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- Page 2 RTL TURBOLINER PRODUCT GUIDELINES Thank you for purchasing this model of the last turbine-powered passenger train in North American revenue service, the Rohr-built RTL Turboliner! Based on the earlier French RTG (Rame à Turbine à Gaz) Turboliner but with American couplers and 480v HEP, the RTL Turboliners ran for over 25 years out of New York City.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Prototype History....................4 Break-In ......................4 How to Hold Your Turboliner ................5 Checking and Adjusting Your Turboliner ..............5 Missing or Damaged Parts .................. 6 How to Assemble Your Turboliner ................. 6 Additional Features and Detail Parts ..............7 Removing the Shell ..................... -
Page 4: Prototype History
PROTOTYPE HISTORY In the 1970s – with Amtrak still reeling from inheriting a proverbial mixed bag of equipment from the former passenger carriers – efforts were made to improve passenger services along key corridors. Following the success of the French-built RTG Turboliners in the mid-1970s in the Midwest, Amtrak turned to Rohr Industries in California to build modernized Turboliners for use along the Empire Corridor. -
Page 5: How To Hold Your Turboliner
There already should be enough grease in the gearbox so you don’t need to add any. Just let the things run. HOW TO HOLD YOUR TURBOLINER Hold your RTL Turboliner gently, and with much love, care, and attention. Your model has numerous delicate parts, particularly on the underframe. If you want to backdate it to be the quality of a model produced in the 1970s, then rip all the parts off and handle it like a young child with their first tub of plasticine. -
Page 6: Missing Or Damaged Parts
steps to replace the wheelset and ensure the gearbox cover is snapped into place before placing it on the track. • Check that all underbody piping and appliances are firmly installed and clear of the track. If your track transitions from flat to a 12% grade in three inches, you may want to remove the pilot and the fuel tank as they will foul the rails. -
Page 7: Additional Features And Detail Parts
To assemble your train, install a drawbar into one car at a time, then placing them on the track. After you have all the cars lined up, simply press all the trainsets together into a connected train. There, you're done! To separate the cars, get a hold of each of the two cars you want to separate and firmly begin pulling them apart with your fingers on either side of the diaphragms. - Page 8 you use with freight cars. Simply install as you would a regular coupler into the coupler box. FRONT COUPLER DOORS On the prototype in the early years, the front coupler could be retracted and then a pair of doors could be closed to create a streamlined nose. Because a reliable hinge in HO scale would be horribly oversized, we've designed the nose doors as a single piece that plugs into the coupler box.
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Page 9: Removing The Shell
SIDE AIR INTAKE GRILLES After the first few years, the air intakes on the sides of the power cars were changed for improved performance. If you have the early style Turboliner, we've included the later style of air intakes in the polybag. These snap into the body side using clips. -
Page 10: Operation - Dc (Silent)
• For the Power Cars, it's largely the same, but there's one step that must be taken before removing the shell. Turn the power car over and rest it on the roof in a foam cradle or other safe surface and you'll notice the U-shape of the pilot. -
Page 11: Installing A Dcc Decoder
try our best to fix it for you, but it may be beyond salvaging. Please note we may have to charge you for the replacement parts and/or the labor involved in restoring it to its former self. That’s because you didn’t read this bit of the manual. For those of you who are reading this, hi! How’s it going? You in the mood for gyros? INSTALLING A DCC DECODER The RTL Turboliner contains a motherboard specially designed for our decoders. -
Page 12: Operation - Dc (Sound)
OPERATION – DC (SOUND) To operate your sound-equipped RTL Turboliner locomotive on a DC layout, just give the throttle some juice. The two power cars will start up once sufficient voltage has been reached (around seven volts). See the note above (in Operation – DC (Silent)) about using train-set or large-scale throttles. -
Page 13: Power Car Address
More detailed decoder instructions, including all sorts of weird CV settings we still don’t understand after all these years, can be found in the ESU Loksound decoder manual. This is available for download in the Support section of our web site. We highly recommend using the LokProgrammer especially if you have lots of Rapido ESU-equipped locomotives. -
Page 14: Operating Modes
another engine, your trainset still thinks F8 is pressed so it will keep idling along. However, if someone else selects your trains number and F8 isn’t pressed on their controller, the Turboliner will promptly shut down. They will need to press F8 again. OPERATING MODES We've gone to great lengths to make the model of the RTL Turboliner operate just like the real thing in DCC, and that was one heck of a challenge to do too! Technology... -
Page 15: Functions: More Information
FUNCTIONS: MORE INFORMATION F0 Headlight/Red Markers The Turboliner, being a trainset, has headlights at each end as well as red markers indicating the rear of the train. When you turn the lights on with F0, the headlights will go on in the direction of movement and red markers at the opposite end will turn on. - Page 16 F6 Strobe Lights Amtrak has been adding white strobe lights on all their road power for decades. These add extra grade crossing protection that will hopefully catch the eye of motorists and pedestrians to warn them that the train is a comin' through. F7 Dim the Headlights When approaching a station stop or an oncoming train, press F7 to dim your lights –...
- Page 17 brake is applied to warn oncoming trains that there might be a derailment ahead that fouls the mainline. Press F12 to simulate an emergency by turning on the red strobe. F13 Manual Change Ends When F15 is on, press F13 to manually change the ends of the trainset (see F15 below).
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Page 18: Custom Sound Settings
CUSTOM SOUND SETTINGS The RTL Turboliners were only used by Amtrak and, as such, were equipped with only a limited number of horns and bell tones. The default horn on your model is the Nathan P5A. You can change the default horn by changing the value of CV 163. -
Page 19: Sound Volume Settings Chart
— VE RY IM PORTANT — Before you manually change any of the volume control CVs, you must set CV 31 to 16 and then CV 32 to 1. CV 31 and CV 32 are used as index selection registers and if you don’t set them first, unspeakable things may happen to your unit. -
Page 20: Awesome Slow Speed Thingy
then you have probably flame broiled your decoder with a voltage spike. Open up your locomotive and serve it with some ketchup and lettuce on the side. AWESOME SLOW SPEED THINGY (NOT RECOMMENDED) On previous Rapido locomotives we have recommended using the “Awesome Slow Speed Thingy”... -
Page 21: Acknowledgements
Turboliner footage – as well as an actual horn from a retired Turboliner power car – into the exquisite sound file featured in this model. CONTACT US! Rapido Trains Inc. Tel. (905) 474-3314 500 Alden Road, Unit 21 Toll Free 1-855-LRC-6917 Markham, Ontario Fax.