Speed Control
Direction Lock
M.T.H.enginesequippedwithLoco-Soundhavespeedcontrolcapabilitiesthatallowthe
enginetomaintainaconstantspeedupanddowngradesandaroundcurves,muchlikean
automobilecruisecontrol. Youcanaddordropcarsontherun,andtheenginewill
maintainthespeedyouset.
Whiletheengineisprogrammedtostartwiththespeedcontrolfeatureactivated,youcan
opttoturnitoff. Thismeanstheengine'sspeedwillfallasitlaborsupahillandincrease
asittravelsdownward. Itisalsoaffectedbytheadditionorreleasingofcarswhileonthe
run. Tomaintainaconstantspeedwhenspeedcontrolisturnedoff,youneedtoadjust
trackvoltageyourself.
puttheengineinneutral,thenquicklytapthe
transformer'sWhistlebuttononetimethenquicklytaptheBellbuttontwotimes,allowing
approximately½secondtolapsebetweeneachquickbuttonpress. Repeatthe1whistle,2
bellscodetoreturnittotheothercondition.
Each
timeyoushutdowntheenginecompletely,itwillautomaticallyturnspeedcontrolon.
Youcanlockyourengineintoadirection(forward,neutral,orreverse)sothatitwillnot
changedirections. Todothis,puttheengineintothedirectionyouwantorintoneutral,to
lockitintoneutral,runitataveryslowcrawl(asslowlyasitwillmovewithouthalting),
andquicklybutfirmlytaptheWhistlebuttononcefollowedbythreequicktapsofthe
Bellbutton,allowingapproximately½secondtolapsebetweeneachquickbuttonpress.
Theenginewillnotchangedirection(includinggoingintoneutral)untilyourepeatthe1
whistle,3bellscodetoreturntheenginetoitsnormalcondition,eveniftheengineiskept
withoutpowerforextendedperiodsoftime.
Toturnspeedcontrolonandoff,
Youwillwanttodothisduringtheinitial
neutraluponstart-upifyouevercouplethisenginetoanotherenginethatisnot
equippedwithspeedcontroltoavoiddamagingthemotorsineitherengine.
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TimingChart
Total TimeLaps e : 1
Seconds
½
Press
Whistle
Short&
Firm
½ Sec.
Pause
½Sec.
Pause
Press
Bell
Short &
Firm
Press
Bell
S h o r t &
Firm
Whistle
Place
Engineinto
Neutral
Bell
Bell
SpeedControl
RepeattoReturn
toNormalCondition
=
Place
Engineinto
Desired
Direction
Whistle
Bell
Bell
Bell
DirectionLock
RepeattoReturn
toNormalCondition
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RailKing6-8-6BantamTurbineSteamFreightSetwithLoco-Sound™
