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Table of contents Transformer operations Running your locomotive with a lionel transformer Locking your locomotive into forward direction only operation Using your locomotive’s magnetic coupler Activating the horn and bell sounds Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button Operating and servicing your locomotive Lubricating your locomotive Lubricating your locomotive’s Pullmor motor armature...
O gauge track. Power up your locomotive with your transformer. Your locomotive is designed to operate on 8-18 volts alternating current. Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating current transformers are suitable. Move ‘em out! Get your locomotive moving. Your locomotive goes through a repeating pattern of operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on.
Transformer operations Locking your locomotive into forward-only operation hen the reverse unit switch is in the RUN position, your locomotive sequences through a repeating pattern of operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. To lock your locomotive into forward direction only operation, you can deactivate the reverse unit’s sequencing function.
Activating the horn and bell sounds ctivate the horn and bell sounds using the controls on your transformer. If your transformer is not equipped with these controls, please refer to the next section to install a Lionel Sound Activation Button. To adjust the volume of the horn and bell, use the volume control knob located on the underside...
Transformer operations Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button f your transformer lacks HORN and BELL buttons, you will need to install Lionel no. 610-5906-001 Sound Activation Buttons (available separately) to activate the locomotive’s horn and bell sounds. Connect the buttons as shown below. Be sure that all track power passes through the Sound Activation Button(s).
Figure 3 before running the locomotive for the first time. Put a small dab of Lionel Lubricant at all points marked “L”. Using the point of a pin or a thin wire, put a drop of Lionel Oil at points marked “O”.
1. Remove the locomotive’s body screws. See Figure 3 on page 8 for the screw locations. Carefully lift the shell away from the frame. 2. Apply a small amount of Lionel oil (two drops) in the hole at the top of the motor. See Figure 4. 3. Replace the body, securing it with the two body screws.
2. To remove the lamp, gently push the lamp down and turn counter clockwise to disengage the lamp from the socket See Figure 5 below. 3. Replace it with Lionel part no. 6000363300, available from your authorized Lionel dealer or service station, or from Lionel Customer Service. See Instructions for Obtaining Service on page 12 for more information.
(Lionel part no. 6106001065) are included with the locomotive. We recommend that you have the traction tires replaced by an authorized Lionel dealer or service station because the truck and side frames must be removed to access the wheels. See Instructions for Obtaining Service...
(or copy) from an Authorized Lionel Retailer*, will at the discretion of Lionel LLC, be repaired or replaced, without charge for parts or labor. In the event the defective product cannot be repaired, and a suitable replacement is not available, Lionel will offer to replace the product with a comparable model (determined by Lionel LLC), if available.
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