Locking Your Locomotive Into A Single Operational State - American Flyer GP 7/9 Owner's Manual

Transformer operations

Locking your locomotive into a single operational state

T
o select a single operational state for your locomotive (for example, forward only), you
can deactivate the reverse unit's sequencing function with the directional control switch.
Get your locomotive moving in the desired direction, then slow it down without stopping.
Set the reverse unit switch to OFF. Refer to Figure 1 for the location of the switch. The
locomotive is now "locked" into your chosen direction.
When you no longer want single-direction operation, just slide the switch back to ON.
Your locomotive's reverse unit will "reset" to forward after any power interruption
Note!
lasting five seconds or longer, regardless of the original locked-out direction.
Figure 1. Switch location
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Reverse unit switch