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- Page 1 71-8590-250 Rev. 3.1 5/00 LIONEL Lionel C-420 Diesel Locomotive Owner’s Manual Instructions Included to Upgrade your C-420 with These available Kits, Railsounds: part No. 6- 22964 Command Control: part No. 6-22960 Electrocouplers: part No. 6-14018...
- Page 2 C-420 diesel locomotive Experience the superiority of today’s Lionel. built by Lionel. From the crisp detail and Your C-420 is also upgradable to include the expert decoration on the outside to the brute latest Command Control and Railsounds power under the hood, the Lionel C-420 is features •...
- Page 3 At this point, the locomotive is in neutral. This occurs when placing the C-420 on your railroad for the first time. When your train is first powered up, the default state will be neutral and the default direction is forward. This means whenever you power up your engine the engine will remain in neutral, and when the power is removed and again applied, the train will move forward.
- Page 4 Transformer operations Experiencing the range of your C-420’s SignalSounds system ith SignalSounds, you experience the • Diesel Horn. Press horn to produce an sounds of real railroading like never authentic diesel horn blast. before. Simply put, it delivers realistic, and •...
- Page 5 Your C-420’s 104 E Reverse unit NO SMK NO SND NOTE: With your 104 E reversing unit, positioning the switch in the PGM position locks your engine into its last moving direction plus neutral. Positioning the switch in the RUN position resumes normal sequencing operation.
- Page 6 Lionel no. 610-5906-001 button sound activation button (for bell) (for horn) The no. 610-5906-001 sound activation button (available separately) works with Note! any Lionel AC transformer except no. 6-4690 Type MW. Transformers made by other manufacturers may not be compatible with Railsounds.
- Page 7 Maintaining and servicing your C-420s Lubricating your C-420s elp your Lionel C-420s lead a long and avoid getting grease or oil on the C-420’s productive life on your railroad by wheels or your track. You’ll know your C- maintaining it properly.
- Page 8 The smoke generator requires the periodic AUX1 and 9 (press for a maximum of 10 sec- addition of Lionel smoke fluid in order to func- onds) to boost smoke generator. When the tion. Pierce the tube end with a pin, then add smoke unit is on Always keep a small amount of smoke fluid in the Locomotive’s...
- Page 9 Replacing your C-420’s L.E.D. The rear L.E.D. assembly can be replaced our C-420 is illuminated by two L.E.D. Circuit Boards. During the course of with Lionel Part No. 610-8587-019. The normal operation, they may require replace- front L.E.D. assembly can be replaced with ment.
- Page 10 Available Railsounds and Command Control Upgrades o experience the most from your C-420 upgrades you may choose to have this done several upgrade options are available, at an authorized Lionel Service Center for a including Railsounds, Command Control, fee, or you can choose “do it yourself”.
- Page 11 “POWER”(The power supply card has the engine, install the command upgrade kit 6- large coil). 22960 (sold separately). The next section Lastly, you may choose to install a 9-volt includes detailed instructions for this alkaline battery in your C-420. This ensures upgrade.
- Page 12 NO SND (see page 5), before powering of the locomotive at idle. As the C-420’s up the locomotive. Although Railsounds is powered by track voltage, the battery is required for uninter- Note! rupted operation and shutdown sequences.
- Page 13 Experiencing the range of your C-420’s Railsounds system ith Railsounds, you experience the Now, decrease track voltage to the sounds of real railroading like never desired speed level, press DIR on your before. Simply put, it’s the most sophisticat- CAB-1 remote or transformer, and head...
- Page 14 Command Control Upgrade his upgrade is made using kit 6-22960, remove it. Next plug in the circuit board which includes a radio circuit and an (R2LC) into the slot marked “Radio”. (same antenna. Remove the cab from the chassis as slot as the 104E unit used) shown on page 7.
- Page 15 To ensure now ready to install the wiring (repeat this the least amount of problems when removing procedure for the other truck on your C-420). the truck frame, make sure to have the bottom Route the coupler leads through the frame of the motor truck facing down.
- Page 16 Coil Couplers Upgrade Magnified view of coupler Remove old Install new coupler coupler Bottom view of Truck Front Rear...
- Page 17 • All Command upgrades come factory-programmed with an ID# of “1.” To change the ID# of your C-420, see page 21. Move ‘em out! • Throttle up or press any command button on CAB-1. Your C-420 will...
- Page 18 Running your C-420 in the TrainMaster Command environment our Command-upgraded C-420 Example address Locomotive #1 comes factory-programmed with an ID# of “1.” To get your C- PowerMasters set to CMD or traditional power supplies ON FULL 420 in action, set PowerMasters to...
- Page 19 TrainMaster Command operations CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your C-420 AUX1 hen you press AUX1 on row button like SW, ACC, RTE, START-UP CREW CAB-1, you turn the TR, or ENG).Railsounds TALK VOLUME numeric keypad into 10 com- sounds in bold italic.
- Page 20 Railsounds effect—the setting a “stall” voltage. Get your locomo- ultra realistic sound of squealing brakes. tive moving, then press SET; the C-420 will (Railsounds upgrade required) stop. Turn the throttle clockwise to get the locomotive moving, then decrease speed SOUND QUALITY until the locomotive just stops.
- Page 21 C-420’s cab number. Command Base ON Turn the Command Base ON and place the C-420 on track. Power up, then set the Place the C-420 on track C-420’s reverse unit control switch to PGM PowerMasters set to CMD or (see the illustrationon page 5).
- Page 22 Reprogramming R2LC circuit boards to restore features ue to the inevitable derailments, static, condition would be unresponsiveness in and the negative nature of electricity, command mode. This can be easily reme- it is possible that your R2LC could someday died by “reprogramming” your R2LC using lose its setup program.The symptoms of this the following steps.
- Page 23 Notes...
- Page 24 Website @ www.lionel.com sumer-purchaser, for one year against original If you prefer to send it back to Lionel L.L.C. for defects in materials or workmanship when pur- factory repair, you must first call 810-949-4100 or chased through an authorized Lionel merchant.
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