THE GILBERT HALL American Flyer, Operating And Assembly Instructions Manual

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Place the car on the track so that the opening and hook on the car are
toward the front of the train, on the same side of the track as the special con-
tact rail
No. 713, and the train should be run in a forward direction. See Fig. 27.
Hang one of the mail bags on the standard, start the train and as it
approaches the special track section, press the button and hold it down. When
the mail car passes over the special track, the hook will swing out and pick
up the mail bag.
After the car has passed, release the button. Hang the other mail bag
on the standard and repeat the operation just mentioned, and the car will
automatically pick up the mail bag and deliver the one it picked
up on the
first trip.
ILLUMINATED EQUIPMENT
American Flyer offers a wide variety of illuminated accessories to help
make your railroad more realistic. You will find listed in the American Flyer
Catalog, Stations, Signal Towers, Street Lights and various other items which
are lighted. These all come equipped with wires and can be attached anywhere
along the train layout, but if connected direct to the track, they will not light
when the transformer is shut off. So, to keep them lighted at all times they
should be connected to the
BASE
and
15 VOLT POSTS
on the transformer.
In this way they will get a constant 15 Volt Current irrespective of the posi-
tion of the speed control lever. T o do this it is advisable to run two wires from
the above named posts around your layout and connect the signals to them
as
shown in Fig. 28.
Since all American Flyer transformers and rectiformers have a maximum
output of 15 volts, there is no danger in wiring lighted accessories and the
chance of burning
out lamps by high voltage is eliminated.
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