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Rapido Trains F40PH Operator's Manual

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  • Page 1 Modernized OPERATOR’S MANUAL NPCU MANUAL ON REVERSE...
  • Page 2 Thank you for purchasing this model of Amtrak’s Modernized F40PH locomotive. Our F40PH is based on the upgraded phase 1 version, which means it is an accurate representation of the first order of F40 locomotives delivered in 1976 but running as late as 2002.

  • Page 3: Dcc Quick Start For People Who Don't Like Reading Manuals

    YouTube channel or Facebook page. 2. If you don’t press F4 or F5, your F40PH locomotive will operate like a freight engine and will not provide power to your passenger cars, just like the real thing.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    • Factory Reset ..................16 • Awesome Slow Speed Thingy ............... 17 More Information ..................... 17 Limited Lifetime Warranty ................. 17 Acknowledgments ................... 18 MODERNIZED F40PH DCC FUNCTION QUICK REFERENCE HEADLIGHT BELL HORN (AND BELL) DOPPLER HORN GO INTO/OUT OF “STANDBY”...

  • Page 5: Break-In

    We suggest that, after reading this manual, you put your F40PH on a test loop and just let it run in each direction for an hour or two. Fast and slow. If your layout has not been built yet, or you don’t have any track to run it on, you can probably skip this step for the time being.

  • Page 6: Removing The Shell

    REMOVING THE SHELL If you need to open up your F40PH (to install a crew, install a decoder, etc.) it is actually quite easy to do. Just be sure to remember these important points: •...

  • Page 7: Installing A Dcc Decoder

    CVs in the usual way. If you have F40PH locomotives from other manufacturers, sell them and buy more of our F40s. If you are not in a position to do that, sell your other models and buy more of our F40s.

  • Page 8: Prototypical Operation - Dcc (Sound)

    F40PH, for good or for ill. As always, we’ll try to help you fix your F40PH if one of these doo-dads converts your locomotive’s circuitry into something that looks like burnt scrambled eggs, but we can’t guarantee we’ll be able to.

  • Page 9: Hep Mode: Idle, Standby And Run

    In order for the HEP alternator to turn at the needed speed of 1786 RPM, the prime mover must always be running at its maximum speed of 893 RPM. So rather than hear an F40PH labor through the notches from idle to eight, it always sounds like it is screaming at notch eight.

  • Page 10: Hep Mode: Consisting

    CV31=16, CV32=2, CV400=0, CV445=128, CV447=16 This puts your F40PH into Run as soon as you press F8 to start it up, and it will stay in Run until you press F8 again to shut down the locomotive. You won’t hear the startup or shut down sequences.

  • Page 11: Locomotive Address

    Press F8 again to turn the sound off. If you want the F40PH to be making noise as soon as it is put on the track, you need to change some CVs. On a programming track (or using a LokProgrammer), input the...

  • Page 12: Functions

    Headlight goes on, headlight goes off. Headlight goes on, headlight goes off. That’s all. F1 Bell and F2 Horn Your F40PH is programmed with an accurate recording of an Amtrak F40PH electronic bell, or E-Bell. We still haven’t figured out why Jason likes these so much, but he’s tickled that it’s the default bell.
  • Page 13 See Prototypical Operation – DCC (Sound) on page 8 above. F6 Ditch Lights The ditch lights should be turned on whenever your F40PH is pulling a train – they are not just for use in the mountains like in the old days. However, remember to turn them off when approaching a station or an oncoming train as they are BLINDING.
  • Page 14 F9 Front Classification Lights (Markers) The F40PH can often be found in push-pull service. When pushing a train, the locomotive should have the red markers turned on. F9 operates independently of locomotive direction, just like the prototype.

  • Page 15: Sound Volume Settings

    F20 and F21 Sarco Valve (Spitter) These functions turn on or off the Sarco Valve. On the real F40PH, it’s always going. But you often can’t hear it from a distance. In contrast, if you are close to the engine you can hear the Sarco valve pretty prominently.

  • Page 16: Factory Reset

    0-128 FACTORY RESET On your F40PH, you perform a factory reset by entering a value of “8” into CV 8. Note that this will cause all of your new volume and motor settings to be lost, so you will need to reprogram any settings that you want to keep.

  • Page 17: Awesome Slow Speed Thingy

    If you had less room than you thought and your F40PH is now in 83 pieces on the floor, have fun putting it back together. Also have fun with the insurance claims from the crew you installed too.

  • Page 18: Acknowledgments

    “snow” for a photo shoot to impress your Facebook friends, posing it for a photo on the nose of a real F40PH locomotive moving at more than 10MPH, setting the throttle to maximum while trying to pull a 40-car Empire Builder up a 3% grade because you wanted to see “how much it can pull,”...

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