Operating Your Locomotive In The Conventional Environment - Lionel GP30 Owner's Manual

Conventional transformer operations

Operating your locomotive in the conventional environment

1. Slide the Odyssey System switch to the NO ODY position to operate without
speed control. To operate your locomotive with speed control, slide the Odyssey System
switch to the ODY position and refer to pages 17-19.
Keep the Odyssey System switch in the NO ODY position when you are not running
Note!
your locomotive with speed control.
2. Place your train set on Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-36 or larger track.
3. Power your locomotive at 8-18 volts with your alternating current (AC)
transformer.
Power your locomotive with an alternating-current (AC) transformer only.
Caution!
Powering your locomotive with a direct-current (DC) transformer may result in
damage to sensitive electronic components.
4. Wait three to eight seconds as your locomotive determines whether it is in
a conventional environment or a TrainMaster Command Control
environment.
When the locomotive has determined that a TrainMaster Command Base is not connected to
the track, the locomotive's headlight will illuminate and the RailSounds sound system will
start. You are ready for operation in the conventional environment.
5. Move 'em out!
Press the DIRECTION button on your transformer to sequence your locomotive through
the repeating pattern of operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. You may
also briefly turn off track power to advance the locomotive to the next operating state. Adjust
the throttle until your locomotive moves at your desired speed.
When placing your locomotive on your layout for the first time, it will start out in
Note!
neutral. Thereafter, it will start in forward after every power interruption lasting five
seconds or longer.
Use the HORN and BELL buttons on your transformer to activate those features. Refer to
page 13 if your transformer is not equipped with those buttons. Adjust the volume using the
volume control knob located on the left hand side of the fuel tank. Refer to Figure 3 on page 10.
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