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Running your locomotive
Running your locomotive
With track power off, place your locomotive set on the track.
Refer to page 6 for information on coupling the cars.
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Power up your locomotive with your transformer.
Your locomotive is designed to operate on 18 volts alternating current.
Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current transformers are suitable.
Do not power your locomotive with direct-current (DC) transformers.
The locomotive was designed for use with alternating-current (AC)
transformers only.
Move ‘em out!
Get your locomotive moving.
Your locomotive goes through a repeating pattern of
operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. To sequence the reverse unit, press
the DIRECTION button on your transformer, or briefl y bring the throttle all the way back
to the OFF position and then forward, for one to four seconds. When track power is inter-
rupted, the locomotive advances to the next operational state.
Adjust track voltage
until your locomotive moves at your desired speed.
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Connect the drawbar between the locomotive and tender.
See Figure 1.
If the smoke unit switch is in the ON position, add Lionel smoke fl uid to your
locomotive’s stack to prevent damage to the smoke unit. Refer to
page 5 for additional information. We recommend that you use Lionel smoke
fl uid only.
Caution!
Note!
Figure 1. Drawbar connection
