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Premier U50C Diesel Engine Operating Instructions
Freight Yard Sounds (FYS):
Your engine is equipped with a sound package of freight yard sounds that you
can play when you pull into a yard.
Each sequence described below will
play as long as it is left on, randomly generating sounds, but be sure to
allow approximately 30 seconds between the button pushes described
below to allow the FYS sufficient time to run through each sequence.
1. To cue the sound system to play the FYS, quickly but firmly tap the Bell
button once followed by 2 quick taps of the Whistle button while the engine is
moving. Tap the buttons quickly but allow approximately ½ second between
each press.
2. Press the Direction button or drop and advance the throttle once to stop the
engine. This will trigger the first sequence of FYS. The reverse unit is
temporarily disabled so that the train will not move as you use the Direction
button to trigger the sounds, and Proto-Sound 2.0 has disabled operator control
over the Whistle and Bell buttons until the full FYS sequence is complete.
3. After waiting about 30 seconds for that sequence to run, press the Direction
button again to trigger the second sequence of FYS.
4. After about 30 seconds, press the Direction button again to trigger the third
FYS sequence.
5. Again, after allowing about 30 seconds for that sequence to run, press the
Direction button one more time to trigger the fourth and final FYS sequence.
The FYS will continue, and within a few seconds, the engine will start and
move out on its own at the current throttle setting, in the same direction it was
traveling when you began the sequence with the bell ringing. Once the bell
turns off, the operator regains control of the transformer’s bell and whistle
buttons and can ring the bell or blow the whistle as usual.
