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Table of contents
Transformer operations
Running your locomotive with a Lionel transformer
3
Locking your locomotive into a single operational state
4
Using your locomotive’s couplers
5
Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Lubricating your locomotive
6
Replacing your locomotive’s lamps
7
Replacing your locomotive’s traction tires
7
Limited Warranty/Lionel Service
8
Y
ou purchased a tough, durable loco motive—the American Flyer GP 7/9 diesel locomotive.
From the crisp detail and expert decoration on the outside to the brute power under the hood,
the GP 7/9 is ready for duty on your model railroad.
Congratulations!
Features of this locomotive
• Transformer controlled forward, neutral, and reverse operation
• Operating headlights
• Interior lighting
• Two operating couplers
• Maintenance-free powerful motor
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, Odyssey
®
, RailSounds
®
, CrewTalk
™
, TowerCom
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, DynaChuff
™
, StationSounds
™
,
Pullmor
®
, ElectroCoupler
™
, Magne-Traction
®
, CAB-1
®
Remote Controller, PowerMaster
®
, Lionel ZW
®
, ZW
®
,
PowerHouse
®
, TMCC
®
, Lionelville™, Lockon
®
, Wireless Tether
™
, LionMaster
®
, FatBoy
™
, American Flyer
®
,
TrainSounds
™
, PowerMax
™
, LEGACY
™
, PowerMax
™
Plus, Odyssey II
™
, LEGACY RailSounds
™
The name FasTrack
®
is used with permission from Pitsco, Inc.