Note!
Note!
Install a 9-volt alkaline battery in your B40-8. Lift off the
access panel, connect the battery to the power cord,
and place the battery into the cavity.
Transformer operations
Note!
Although
Railsounds is pow-
ered by track volt-
age, the battery is
required for unin-
terrupted opera-
tion. Use only
alkaline
batteries.
Discontinue loco-
motive power for
10 seconds before
changing the
Railsounds
on
/
off
switch position.
If
Railsounds “drops
out” during track
power interrupts
(direction change),
replace the
battery.
Using your B40-8 file Electrocouplers in the non-Command environment
5
L
ionel Railsounds is the most realistic
.
model
railroad sound system in the world. Your B40-8
features digital samples from an authentic B40-8
for the ultimate in realism.
Begin by in-stalling a 9-volt alkaline battery in
your B40-8. This ensures interruption free operation
of Railsounds. Lift off the access panel as shown in
the illustration. Connect the 9-volt alkaline bat-
tery to the battery clip, and place the battery in the cavity. Then replace the access
panel.
When you first apply track power,
the B40-8’s Railsounds system delivers an authen-
tic start-up sequence, followed by the sounds of the locomotive at idle. As the B40-8’s
speed increases, the RPMs move through four levels of roar. Sounds return to idle
only
after the locomotive has come to a complete halt.
To silence the diesel roar (horn and bell remain unaffected), slide t h e R a i l -
sounds switch, located underneath the locomotive, to the
o
ff
position before power-
ing up the locomotive
. See page 4 for the switch location and positioning.
Your B40-8’s Electrocouplers in the TrainMaster Command environment
Y
our Lionel B40-8 is equipped
w i t h f r o n t a n d r e a r
Electrocouplers that respond to the
C
OUPLER
F (front) and C
OUPLER
R
(rear) button on your CAB-1 remote
when operated in the Trainmaster
Command environment. Simply
press either button on your CAB-1
remote, and that coupler opens.
Y
our B40-8 is equipped with Lionel Magne-Traction, magnetized wheel sets and
axles that help increase tractive effort during operation. Because the wheel sets are
magnetized, take care to prevent small metallic objects from attaching to the wheel
sets and working their way into the B40-8’s motor assembly. They can damage your
locomotive.
A note on Magne-Traction
Your B40-8
Electrocouplers are
NOT
designed to be opened
manually.
Note!
Magne-Traction is not
effective on nonferrous
Note!
Your B40-8’s Railsounds system—the basics
volume
set screw
