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Geno
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Hello, I'm new to the forum and have just started to collect some HO. I also have some American Flyer and some Lionel equipment. I have smaller radius curves on my HO layout and the early Tyco stremliner passenger cars (Santa Fe) with metal floors and metal trucks work well on my layout and I like their looks. Some of the bulbs are out in my cars. These bulbs have threaded bases about .200" diameter with the glass part a little smaller and a total length of about .675". What do you all use as replacements for this bulb and where do you get them? I see a Lifelike 1213 bulb up on ebay which looks similar but I don't know if it will work. Thanks
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HI, Geno, welcome to the Tyco Forum. I've found some of the screw-based bulbs, they're 12 or 14 VDC, at Radio Shack in the gray trays they have for hobby and projects. I bought an assortment to try out in my old HO engines and passenger cars, but to be truthful, they're still in the packages ( somewhere ). I haven't actually tried them yet. But they do have bulbs that will work with 12v and higher DC voltages. Try there first.

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DaCheez
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I see a Lifelike 1213 bulb up on ebay which looks similar but I don't know if it will work.


Those are the exact ones I've used to replace bulbs in my Tyco streamliners and engines. They're dead-on, drop in fits (you have to do a little soldering of course )

I've never tried the bulbs from Radio Shack, but if they fit, I'd imagine that would be a cheaper route to take

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oh never mind the bulbs! I'd replace mine with LEDs
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