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390E Steam Locomotive
Operation Manual
Contemporary Version
3
Compatibility
This engine will operate on any
traditional 42" Std Gauge track system,
including M.T.H.'s traditional Std Gauge
tubular track. It is also compatible with
most standard AC transformers.
See page 45 for a complete list of
compatible transformers, power packs,
and wiring instructions.
PFA
Passenger/Freight
Announcements
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- Page 1 390E Steam Locomotive Operation Manual Contemporary Version Compatibility This engine will operate on any traditional 42” Std Gauge track system, including M.T.H.’s traditional Std Gauge tubular track. It is also compatible with most standard AC transformers. See page 45 for a complete list of compatible transformers, power packs, and wiring instructions.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
• Do not operate the hobby transformer with damaged cord, plug, switches, buttons or case. This product may be protected by one or more of the following patents: 6,019,289; 6,280,278; 6,281,606; 6,291,263; 6,457,681; 6,491,263; 6,604,641; 6,619,594; 6,624,537; 6,655,640. Rev: _Lionel No. 390E Steam Engine Ps3 4/26/2018 ©2018, M.T.H. Electric Trains®, Columbia, MD 21046... -
Page 3: Before You Begin
Do not over-oil. Use only a drop or two on each pivot point. Lubricate Side Rods (L) Lubricate Gears (L) Lubricate Pivot Point Lubricate Trailing Lubricate Leading Truck Axle Truck Axle Lubricate Pick Up Rollers (L) Lubricate Pivot Point Figure: Lubricating the Locomotive Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 4: Priming The Smoke Unit
To attach the engine and the tender, slide the hole in the drawbar over the pin under the rear of the cab in the locomotive. At this point you are ready to begin operating your engine. Figure: Connecting Locomotive to Tender; Connected Locomotive and Tender Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 5: Ps 3.0 Enhancements
During power shutdowns, the super capacitors provide power to allow the locomotive shutdown sounds to continue playing through their conclusion. Unfortunately, the super capacitors require that operators ONLY program engine CV’s using Programming on the Main (PoM). Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 6: Activating Dcc Mode
LED's allow for various, correct colors. Also, they require less power and do not emit as much heat as incandescent bulbs. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 7: Modes Of Operation
By using combinations of button presses, different commands besides blowing the whistle and ringing the bell can be initiated. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 8: 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 Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 9: Manual Volume Control
(if equipped) By default your Marker Lights are set to ON. To toggle the Marker Lights, perform the following sequence on your AC transformer: Place Marker Lights Bell Horn Engine in (On/Off) Neutral Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 10: Passenger/Freight Announcements (Pfa)
Once the bell turns off, the operator regains control of the transformer's bell and Horn buttons and can ring the bell or blow the Horn as usual. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 11: Proto-Coupler Operation
DCS mode and the Conventional mode, there is no related action of the couplers. The Lionel 390E is equipped with manual latch couplers that must be coupled and uncoupled by hand. Rear Coupler (If Equipped): To fire the rear coupler, quickly tap the Bell button once followed by three quick taps of the Horn button, allowing approximately ½... -
Page 12: 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 Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 13: 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. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 14: Dcs - Digital Command System
(if equipped). Just set the model on the rails, apply DCC power and hit F3 on your DCC handheld controller and you're off and running. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 15: Basic Dcc Operation
As long as there is DCC power still on the track the engine can be started up again by pressing the F3 button twice. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 16: Sounds
The bell will shut off automatically. Lights F0 – Headlight/Taillight This toggles your headlight/taillight on and off. F5 – Lights This toggles your firebox and cab interior light on and off. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 17: Master Volume
Again, just like a real engine, you can trigger the Grade Crossing Signal on your engine. This is two long, one short, one long whistle/horn blast. F11 – Grade Crossing Signal Pressing F11 twice (toggling on then off) will sound your Crossing Signal. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 18: Smoke (If Equipped)
To force the Labor Chuff sound in a steam engine, press the F19 button once (enable F19). As long as F19 is enabled the engine will play its Labor Chuff sounds. To set the sound back to Normal Chuff press the F19 button again (disable F19). Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with 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. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
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Page 20: Function Chart
Idle Sequence 2 Idle Sequence 1 Extended Start-Up Extended Shut-Down Labor Chuff Drift Chuff One Shot Doppler Coupler Slack Coupler Close Single Horn Blast Engine Sounds Brake Sounds (On/Off) Cab Chatter (On/Off) Feature Reset Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 21: Cv29
3. In the following steps you will need to write values to CV17 and CV18 to tell the engine what the long address should be In order to determine your required values for CV17 and CV18 you will need to go to http://extranet.M.T.H.-railking.com/pdfapp/pdfs/instruction/ HO%20DCC%20addressCV17_18%20Converter.xls Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with 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 Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 23: Lost Or Unknown Engine Address And The 55-55-55 Address Reset
55 on your DCC handheld and sending a value of 55 to CV55. Again, M.T.H. 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). Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with 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. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... - Page 25 Cab Chatter On/Off Low Byte 0-255 Alternate Speed Curve Step 27 Feature Reset High Byte 0-255 Alternate Speed Curve Step 28 Feature Reset Low Byte 0-255 Reverse Trim 0-255 User ID #1 0-255 User ID #2 Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 26 Beacon (Alt Lighting/Country) Extended Shut Down ELECTRIC SMOKE Extended Start Up Electric Boiler Start-Up Start Up/Shut Down Electric Pressure Release Train Wreck Trolley Manual Mode Trolley Random Stops Trolley Learn Mode Trolley Auto Mode Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 27 Function ID table above you can see that Feature Reset is a value of 29 8. Using your DCC system, enter a value of 29 for CV122 and hit Enter. Your engine will give you a two horn blast indication Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with 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 3 - Rear Engine 1 - Front Engine 2 - Middle Normal Forward Direction of Travel Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with 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 Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with 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 Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with 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 Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with 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. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
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Page 33: Maintenance
To access the gearbox you will have to remove the two knurled screws on each end of the pickup roller plate. Remove the pickup roller plate by lifting from the motor chassis. The worm gear will be accessible. Remove screws Figure: Removing Screws Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 34: Cleaning The Wheels, Tires And Track
ABS plastic, the block includes a built-in cleaning pad. For really stubborn track, you can insert sandpaper into the block in just a few quick steps. Track Cleaning Block (40-1099) Maintenance Kit (30-50010) Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 35: Traction Tire Replacement Instructions
• When storing the unit for long periods of time, you may want to add about 15 drops of fluid to Wick in Wick in prevent the wick from drying out. Poor Good Condition Condition Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 36: Headlight Replacement
LED's allow for various, correct colors. Also, they require less power and do not emit as much heat as incandescent bulbs. The LEDs are not user serviceable. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 37: Troubleshooting Proto-Sound 3.0 Problems
The coupler does not fire or stay denatured alcohol (not rubbing alcohol) and coupled. let dry. Cab Chatter Solution Sometimes the Cab Chatter sounds Cab Chatter plays only in neutral at random don't play. intervals. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... - Page 38 PFA cycle. Wait at least 30 play or the engine does not come out of seconds in each PFA sound clip before PFA after fourth press of the direction pressing the direction button. button. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 39 DCC set the smoke back to High. It'll remember what you last set it as when you run it again in Conventional DC Check for an obstruction in the smoke stack Add 10-12 drops of smoke fluid Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 40 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. Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 41 This is normal. You will need to press the Doppler shift but then the engine sounds Doppler button again to turn Doppler off. Your fade out and I can't get them back engine sounds will now return to normal Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with 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 Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 43 F Function that exists on your controller Check for an obstruction in the smoke stack Add 10-12 drops of smoke fluid Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
- Page 44 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 Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
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Page 45: 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 Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 46: Dc Power Supply Chart
Controller PWM Output from this power supply Will DAMAGE 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 Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 47: 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 Lionel Corporation 390E Steam Locomotive with Proto-Sound® 3.0... -
Page 48: Service & Warranty Information
Service & Warranty Information How to Get Service Under the Terms of the Limited One-Year Warranty When you suspect an item is defective, please check the operator's manual for standard operation and trouble- shooting techniques that may correct the problem. Additional information may be found on the M.T.H. Website. Should you still require service, follow the instructions below to obtain warranty service.
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