Using Your Locomotive's Magnetic Couplers; Experiencing The Range Of Your Locomotive's Signalsounds System; Tire-Traction - Lionel 4-6-9 Camelback Owner's Manual

Transformer operations

Using your locomotive's magnetic couplers

T he rear of your
Lionel locomotives
tender is equipped
with an operating
magnetic knuckle
coupler, a revolution-
ary design first intro-
duced by Lionel in
1945.
Lionel magnetic
couplers react to the
magnetic field gener-
ated by a Lionel
remote-control track
section (available separately).
Place your locomotive's coupler trigger
disc over the central coil of a remote-control
track section and press Uncouple on the con-

Experiencing the range of your locomotive's SignalSounds system

W ith SignalSounds, you experience the
sounds of real railroading like never
before. Simply put, it delivers realistic, and
authentic sounds to your model railroad.
Turn the volume set screw clockwise or
counter clockwise to adjust sound output.
(located on the bottom/side of the tender

Tire-Traction™

Y our locomotive is equipped with Tire-
Traction. This means that two of the
drive wheels are fitted with rubber traction
tires to enhance tractive effort so your loco-
motive can pull many cars at once.
Lionel locomotives with Tire-Traction grip
the track, enabling them to pull heavy loads
at higher speeds.
Lionel has provided an extra set of traction
Position your locomotive's trigger disc over the
remote-control section, then press "uncouple."
The coupler opens.
remains behind as the locomotive moves on.
But be careful—the speed of a newly uncou-
pled and moving locomotive can increase
dramatically.
frame in the middle and marked with a +
and -).
• Steam Whistle. Press whistle to produce
an authentic steam whistle blast.
• Mechanical bell. Press BELL on your
CAB-1 or transformer to begin the effect;
again to discontinue.
tires to replace the installed traction tires if
they wear out. Simply unscrew the drive rod
nut from the wheel and slip off the old trac-
tion tire and remove it from under the drive
rod. Place the new one on the wheel in the
reverse of this step and tighten the drive rod
nut back up and your ready to pull that long
freight back to the yard.
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troller. The magnetic
field pulls the disc
downward, and the
knuckle opens.
One operating tech-
nique favored by Lionel
railroaders is the "mov-
ing uncouple." Press
the Uncouple button as
the locomotive passes
over a remote-control
section. The magnetic
field will open the cou-
pler; the consist