Features Of Your Locomotive's Railsounds Sound System; Notes On Conventional Railsounds - Lionel Santa Fe Super Freight Train Se Owner's Manual

Locomotive operation

Features of your locomotive's RailSounds sound system

Whistle. Press the WHISTLE button on
your controller and your locomotive's
whistle will sound as long as the button is
pressed.
Authentic bell. Press the BELL button on
your controller to start ringing the bell;
press the button again to discontinue the
ringing. Even the final "hit" is muted—just
like the real thing!
Train brakes. Quickly slow down from a
medium speed, and you will hear authentic
braking sounds.
Wheel flange squeal. Depending on your
track layout, you may hear brake sounds to
simulate the sound of wheel flanges against the
rails when you enter a curve.
Shutdown sequence. When you turn off
track power, you will hear an air release
sound. You have seven seconds to power up
your locomotive. If you don't, RailSounds
will commence with an authentic steam
locomotive shutdown sequence.
A nine-volt alkaline battery must
Note!
be installed for your locomotive to
play the shutdown sequence.

Notes on Conventional RailSounds

• The volume control knob is located on
the underside of the tender. Refer to
Figure 11 on page 17. You will need a
small screwdriver to turn the volume set
screw clockwise or counter-clockwise to
adjust the volume.
• Listen for incidental locomotive sounds
during RailSounds operation. They're
automatic and, of course, authentic.
Variable chuff rate. The speed of your
locomotive determines the rate of steam
chuffing.
TowerCom announcements. TowerCom
features several "Stand by" and "Clear for
departure" messages from the dispatcher
with responses from the engineer. Each time
TowerCom is triggered, a random message
will be played.
When the train is stopped, a short whistle
blast triggers the first message. If the train
has been stopped for less than 15 seconds, a
"Stand by" message is played. If the train
has been stopped for more than 15 seconds,
a "Clear for departure" message will play.
The 15-second interval is marked by the first
time a CrewTalk message plays auto-
matically after the locomotive has stopped.
CrewTalk communications. These
"call" and "response" radio messages occur
automatically after the train has stopped.
You will hear them at random intervals,
ranging from thirty seconds to three
minutes.
• The nine-volt alkaline battery you
installed ensures continuous steam
locomotive sounds. (Use alkaline batter-
ies only.)
• Longer track-power interruptions
(including locomotive derailments)
cause RailSounds to shut down after
about seven seconds.
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