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your DCC settings and can’t fix it, we will be pleased help you. But depending on the 

nature of the problem we may have to charge for the repair. 

Of course, damage caused by running your Turbo off an N scale cliff, operating your 

Turbo on a British layout with low bridges, using your Turbo as a hair curler, attempting 

to install a real gas turbine inside it, weathering it with latex house paint, or any other 

damage caused by Acts of You that we haven’t mentioned here is not covered by the 

warranty. However, if catastrophe does strike and your Turbo gets damaged, please 

give us a shout and we’ll do our best to help you out. Yes, even if it was your fault we 

will try our best to fix your train for you. If there is an extra charge it will be reasonable. 

We want you to be happy. Don’t be shy!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many people have helped make both this Turbo and our HO scale Turbo a reality and 

we mentioned most of them in the HO scale TurboTrain manual. Thanks again to all of 

you who contributed time and information. Special thanks to Bill Morrison for providing 

most of the information that allowed the model to get off the ground all those years 

ago. Specifically for the N scale model, thank you to Bryan Bussey and everyone on 

The Railwire forum for providing valuable guidance and feedback. Thank you to Matt 

Herman and everyone at ESU for doing a cracking job remastering our old recordings 

and programming the decoders to work so brilliantly. Thank you to Jay Winn for the 

Doppler horn recording, and thank you to all of our N scale customers who have stuck 

with us. 

Finally thanks to Richard Longpre for translating all 6500 words of these instructions into 

French. That is a huge job and we always need the translations done within three days. 

But don’t feel bad for the guy. We give him lots of free stuff, like bread crusts and water.

Summary of Contents for Turbo PDC-28

Page 1: ......

Page 2: ...s You liars I want my money back or a comment This looks different than my Bachmann Bros model from 1970 so you must be wrong please give us a shout More warranty information is available towards the...

Page 3: ...tood the pitfalls and stresses of running a company and he always knew what to say to keep me sane We used to watch hockey games together on Saturday nights I was at my house and he was at his and we...

Page 4: ...unctions 13 Functions More Information 13 Sound Volume Settings 15 Sound Volume Settings Chart 16 Factory Reset 16 Awesome Slow Speed Thingy 16 More Information 17 Limited Lifetime Warranty 17 Acknowl...

Page 5: ...just straighten them with your fingers Your TurboTrain is ready for service We advise that you read the rest of this manual to ensure smooth and reliable operation Important sections are Break In Chec...

Page 6: ...w and improved nine car train It operated between Montreal and Toronto and for a time between Montreal and Ottawa The Turbo became the most reliable trains in the country achieving on time performance...

Page 7: ...PDC This had TurboLuxe coach seating in the lower level and bar seating with drinks tables in the dome IC 29 The original IC built for the two American demonstration trains containing coach seating a...

Page 8: ...e tricky to remove the wheelsets from the train and we don t recommend it unless it s a wheelset emergency To remove a wheelset from a Single Axle Truck use a small flat screwdriver to pry it out from...

Page 9: ...nose end Use the nose weight the bit of zinc chassis extending into the nose cavity as a lever to pull down the belly Note that the lower level of the PDC cannot have passengers installed as we neede...

Page 10: ...pendently The TurboTrain motherboards use Next18 sockets The only way to install a DCC decoder is to use one with a Next18 plug such as the ESU LokPilot Micro 54689 But once you start futzing around w...

Page 11: ...OPERATION DCC WITH SOUND We go to extreme lengths for accuracy in sounds as well as in looks Our sound decoders are LokSound Select decoders by ESU programmed with sounds Jason painstakingly restored...

Page 12: ...ve a really old DCC system you may find that the Turbo won t work at all nor will many other new models Go update your DCC system to a newer version Your computer is updated regularly or at least we h...

Page 13: ...function is turned on After the sound plays you must press the function button again to turn off that function Otherwise the next time you want to hear the Doppler horn or some other recording and yo...

Page 14: ...ff your Gyralite Pressing F7 again will go back to normal F8 Startup Mute Shutdown F9 Doors Open F10 Doors Close The Canadian sound set features the original announcement as specified in the CN operat...

Page 15: ...ferent elements of the sound recordings To set the volume levels go into the program mode on your DCC system refer to your system s manual for instructions on how to do this as each system is slightly...

Page 16: ...o you will need to reprogram any settings that you want to keep You did keep notes right You can NOT lose all of the pre recorded sounds on your TurboTrain decoders by doing a factory reset If you man...

Page 17: ...te from the factory we will repair it using new components or replace it outright should a repair not be possible However we can only replace your Turbo while we have additional parts in stock We norm...

Page 18: ...have helped make both this Turbo and our HO scale Turbo a reality and we mentioned most of them in the HO scale TurboTrain manual Thanks again to all of you who contributed time and information Speci...

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