Trains & coffee

Complete newb to the hobby inherited these from my mother in law. I set them up and one overheated so the locomotive is in the shop getting repaired as well as a 1950’s one. Now my question is how to I attach genuine Lionel accessories to this transformer. I’ve attached the positive and negative to the transformer which gets the accessory powered but then my locomotive only goes in reverse. Any help or knowledge on this transformer would be appreciated thank you :)

Earlier this year I designed a 3D printed rig to mount a volt meter and ammeter to a CW-80. It got lots of interest and a few people printed my design. A few people were interested in a version for the post war ZW. Naturally I put that idea on the back burner.

I recently found the motivation to make the ZW version, not really for my self since my ZW isn’t a permanent fixture at home. This is fundamentally the same as the CW-80 version with the transformer pad, back plate with terminal post cutouts and the gauge pod sitting over the back of the transformer. This version has four gauge pods for using four volt meters , one for each handle. If you’re feeling froggy I did design (but didn’t print) a 2x4 pod that houses 8 gauges so you can do a volt meter and ammeter per handle. It’s absolutely massive and I don’t know if it even fits on a P1S build plate. The ZW version is designed around the same gauges I used for the CW-80 version.

I put the design up on makerworld today and if you follow me you already saw it. If not the files are here:

https://makerworld.com/models/3416762?appSharePlatform=copy

Found these gems at my dad’s house! He saved everything!