Notes On Railsounds; Experiencing The Range Of Your Locomotive's Railsounds - Lionel 2-8-0 Consolidation Owner's Manual

Transformer operations

Notes on RailSounds

• Listen for incidental locomotive sounds
during RailSounds operation. They're
automatic and, of course, authentic.
• The 9-volt alkaline battery you installed
ensures continuous steam locomotive
sounds.
Experiencing the range of your locomotive's RailSounds system
W ith RailSounds, you experience the
sounds of real railroading like never
before. Simply put, it's the most sophisticat-
ed, authentic model railroad sound system in
the world.
• Variable chuff rate. Your locomo-
tive's speed determines the steam chuff
rate.
• MultiWhistle
time—a RailSounds exclusive.
• Authentic bell. Press BELL on your
CAB-1 or transformer to begin the effect,
again to discontinue. Even the final "hit"
is muted like the real thing.
• Reverse unit reset sound. Power
Note!
Note!
™ . Different whistles every
Battery must be installed for shutdown sequence.
Allow the locomotive and tender to sit on the track until the shutdown
sequence is complete. Removing the tender before shutdown is complete
may cause the sound to "loop" and not shut off. If this happens, place
engine and tender back on the track with the tender connected and
wait for the shutdown sequence to complete, then remove from track if
desired.
• Longer track-power interruptions
(including locomotive derailments)
cause RailSounds to shut down after
about 7 seconds.
• For even more authentic RailSounds
effects, operate in the TrainMaster
Command environment.
down your track, wait for 3-5 seconds,
and listen for the air-release sound—
that's the Locomotive telling you its
Command reverse unit has just reset to
forward operation.
• Shutdown sequence. No other model
railroad sound system shuts down like
RailSounds. Turn off track power, and
after the air-release reset sound, you have
two seconds to restart your locomotive. If
you're done with operations, RailSounds
will commence with an authentic steam
locomotive shutdown sequence about two
seconds after the air-release reset occurs.
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