M.T.H. Premier Bavarian Class 3/6 Express Operator's Manual page 10

When power is first applied to the track, the locomotive will be silent for 1-20 seconds and
the headlight will be on, indicating the super capacitors are charging (The super capacitors
provide power to the sound system during direction changes or intermittent drops in track
power due to dirty track or on switches, when operating in conventional mode). When the
super capacitors are charged, all the lights will come on and the engine sounds will start
up. There should be no movement, as the engine is in neutral. Causing a short interruption
of track power by using the direction button on the transformer, or by bringing the
throttle to 0 volts and back again, will change the sequence to the forward state. Then
increasing the throttle will begin to move the engine forward, and speed will increase as
the throttle is advanced.
If there is another interruption in track power the sequence will change to the neutral
position again. The engine will remain in the neutral state until there is another
interruption in track power. The next interruption in track power will move the sequence
to the reverse state. The engine will now move in the reverse direction. If the power
interruption was accomplished by using the direction button and the throttle position was
not changed, the engine will run in the reverse direction at the same speed that it was
traveling in the forward position.
Subsequent interruptions in track power of 1-2 seconds will continue the sequence
rotation. If you happen to interrupt track power for longer than about 2 seconds, the
engine will begin its shut down sounds. If this occurs you can cycle the direction sequence
again to get back to the direction you wish to move and once the engine starts moving its
shut down sounds will stop playing. (SEE PAGE 11 (direction cycle phases)
In conventional AC operation the whistle sound, the bell sound, PFA sounds and other
operational functions can be accessed if your transformer has a horn/whistle button and a
bell button. By using combinations of button presses, different commands besides
blowing the whistle and ringing the bell can be initiated.
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