Thank you for your reply Jonathan about the Spectrum K4 Pacific. I don't think that you are familiar with that particular locomotive.The headlight is not mounted on the middle of the boiler front. It is mounted at the very top of the boiler and sits on a bracket. From the diagram that came with the loco the bracket pulls out of the boiler. I have tried pulling on the bracket but it doesn't budge and I am afraid of pulling too hard and causing breakage. Hopefully someone will come to my rescue. Thank you, Bob