I acquired a set of the 42754 HO CIWL coaches second-hand some 18 months - 2 years ago. The coaches have never been used. I have decided that they have spent enough time in their packaging and need to have a run on my layout, but to do so, I need to remove the current pick-up shoes from the 2 baggage cars. I have carefully examined the cars and can find no obvious way to do this, and of course the coaches came without an instruction manual.

I have searched the forum but can find nothing to assist me, nor have I been able to find a manual on the Marklin website (I suspect these coaches were produced before 2000). I am unwilling to just apply any force in a random fashion as this could damage the coaches.

Is anyone able to assist me with this problem?

Hi Armando

I intend to run the cars on a layout using electric locos picking up current from live catenary. There are no pick studs between the track so the pickup shoes have to be removed or they will catch when crossing turnouts.

Since posting the request, I have not had no response, nor have I had time myself to even take the cars out of their box to see if I can figure out how to remove the pickup shoes.

Geoff

I don't have this set but IIRC the lights and slider are factory fitted, and if so the slider should be removable for replacement purposes. Do you have a picture showing the slider?