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Uintah Mallet Steam
Loco #51, Sound
THE PROTOTYPE
The Uintah Railway was built to
haul gilsonite, a solid hydrocarb-
on ore found only in this area on
the border between Colorado and
Utah. To negotiate the sharp cur-
ves and incredible grades of up to
7.5%, the Uintah bought two
modern Mallet locomotives from
Baldwin in 1926 and 1928. Com-
pared to the geared Shay loco-
motives used before, the Mallets
were fast and reliable. To this day,
these locomotives are the largest
narrow gauge locomotives that
ever operated in the United Sta-
tes. When service on the Uintah
Railway was discontinued in
1939, the powerful Mallets were
sold to the Sumpter Valley Rail-
way.
THE MODEL
This detailed replica features:
- weather-resistant construction
- opening cab doors
- four-way power control switch
- two protected gearboxes with
seven-pole Bühler motors
- twelve powered wheels
- two traction tires
- twelve power pickups
- digital electronic sound:
- synchronized steam chuffs
- bell and whistle sounds
- brake sounds
-
air pump, safety valve and
steam sounds
- coal shoveling sound
- volume control
- remote control of sound features
(with Multi-Train System)
- voltage stabilization circuit
- smoke generator
- simulated fire box fire
- automatic directional lantern
- one multi-purpose socket
- length: 620 mm (24.4 in)
- weight: 4400 g (9.7 lb)
OPERATION
Operating Modes
This model has a four-way power
control switch mounted in the cab
above the firebox (Fig. 1):
Position 0: All power off
Position 1: Power to lights and
smoke generator
Position 2: Power to lights, smoke
generator and motors
Position 3: Power to lights, smoke
generator, motors and
sound (factory pre-set)
Multi-Train System
This model has two „D“ gearbo-
xes and a decoder interface. It
can be equipped with an LGB
Multi-Train System Decoder
(55020) and a Motor Booster
(55030) using a Decoder Interfa-
ce Cable (55026).
We strongly recommend decoder
installation by an LGB service
station. For more information,
contact your authorized LGB
retailer or an LGB service station
(see Authorized Service).
If this model is decoder-equipped,
you can control its sounds with
the Multi-Train System. With a
Loco Remote or Universal Remo-
te, press the numbered loco func-
tion buttons. With an MTS Train
Mouse, press the loco function
button the matching number of
times. For example, to trigger the
bell, press button “2” on the Loco
Remote or Universal Remote. If
you are using a Train Mouse,
press the function button twice to
trigger the bell.
1: Whistle
2: Bell
3: Smoke generator on/off
4: Sound on/off
5: Whistle (Crossing: 2 long, 1
short, 1 long blast)
6: Brake sound
7: Coal shoveling sound
8: Air pump
Hint: If this model is equipped
with a decoder, the digital/analog
DIP switches on the loco circuit
board will be set to OFF. On deco-
der-equipped models, the DIP
switches remain in this setting,
even if the models are used on an
analog layout. In addition, DIP
switch 1 on the sound circuit
board will be set to OFF for Multi-
Train System operation.
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USA
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