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Transformer operations
Running your Lionel SD 60/70s with a Lionel transformer
Place your SD 60/70 locomotives on Lionel or Lionel-
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compatible O gauge track.
Power up your SD 60/70s with your transformer.
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• Your SD 60/70 is designed to operate on 8-18 volts alternating current.
Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current transformers are
suitable.
• Do not power your SD 60/70 with direct current (DC). Damage to sen-
sitive electronic components may occur.
• When you first power up your track, your SD 60/70's headlights will
Note!
illuminate. At this point, the locomotive is in neutral. This occurs when placing
the SD 60/70 on your railroad for the first time. When your train is first powered
up, the default state will be neutral and the default direction is forward. This
means whenever you power up your engine the engine will remain in neutral,
and when the power is removed and again applied, the train will move forward.
This condition holds true if the engine is being powered up for the first time or if
the engine has been powered down longer than five seconds.
Move 'em out!
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• Get your SD 60/70 moving. Press the DIR button on your CAB-1 remote or
Lionel transformer. This sequences the Lionel 104 E reverse unit to the next oper-
ating state. The 104 E unit alternates between three states: forward, neutral, and
reverse.
• Adjust track voltage until your SD 60/70 moves at your desired speed. To increase speed,
increase track voltage. To decrease speed, reduce voltage. To stop the locomotive, cut track power.
• See table on page 5 for information on locking your SD 60/70 in a
single operating state
Using your SD Diesel's magnetic coupler
Y
our Lionel SD 60/70 is
equipped with a front
and rear operating
magnetic knuckle coupler.
Lionel magnetic cou-
plers react to the magnetic
field generated by a Lionel
remote-control track sec-
tion (available separately).
Place your locomotive's
coupler trigger disc over the central coil of a
remote-control track section and press
U
on the controller. The magnetic
NCOUPLE
field pulls the disc downward, and the
knuckle opens.
Position your SD 60/70's trigger disc
over the remote-control section, then
press "uncouple." The coupler opens.
mains behind as the locomotive moves on.
But be careful—the speed of a newly uncou-
pled and moving locomotive can increase
dramatically.
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One operating tech-
nique favored by Lionel
railroaders is the "mov-
ing uncouple." Press
the U
button as
NCOUPLE
the SD 60/70 passes
over a remote-control
section. The magnetic
field will open the cou-
pler; the consist re-
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