought of you the other day at the LHS because he has 2 Ideal houses for sale on consignment. There's a surprising amount of detail on them, plus lamp terminals on their cardboard bases.
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Posted - December 11 2012 : 8:05:11 PM
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beaon could be like the Lionel one & that one I think used a motor to turn the light 
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Posted - December 11 2012 : 8:28:57 PM
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Does the beacon itself have vents and the bulb a dimple? If so, it takes a draft to rotate. Lionel's #394 didn't have a motor, but, others like the #494 did Ben. Its actually a vibrotor.
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Posted - December 11 2012 : 9:36:35 PM
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I think it is supposed to vibrate to rotate, but it doesn't. Just wondering if they really worked at all. I like the look of it, but I wish it would rotate!
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