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  • Page 1 FRANÇAIS AU VERSO...
  • Page 2 Thank you for purchasing the first accurate models ever produced of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad’s unique passenger locomotive, the EMD FL9. This has been one of the most sought-after New Haven locomotives, as its extended length requires all-new tooling and can’t be modified from existing F-unit molds.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    • Factory Reset ..................14 • Awesome Slow Speed Thingy ............... 14 • More Information ................15 • Limited Lifetime Warranty ..............15 • Acknowledgements ................16 FL9 DCC FUNCTION QUICK REFERENCE HEADLIGHTS BELL HORN/HANCOCK STRAIGHT TO 8 DYNAMIC BRAKE...

  • Page 4: Break-In

    We suggest that, after reading this manual, you put your FL9 model on a test loop and just let it run in each direction for an hour or two. Fast and slow.

  • Page 5: Checking And Adjusting Your Locomotive

    FL9 at the rear, we have conveniently provided you with operating red classification lights on the nose in DC and DCC. For the 1.5 of you modeling Grand Central Terminal in New York, we offer a “Grand Central Terminal mode”...

  • Page 6: Removing The Shell

    REMOVING THE SHELL If you need to open up your FL9 it is actually quite easy to do. Just be sure to remember these important points: • We have a transporter lock on the molecular pattern of your locomotive. If some- thing pops off while you are removing the shell, our starship’s transporters will...

  • Page 7: Extra Parts

    OPERATION – DC (SILENT) If your FL9 locomotive is not equipped with a sound decoder, it should function like most other HO scale locomotives. The gear ratio is 14:1 so there is a good chance that it will MU (multiple unit) with your existing fleet.

  • Page 8: Installing A Decoder In A Dc Model

    Just order ESU item number 91636. As the sound version uses custom sounds we recorded ourselves, the FL9 sound file is not available as a down- load from ESU. We will be selling FL9 sound decoders separately; if they aren’t on our web site by the time you read this, call the office and yell at whoever answers the phone.

  • Page 9: Locomotive Address

    Press F8 again to turn the sound off. Note that if you are listening to your FL9 idling nicely and then you select another en- gine with your controller, your FL9 still thinks F8 is pressed so it will keep idling along.

  • Page 10: Functions

    F19 Air Release FUNCTIONS: MORE INFORMATION F0 Headlight Like the real thing, our FL9 headlights are not directional. They stay on until you turn them off. F3 “Straight to 8” This unique feature simulates the prototypical operation of the FL9 locomotive. New Haven engineers did not slowly go through the notches if leaving a station on a clear signal.
  • Page 11 FL9 include red bulbs for use as markers when the locomotive is in reverse, and F10 turns these lights on. When the FL9 is pushing a train, the red markers should be lit. If the engine is moving light (i.e. by itself), generally...
  • Page 12 New Haven and Boston. This is the only way to turn on the rear light on our model FL9 as during normal operations it was the only time that it would have been used. Press F12 again to turn off the switching mode lighting.

  • Page 13: Horns

    Jason demanded that Bill “turn that darn thing down!” when he heard the bell volume. If you are the type of guy who wants his FL9 bell heard in the next county, you have lots of room to increase its volume. Ours is set at level 25 of a possible 128.

  • Page 14: Sound Volume Settings Chart

    FACTORY RESET On your FL9, 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 15: More Information

    Your FL9 will quickly take off at full speed and gradually slow down to a stop while the decoder reads the motor responses. You’ll have fabulous motor control after you do this.

  • Page 16: Acknowledgements

    FL9 on a windswept shore for seven years, 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 locomotive gets damaged, please give us a shout and we’ll do our best to help you out.

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