LIONEL 153C CONTACTOR
LIONEL 153C CONTACTOR
The Contactor No. 153C was first issued with the No. 153 Block Signal in 1940. Carried over into the Post War period, it was issued with many accessories that had used the No. 41 Contactor during the Pre-War period like the No. 45N Automatic Gateman and the No. 152 Crossing Gate. This contactor was available throughout the entire Post War Era with the exception of one year: 1967. |
As with the No. 145C, there were many different instructions sheets that were issued. Here’s a listing, in chronological order, of these sheets and the dates that they were issued: |
YEAR ISSUED | SHEET NO. | DATE ISSUED | NOTATIONS | |
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1 | 1946 | 153C-18 * | 3-46 | "and service department" eliminated for Chicago Show Room |
2 | 1946 | 153C-18 | 11-46 | Chicago Show Room completely eliminated |
3 | 1947-50 | 153C-22 | 8-47, 3-48, 7-48, 4-49, 6-49, 10-49, 2-50 | |
4 | 1951 | 153C-23 | 1-51 | |
5 | 1952 | 153C-22 # | 5-52 | # Out of sequence issue. |
6 | 1953 | 153C-23 | 8-53 | |
7 | 1954-55 | 153C-23 | 2-54, 4-55 | Printed in both BLACK and BLUE ink |
8 | 1955-60 | 153C-23 | 4-55 through 3-60 | |
* Front page shown below and the early Post War accessories that used this contact. |
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