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F59PH
OPERATOR'S
MANUAL
FRANÇAIS AU VERSO

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  • Page 1 F59PH OPERATOR’S MANUAL FRANÇAIS AU VERSO...
  • Page 2 If it’s something simple – like a loose grab iron – then we’ll likely tell you how to fix it yourself. While we generally will support repairs to your F59PH for a considerable length of time, please realize that eventually the parts supply will run out.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Prototype History....................4 Break-In ......................4 How to Hold your F59PH ..................5 Checking and Adjusting Your Locomotive .............. 5 Missing or Damaged Parts .................. 6 Additional Features .................... 6 Removing the Shell ..................... 7 Operation – DC (Silent) ..................9 Installing a DCC Decoder ..................

  • Page 4: Prototype History

    We suggest that, after reading this manual, you put your F59PH on a test loop and just let it run in each direction for an hour or two. Fast and slow. Don’t have it pulling anything either while you’re breaking it in.

  • Page 5: How To Hold Your F59Ph

    HOW TO HOLD YOUR F59PH The F59PH has numerous very delicate parts. If you want to back date it to be the quality of a model produced in the 1970s, then rip all the parts off and handle it like a doughnut from Timmy’s after skipping breakfast.

  • Page 6: Missing Or Damaged Parts

    ADDITIONAL FEATURES Over the years, the F59PH came with a few special features that were often customized for or by the purchaser. Some agencies opted for additional lights or details. With...

  • Page 7: Removing The Shell

    REMOVING THE SHELL If you need to open up your F59PH to install a crew or a decoder, things should be pretty straightforward and easy. In a perfect world, nothing would ever go wrong, and an HO sized crew would open their own doors and walk in.
  • Page 8 • If you wish to install a crew inside your F59PH, the cab is secured to the body shell by two clips – one on each side. With a little manipulation the cab should come free after spreading the sides of the shell and maybe using a small prying tool.

  • Page 9: Operation - Dc (Silent)

    OPERATION – DC (SILENT) If your F59PH locomotive is not equipped with a sound decoder, it should function like most other HO scale locomotives. Put it on the track. Give it some juice. Watch it go.

  • Page 10: Installing A Dcc Decoder

    LokProgrammer, you can adjust CVs in the usual way. We will be selling F59PH sound decoders separately; if they aren’t on our web site by the time you read this, call our office, pick a random number between 1 and 62, divide by 3, multiply by 6, and then take the second last number.

  • Page 11: Operation - Dcc (Sound)

    F59PH, for good or for ill, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in … sorry, wrong transcript. As always, we’ll try to help you fix your F59PH if one of these gadget-like thingies turns your locomotive’s circuitry...

  • Page 12: Locomotive Address

    TURN ON THE SOUND Press F8 and you will hear the F59PH startup sequence followed by the sound of it idling. You can adjust CVs to prevent the locomotive from moving until the startup sequence has played out.

  • Page 13: Functions

    Press F8 again to turn the sound off. Note that if you are listening to your F59PH idling nicely and then you select another engine, your locomotive still thinks F8 is pressed so it will keep idling along.
  • Page 14 “Full Throttle” and be back at that speed step when you turn “Full Throttle” off. Otherwise, your F59PH may fly like an eagle, to the sea. Yes, fly like an eagle. Please don’t make us sing the whole chorus.
  • Page 15 like the headlights). Remember to press F7 to temporarily turn off the ditch lights when approaching a station or an oncoming train as they are BLINDING, and we currently do not offer HO scale sunglasses for your customers. For just the American units, when you apply the horn using F2 the ditch lights will flash until a few seconds after the audio stops.
  • Page 16 Not being “screamers” like an F40PH, the F59PH was much easier on the ears and the fuel budget. It also allowed for all the prime mover’s horsepower to be use for locomotion rather than losing some to hotel power.

  • Page 17: Custom Sound Settings

    CUSTOM SOUND SETTINGS The F59PH was used by several operators and, as such, were equipped with a multitude of different horns, and could even feature slightly different bell tones, different brake materials and everything else in between.

  • Page 18: Sound Volume Settings

    Horns Bells • CV 163=0 Nathan P5 • CV 164=0 EMD Steel Bell #1 (Default) • CV 163=1 Nathan K5LA (Default) • CV 164=1 EMD Steel Bell #2 • CV 163=2 Nathan M3H • CV 164=2 EMD Steel Bell #3 •...

  • Page 19: Sound Volume Settings Chart

    0-128 FACTORY RESET On your F59PH you can perform a factory reset by entering a value of “8” into CV 8. Note that this will cause all of your new volume and motor settings to be lost, so you will need to reprogram any settings that you want to keep. What do you mean, you didn’t take any notes? WE JUST TOLD YOU TAKE NOTES.

  • Page 20: Awesome Slow Speed Thingy

    (press F1). Your F59PH will quickly take off at full speed and suddenly stop. If you had previously installed an HO scale crew without HO scale seatbelts, you may want to dispatch an HO scale ambulance to attend to the injured.

  • Page 21: Limited Warranty

    Don’t be shy. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The F59PH project was a labour of love for Canadian passenger power. It is yet another one of those locomotives that seems to have been glossed over for far too long, so we took it upon ourselves to finally give it its proper due.

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