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- Page 1 71-8169-250 04/99 LIONEL Lionel FT A-A Diesel Locomotive Owner’s Manual Instructions Included to Upgrade your FT with These available Kits, Railsounds: part No. 6- 22964 Command Control: part No. 6-22960 Electrocouplers: part No. 6-22957...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Experience the superiority of today’s locomotive—the FT diesel locomotive Lionel. Your FT is also upgradable to built by Lionel. From the crisp detail and include the latest Command Control and expert decoration on the outside to the Railsounds features brute power under the hood, the Lionel FT •... -
Page 3: Transformer Operations
Move ‘em out! • Get your FT moving. Press the DIR button on your CAB-1 remote or Lionel transformer. This sequences the Lionel 104 E reverse unit to the next operating state. The 104 E unit alternates between three states: forward, neutral, and reverse. -
Page 4: Experiencing The Range Of Your Ft's Signalsounds
Transformer operations Experiencing the range of your FT’s SignalSounds system tion of adjustment knob ith SignalSounds, you experience • Diesel Horn. Press horn to produce the sounds of real railroading an authentic diesel horn blast. like never before. Simply put, it delivers •... - Page 5 Your FT’s 104 E Reverse unit To remove the roof hatch on your powered FT, just pull straight up. To replace the hatch check to make sure the tabs line up with the slots in the body of the FT and press the hatch down. Roof hatch Tab &...
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Page 6: Installing The Lionel No. 610-5906-001 Sound Activation Button
(for bell) (for horn) The no. 610-5906-001 sound activation button (available separately) works with any Lionel AC transformer except no. 6-4690 Type MW. Note! Transformers made by other manufacturers may not be compatible with Railsounds. -
Page 7: Maintaining And Servicing Your Ft
Maintaining and servicing your FTs Lubricating your FTs and avoid getting grease or oil on the FT’s elp your Lionel FTs lead a long and wheels or your track. You’ll know your FT productive life on your railroad by requires lubrication when visual inspec- maintaining it properly. -
Page 8: Replacing Your Ft's Lamps
Begin by removing the FT’s shell; able from your authorized Lionel Service see page 7 for screw location. After Center or Lionel Service. See the Lionel removing the six screws, carefully lift Service section on page 20 for more the shell away from the frame. Take information. -
Page 9: Railsounds Upgrade
Available Railsounds and Command Control Upgrades As with all upgrades you may choose to o experience the most from your FT have this done at an authorized Lionel several upgrade options are available, Service Center for a fee, or you can choose including Railsounds, Command Control, “do it yourself”. -
Page 10: Your Ft's Railsounds
Your FT’s Railsounds system—the basics When you first apply track power, ionel Railsounds is the most realistic model railroad sound system in the the FT’s Railsounds system delivers an world. Your FT Railsounds upgrade fea- authentic start-up sequence, followed by tures digital samples for the ultimate in the sounds of the locomotive at idle. -
Page 11: Experiencing The Range Of Your Ft's Railsounds System
3-5 seconds, speed output. • MultiHorn ™ . A different horn sound and listen for the air-release sound— that’s the FT telling you its Lionel at different speeds—a Railsounds exclu- Command reverse unit has just reset to sive. -
Page 12: Command Control Upgrade
Command Control Upgrade board is mounted sideways on the main cir- his upgrade is made using kit 6-22960, cuit board, pull straight back from its mount- which includes a radio circuit and an ing pins to remove it. Next plug in the circuit antenna. -
Page 13: Coilcoupler Upgrade
Once the wires are routed, install the coil his upgrade is made using kit 6-22957 coupler leads into the white 2 pin connec- which is for a Lionel F3. The removal tor included with your upgrade kit. See and installation of the coupler is the same, illustration below for correct installation. -
Page 14: The Command Control Environment
O gauge track. • Make sure track power is OFF before placing on the track. • Make sure your Lionel Command Base is ON and its communi- cations wire is connected to the COMMON post on your Lionel transformer or the U on any of your installed PowerMasters. -
Page 15: Running Your Ft In The Trainmaster Command Environment
Running your FT in the TrainMaster Command environment our Command-upgraded FT address Locomotive #1 Example comes factory-programmed with an ID# of “1.” To get your FT in PowerMasters set to CMD or traditional action, set PowerMasters to CMD or power supplies ON FULL set all power supplies on full. -
Page 16: Cab-1 Numeric Keypad Commands For Your Ft
TrainMaster Command operations CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your FT AUX1 (until you press any top-row button hen you press AUX1 on CAB-1, like ACC, RTE, you turn the numeric keypad ENG). R . (U into 10 command buttons. The keypad AILSOUNDS SOUNDS IN BOLD ITALIC PGRADE lets you control extra command features... -
Page 17: Tuning Your Ft's Performance
Tuning your FT’s performance MOMENTUM TrainMaster Command’s momentum For quick remote-control of volume feature simulates the labored perfor- below the master setting—for example, mance of a locomotive pulling a heavy muting—use the CAB-1 numeric key- load. Press L, M, or H (located under pad’s volume control. -
Page 18: Assigning Your Ft A New Id
TrainMaster Command operations Assigning your FT a new ID# s your fleet of Command- Assign a new I D# to your Example equipped Lionels grows, you’ll Command-equipped FT want to give your FT a more individual- ized number. Choose from any between 1 and 99. - Page 19 Programming your powered FT to use the Electrocoupler Leave powered A unit program switch f you have installed the coupler set to run upgrade kit on your powered FT A unit, you will need to program a 1 engine Press TR consist so you can take advantage of the remote coupler feature.
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Page 20: Lionel Service
Website @ www.Lionel.com except for light bulbs, is warranted to the origi- If you prefer to send it back to Lionel L.L.C. nal consumer-purchaser, for 1 year against orig- for factory repair, you must first call 810-949-...
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