THE GILBERT HALL American Flyer, Operating And Assembly Instructions Manual

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After oiling, run train around track a few times and then wipe the rails
to remove any oil that might have run down on them. This not only keeps the
rails bright and shiny, but provides
a
good electrical contact and prevents
the drive wheels from skidding.
HOW
TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN
YOUR
C H 0 0 -C H 0 0 AND SMOKE UNIT
When the word “locomotive” is mentioned, the mental picture which
most of us visualize contains not only the locomotive, but the puffs of smoke
belching from its stack, and roaring “choo-choo” sound it makes. T o make
your train even more realistic, American Flyer has added smoke and choo-choo
sounds to some of its trains.
The smoke and choo-choo unit in the American Flyer trains is a gear
driven piston located in the front part of the locomotive boiler and forces the
smoke directly out of the stack. See Figure 44.
TO REFILL THE SMOKE UNIT
When the smoke in your locomotive diminishes and a refill is needed,
insert the small funnel which is packed with your locomotive, into the tube
in the smoke stack. Then cut off the end of
a nozzle on a smoke cartridge
tube and squeeze the liquid into the funnel. Be sure to use only the
No..
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Smoke Cartridge which is designed to be used with this unit.
NOTE:
An excess of liquid may cause the passage-way to be blocked
in
your smoke unit. Therefore, it is wise to use only a part of a capsule of fuel
at one time.
If
the unit should become blocked with excessive fluid,
it is
easily removed by inserting
a pipe
cleaner into the stack and absorbing the
excess
fluid,
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