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Running your Lionel 763e Hudson with a Lionel transformer Locking your 763e Hudson into a single operational state Your Hudson’s RailSounds system—the basics Experiencing the range of your 763e Hudson’s Railsounds system 6 Notes on Railsounds Installing the Lionel sound activation button...
WITH DIRECT CURRENT sensitive electronic components may occur. • When you first power up your track, the 763e Hudson will wait between 3 and 8 seconds as it “listens” for digital language from the TrainMaster Command Base (available separately). When it’s determined that it’s on a con- ventional (nonCommand) railroad, the 763e Hudson’s headlight will illumi-...
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Transformer operations Locking your 763e Hudson into a single operational state o select a single operational state for desired direction, then slow it down your Lionel 763e Hudson (example: without stopping. Set the reverse unit forward only), you can deactivate the control switch to PROGRAM/LOCK.
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Your 763e Hudson’s Railsounds system—the basics ionel Railsounds is the most realistic When you first apply track power, the model railroad sound system in the 763e Hudson’s Railsounds system pro- world. Your 763e Hudson features the duces sounds of a locomotive at rest. As...
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Transformer operations Experiencing the range of your 763e Hudson’s Railsounds system ith Railsounds, you experience effect, again to discontinue. Even the the sounds of real railroading like final “hit” is muted like the real thing. never before. Simply put, it’s the most •...
For AC transformers lacking a horn/whistle button The no. 610-5906-001 button works with any Lionel AC transformer Note! except no. 6-4690 Type MW. Transformers made by other manufacturers may not be compatible with Railsounds.
• All Command-equipped Lionels come factory-programmed with an ID# of “1.” To change your 763e Hudson’s ID#, see page 12. Move ‘em out! •Throttle up or press any command button on CAB-1. Your 763e Hudson will respond to your every command.
Railsounds in the Command environment our 763e Hudson’s Railsounds sys- relaxes to a more sedate sound, as though tem gives you even more in the the load placed on the 763e Hudson has TrainMaster Command environment. decreased. Experience DynaChuff on • DynaChuff .
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TrainMaster Command operations CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your 763e Hudson AUX1 hen you press AUX1 on CAB-1, (SW, ACC, RTE, TR, or ENG). The you turn the numeric key- CAB-1 keypad overlay included pad into 10 command but- with your 763e Hudson is START-UP tons.
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SET; use the CAB-1 numeric keypad’s volume the 763e Hudson will stop. The headlight control. Pressing AUX1 and 4 on the key- will flash, indicating it’s in the SET mode.
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Press 53 (the ID#) LCRU2 confirming the new ID#. Slide Press SET the LCRU2 switch to FORWARD/ RUN. Your 763e Hudson is ready to run Hear the whistle sound (or see the with its all-new ID#. headlight flash if Railsounds is OFF)
Maintaining and servicing your Commodore Lubricating your Commodore elp your Lionel 763e Hudson lead a You’ll know your 763e Hudson long and productive life on your requires lubrication when visual inspec- railroad by maintaining it properly. tion reveals dryness on the parts indi- We recommend you purchase a cated in the illustration.
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Remove trailing reinstall the screws. Replacing your 763e Hudson’s headlight our 763e Hudson is illuminated by a 14- surface. Remove the single screw located volt lamp located directly behind the boil- beneath the front axle on the pilot truck, this erface.
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763e’s Vanderbilt tender is illumi- its wires from the wire nuts located in back nated by a 14-volt back-up lamp. of the tender and replace it with Lionel During the course of normal operation, it part no. 610-8054-300, available from your may require replacement.
Adding fluid to your 763e Hudson’s smoke generator (four to eight drops). our 763e Hudson is equipped with a An idle 763e Hudson will not smoke; smoke generator that produces safe, press AUX1 and 9 (press for a maximum of clean white smoke during operation.
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