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Conventional transformer operations
Conventional operations
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our locomotive is capable of operating in the conventional environment with nothing more
than a standard Lionel alternating-current (AC) transformer.
To operate in the
conventional environment, the Command Base must be unplugged from the
wall outlet or disconnected from the transformer and track.
In the conventional environment, your locomotive cycles through a repeating pattern of
operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. To advance to the next operation, press
the
DIRECTION
button on your transformer. Alternately, you could use the throttle to briefly
turn off track power so that the locomotive advances to the next operation when power is
restored.
Once you cycle the locomotive into forward or reverse, you control your locomotive’s speed
by varying track voltage with the transformer’s throttle. To increase the speed of the locomotive,
you increase track voltage. To decrease the speed, you decrease track voltage. To stop the
locomotive and to change directions (or to enter neutral), track voltage is turned off or
interrupted.
Use the
HORN
and
BELL
buttons on your transformer (or separate buttons if your
transformer is not equipped with these controls) to activate these sounds.
