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RailKing PCC Electric Street Car
OPERATOR'S MANUAL
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Compatibility
The PCC Electric Street Car will operate
on any traditional O-31 Gauge track
system, including M.T.H.'s RealTrax® or
ScaleTrax™ or traditional tubular track.
It is also compatible with most standard
Transit Announcements
AC transformers. (See pages 43 and 44
for a complete list of compatible
transformers, power packs and wiring
instructions.)
PLEASE READ BEFORE USE AND SAVE
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- Page 1 RailKing PCC Electric Street Car OPERATOR’S MANUAL Compatibility The PCC Electric Street Car will operate on any traditional O-31 Gauge track system, including M.T.H.’s RealTrax® or ScaleTrax™ or traditional tubular track. It is also compatible with most standard Transit Announcements AC transformers.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Before you Begin............3 Set Up Checklist . -
Page 3: Before You Begin
BEFORE YOU BEGIN By visiting the M.T.H. website, www.mthtrains.com, you will be able to view any additional manual updates that affect your PCC Car. Enter the MTH Item number of the PCC Car you want to check and select the manual icon to download or view it. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the manual. -
Page 4: Ps 3.0 Enhancements
Finally, because there are no batteries, you will notice there is no external charge jack on the engine. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 5: Dcs/Dcc Switch
All new updates are available on our website. MTH will make announcements as they are available. Not all updates will apply to all engines. NOTE: Requires a TIU w/ version 4.20 or later firmware, and requires Consumer Loader version 2.30 or later. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 6: Modes Of Operation
By using combinations of button presses, different commands besides blowing the whistle and ringing the bell can be initiated. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 7: Proto-Sound 3.0 Conventional Ac Operating Instructions
The engine is programmed to restart in neutral each time the track voltage is turned off for 25 seconds or more. Cycle Phases Neutral Reverse Forward Neutral RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 8: Manual Volume Control
1 Bell, 2 Horn at the location of the first programmed station stop To Begin Programmed Run Direction Function Manual Mode Button Code To Enter Manual Mode from Auto Mode 1 Bell, 2 Whistles RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 9: Tas
1st station. A "Loop" route begins at the 1st station (as programmed by the operator), stops at intermediate stations, ends at the last station, and then begins the route over again at the 1st station. Example Of An Out-and-Back: Example Of A Loop: RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... - Page 10 Direction button. Press Bell-Horn-Horn to put the train into Auto Mode. Press the Direction button again to begin operation in Auto Mode. Because Auto Mode operation begins at the first stop, the next stop announced will be the second stop. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
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Page 11: Speed Control
Direction Lock Place Two Horn Blasts Engine into Horn Horn Bell Bell Bell (indicates change is made) Desired Repeat to Return Direction to Normal Condition RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 12: Reset To Factory Default
Simply lower the track voltage down below 9.0VDC and then back up to get your engine moving. This applies only when you start up your engine. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 13: Dcs Operation
Additional details can be found in the DCS manual that accompanies your DCS system or on the MTH Web site, www.mthtrains.com With DCS, you can have a whole fleet of MTH PS 3.0 engines on the rails and they will remain shut down until you command them to start up. -
Page 14: Basic Dcc Operation
To activate the Bell press F1. To deactivate it, hit F1 again. F2 – Whistle (Horn) To activate the Whistle/Horn, press F2. To shut it off either let off the F2 button or press and release it. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 15: Lights
(enabling F25) will cause the Engine Sounds to shut off. The Whistle/Horn and Bell sounds will still be active, however. To turn the engine sounds back on press the F25 button again (disable F25). RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 16: Additional F Functions
Manual Mode. The engine will not announce that it’s in Manual Mode, however. Again, please refer to the table above for how the F-Function buttons should be working to get the desired results. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... - Page 17 2. Press F7 so it’s On. The engine will announce, “Auto Mode”. 3. Advance the throttle and the engine will automatically stop at the pre=-programmed stops. To make it stop at All or Random stations see the section on All/Random Stops. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 18 F20. Often times this will be a Beacon light or a variable indicator light of some kind. Again, not all engines carry a light controllable by F20. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 19 (enable F27) will disable the Cab Chatter. Pressing the F27 button again (disable F27) will enable Cab Chatter. Cab Chatter is On by default. F28 – Feature Reset Resets Features to defaults. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
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Page 20: Function Chart
Custom Sound 1 Engine Sounds Brake Sounds (On/Off) Cab Chatter (On/Off) Feature Reset *Many Subway and Trolley models do not have operating couplers. Refer to pages 24-26 for CV Data and Function ID RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 21: Cv29
3. Hit Enter twice so the LCD displays “Adr” 4. Type in the new Short Address (1-127) that you want and hit Enter 5. The engine will give you a two whistle/horn blast response RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 22: Feature/Factory Resetting
• Send a decimal 128 to reset only address values back to factory default • This is the same as writing 55 to CV55 to engine address 55 Note: The engine address has to be something other than address 55 RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 23: Address Reset
55 on your DCC handheld and sending a value of 55 to CV55. Again, MTH engine's will listen to the 55-55-55 reset command even though the engine's address isn't actually 55 (and it can't be for the 55-55-55 reset to work). RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 24: Proto-Sound 3.0 Expanded Dcc Functionality
MTH Function Assignments – See table of supported CV’s and manual section on how CV170 to re-arrange them for further information 1. CV52, bit0 must = 1. This will enable PWM Mode. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... - Page 25 Cab Chatter On/Off Low Byte 0-255 Alternate Speed Curve Step 27 Feature Reset High Byte Alternate Speed Curve Step 28 Feature Reset Low Byte 0-255 0-255 Reverse Trim 0-255 User ID #1 0-255 User ID #2 RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 26 Extended Shut Down Marker (Train/No Train) Extended Start Up Beacon (Alt Lighting/Country) Start Up/Shut Down Train Wreck ELECTRIC SMOKE Trolley Manual Mode Electric Boiler Start-Up Trolley Learn Mode Electric Pressure Release Trolley Auto Mode RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 27 3. Write a value of 18 to CV25. Your engine will now use the speed curve #18 below 4. If you want to create your own speed table using CV's 67-94 then write a value of 0 or 1 to CV25 RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
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Page 28: Advanced Consisting
• Setting CV21 and CV22 determine which F Functions the consist responds to See diagram below for example Engine 1 - Front Engine 2 - Middle Engine 3 - Rear Normal Forward Direction of Travel RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... - Page 29 10. Ensure F5 and F0 are toggled OFF. You may have to toggle F5 on/off a couple times to get the lights in sync with the DCC command station. This will depend upon your DCC system RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 30 CV21's bits are shown in the table below – the decimal value is shown in parenthesis: (Decimal 7 (128) 6 (64) 5 (32) 4 (16) 3 (8) 2 (4) 1 (2) 0 (1) Value) Function RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
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Page 31: Programming Track
4 (16) 3 (8) 2 (4) 1 (2) 0 (1) Value) Binary 1 (on) 1 (on) 1 (on) 0 (off) 1 (on) 1 (on) 0 (off) 0 (off) 1 (on) Example Decimal Value RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... - Page 32 128) for the engine you want to reverse. To do this - take 128 (the new bit you want to set) + 5 (the existing bit that you do not want to alter) = 133. You would then write a value of 133 to CV19. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
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Page 33: Maintenance
(in the truck block) with grease. 4. Reassemble the truck and motor, being careful not to pinch any wires between the truck block and motor mount. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 34: Cleaning The Wheels, Tires And Track
Thereafter, keep an eye on the track and clean it when it gets dirty to ensure good electrical contact and to lengthen the life of the tires. Maintenance Kit (30-50051) RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 35: Light Replacement Instructions
Back Figure 6 You can obtain replacement parts and instructions from the M.T.H. Parts Department. Order Online: www.mthtrains.com, E-mail: parts@mth-railking.com, Fax: 410-423-0009, Phone: 410-381-2580, Mail: 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, MD 21046-1532 RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 36: Troubleshooting Proto-Sound 3.0 Problems
The coupler needs to be cleaned. Wipe with coupled. denatured alcohol (not rubbing alcohol) and let dry. Cab Chatter Solution Sometimes the Cab Chatter sounds Cab Chatter plays only in neutral at random don't play. intervals. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... - Page 37 PFA cycle. Wait at least 30 PFA after fourth press of the direction seconds in each PFA sound clip before button. pressing the direction button. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 38 New engines even after they are lubricated may take a little bit to get everything run in. Be a little patient and let it run for a bit. It should clear up shortly after lubricating and running. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 39 This is normal. You will need to press the F21 Doppler shift but then the engine sounds button again to turn Doppler off. Your engine fade out and I can’t get them back. sounds will now return to normal. RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 40 Try to get a hold of the engine on its last known long address Place the engine on the Programming Track output on your DCC system and write a value of 3 to CV1 RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 41 This is normal. You will need to press the shift but then the engine sounds fade out Doppler button again to turn Doppler off. Your and I can't get them back engine sounds will now return to normal RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 42 Delete the engine from your DCS remote, I believe it to be set at and attempt to re-add it. On the DCS Remote, hit Menu > System > Engine Setup > Recover Engine RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0...
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Page 43: Transformer Compatibility And Wiring Chart
Standard Lionel SW Unknown 130-Watt Standard Lionel TW 8-18v 175-Watt Standard Lionel ZW A,B,C or D 8-20v 275-Watt Standard Lionel Post-War A,B,C or D Common 0-20v 135/190 Watt Electronic Celebration Series ZW RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 44: Dc Power Supply Chart
CRE-55401 Controller PWM Output from this power supply DAMAGE Will the TIU * Use 22 volts maximum track voltage when operating a MTH locomotive equipped with Proto-Sound, Loco-Sound, Proto-Sound 2.0 or Proto-Sound 3.0 RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 45: Additional Features Accessible Of Dcs Remote Control System
Direction Control Set Up-User can set initial individual start-up direction (start in forward or reverse) for double-heading operations • Locomotive Consist Set-up-User can determine locomotive values for consist make-ups, allowing multiple locomotives belonging to a consist to operate together RailKing PCC Electric Street Car w/ Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 46: Service & Warranty Information
M.T.H. Electric Trains. The manufacture date of an item can be verified on the item's detail page “shipping date field” on the M.T.H. website (www.mthtrains.com). This warranty does not cover damages caused by improper care, handling, or use. Transportation costs incurred by the customer are not covered under this warranty.
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