Trainmaster Command Operations; Your Upgraded Steam Locomotive In The Trainmaster Command Environment - Lionel 4-6-4 Hudson Owner's Manual

TrainMaster Command operations

Your upgraded steam locomotive in the TrainMaster Command
environment
L ionel TrainMaster Command is the fun
and sophisticated model railroad control
system from Lionel. Your upgraded steam
locomotive features the Command reverse
unit, which acts as both a conventional
reverse unit as well as the key to unlocking
many extra features when you operate in
Command mode.
TrainMaster Command gives you the power
to operate multiple Command-equipped
Place your steam locomotive and tender on Lionel or Lionel
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compatible O gauge track.
• Make sure track power is OFF before placing it on the track.
• Make sure your Lionel Command Base is ON and its communications wire
is connected to the COMMON post on your Lionel transformer or the U on any of
your installed PowerMasters.
• Once positioned on the track, increase track voltage to FULL (on
PowerMaster, slide the CMD/CONV switch to CMD).
Address your steam locomotive with CAB-1.
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• Press ENG and 1 on the numeric keypad of your CAB-1 remote. This command is
sent by CAB-1 to the Command Base, which then translates your command into dig-
ital code. That code is sent around your railroad's outside rails in the form of a dig-
ital "halo." All Command-equipped Lionels listen to this digital communication,
but they do not respond until they hear their own ID number.
• The digital language of TrainMaster Command—and not track power—controls
the actions of Command-equipped Lionels. Track power is simply like gasoline in
the tank of your car—it gives you the power to go places, but it doesn't tell you
where to go or how fast to get there.
• All Upgrade kits come factory-programmed with an ID# of "1." To
change your steam locomotive's ID#, see page 22.
Move 'em out!
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• Throttle up or press any command button on CAB-1. Your steam locomotive will respond to
your every command. Read on. The fun is just beginning!
locomotives on the same track, at the same
time. It's the most fun you can have with
electric trains, and it's incredibly easy too!
Just follow the directions below and you'll be
on your way.
To operate in Command mode, you
need a Command Base and a CAB-1
remote. Find them both at your authorized
Lionel retailer.
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