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Running your locomotive
Running your locomotive
With track power off, place your locomotive on the track.
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Power up your locomotive with your transformer.
Your locomotive is designed to operate on 7-15 volts alternating cur-
rent.
Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current transformers
are suitable.
Do not power your locomotive with direct-current (DC) transformers.
The locomotive was designed for use with alternating-current (AC)
transformers only.
Move ‘em out!
Get your locomotive moving.
Your locomotive goes through a repeating pattern
of operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. To sequence the reverse
unit, press the DIRECTION button on your transformer, or briefly bring the throttle
all the way back to the OFF position and then forward. Each press of the DIRECTION
button or interruption in track power causes the locomotive to advance to the next
operational state.
Adjust track voltage
until your locomotive moves at your desired speed.
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Connect the drawbar between the locomotive and tender.
See Figure 1.
If the smoke unit switch is in the ON position, add smoke fluid to your
locomotive’s stack to prevent damage to the smoke unit. Refer to
page 10 for additional information.
Caution!
Note!
Figure 1. Drawbar connection
REVERSE
ON
OFF
SMOKE
ON
OFF
