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RailKing SW-1500
OPERATOR'S MANUAL (3V PS-3)
Compatibility
3
This engine 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
AC transformers. (See pages 43 and 44
for a complete list of compatible
transformers and wiring instructions.)
PFA
Passenger/Freight
Announcements
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  • Page 1 RailKing SW-1500 OPERATOR’S MANUAL (3V PS-3) Compatibility This engine 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 AC transformers. (See pages 43 and 44 for a complete list of compatible transformers and wiring instructions.)

  • 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 engine . Enter the MTH Item number of the engine you want to check and select the manual icon to download or view it.

  • Page 4: Ps 3.0 Enhancements

    DCS and try to operate the engine under DCC you may notice a humming coming from your engine and you will likely notice that your DCC system’s overload light will be on. DCS/DCC Switch Figure 2: Changing from DCS to DCC Mode RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 5: Programming Track (For Dcc Operation)

    Below is an overview of the 4 different systems. NOTE: You’ll need to have the DCC/DCS switch set correctly if your using one of those two modes. RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 6: Conventional Ac Operation

    In conventional AC operation the whistle sound, the bell sound, PFA sounds and other operational functions can be accessed if your transformer has a horn/whistle button and a bell button. By using combinations of button presses, different commands besides blowing the whistle and ringing the bell can be initiated. RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • 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 SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 8: Manual Volume Control

    Fire the Front Coupler 1 Bell, 4 Horn/Whistles Speed Control On/Off 1 Horn/Whistle, 2 Bells (from Neutral only) Lock into a Direction 1 Horn/Whistle, 3 Bells Reset to Factory Defaults 1 Horn/Whistle, 5 Bells (from Neutral only) RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 9: 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. RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 10: Proto-Coupler Operation

    Horn button, allowing approximately ½ second to lapse between each quick button press. The sound of the lift bar and air line depletion will play, and the knuckle will be released. Fire Bell Horn Horn Horn Horn Front Coupler RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 11: Speed Control

    1 horn, 3 bells code to return the engine to its normal condition, even if the engine is kept without power for extended periods of time. Direction Lock Place Two Horn Blasts Engine into Horn Bell Bell Bell Horn (indicates change is made) Desired Repeat to Return Direction to Normal Condition RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 12: Reset To Factory Default

    The electronics in your MTH Proto- Sound® 3.0 locomotive are designed to slowly change direction without a need to change the throttle, if you so desire. Just change the polarity switch on your DC power pack and the engine will gradually RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • 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 shut your engine down, press the F3 button twice. This will play the shut down sounds and then turn the lights and smoke and sounds off. As long as there is DCC power still on the track the engine can be started up again by pressing the F3 button twice. RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 15: Sounds

    F4 button the first time (to activate PFA) 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. RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 16: Master Volume

    F12 – Clickety Clack On/Off. Enabling F12 will Clickety Clack on. Disabling F12 will turn Clickety Clack off. *When Clickety Clack is enabled, the bell and whistle/horn are not operational RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 17: Engine Sounds

    Then, when you move the engine, it will play the Coupler Slack sound. The second way is to simply force the sound while the engine is moving. To do this, simply press F22 twice (toggling it on then off). The sound will play. RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...
  • Page 18 Pressing the F27 button (enable F27) will disable the Cab Chatter. Pressing the F27 button again (disable F27) will enable Cab Chatter. Cab Chatter is On by default. Feature Reset – F28. See pg. 21. RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 19: Function Chart

    Extended Shut Down Rev Up Rev Down One Shot Doppler Coupler Slack Coupler Close Single Horn Blast Engine Sounds Brake Sounds On/Off Cab Chatter On/Off Feature Reset *Refer to page 24 & 25 for CV Data and Function ID RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 20: Cv29

    Hit the PROG button twice to enter PoM mode Hit Enter twice so the LCD displays “Adr” Type in the new Short Address (1-127) that you want and hit Enter The engine will give you a two whistle/horn blast response RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 21: Feature/Factory Resetting

    In some cases you may not remember or have somehow lost the engine address. Following the above Feature or Factory Resets will allow you to recover an engine. The limitation to this is that for most resets you must know the engine address. If you RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...
  • Page 22 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 SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 23: Proto-Sound 3.0 Expanded Dcc Functionality

    User ID #1 – General Purpose use for customer CV106 User ID #2 – General Purpose use for customer CV115- MTH Function Assignments – See table of supported CV’s and manual CV170 section on how to re-arrange them for further information RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...
  • Page 24 Brake Sounds On/Off Low Byte Reverse Trim Cab Chatter On/Off High Byte User ID #1 Cab Chatter On/Off Low Byte User ID #2 Feature Reset High Byte Function - Bell High Byte Feature Reset Low Byte Function - Bell Low Byte RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...
  • Page 25 LIGHTS Idle Sequence 4 Lights Labor Chuff Master Volume Short Horn One Shot Doppler Reverse Signal SCRIPTS Extended Shut Down Extended Start Up Start Up/Shut Down Train Wreck Trolley Manual Mode Trolley Learn Mode Trolley Auto Mode RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...
  • Page 26 Write a value of 18 to CV25. Your engine will now use the speed curve #18 below 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 SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 27: Advanced Consisting

    Setting the MSB (Bit 7) of CV19 tells the engine that it is facing reverse in the consist Setting CV21 and CV22 determine which F Functions the consist responds See diagram below for example Engine 3 - Rear Engine 1 - Front Engine 2 - Middle Normal Forward Direction of Travel RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...
  • Page 28 Call up the Middle engine on your DCC handheld; address 2 in this example 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 SW-1500 Diesel...
  • Page 29 0, 1, 2, and 6 ON. 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 SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 30: Programming Track

    PoM. DCC Bit Value Decoder Example Value (bit 7 -> bit 0) 11011001 7(128) 6(64) 5(32) 4(16) 3(8) 2(4) 1(2) 0(1) (Decimal Value) Binary 1(on) 1(on) 0(off) 1(on) 1(on) 0(off) 0(off) 1(on) Example Decimal Value RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...
  • Page 31 128) 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 SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 32: Maintenance

    2. Remove the truck blocks from the chassis by unscrewing the large Phillips motor mount screw on the bottom of each truck block, as shown in Figure 5. Figure 6: Grease Idler Gears Grease Idler Gear (G) RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 33: Cleaning The Wheels, Tires And Track

    Track Cleaning Block (40-1099) Maintenance Kit (30-50051) Traction Tire Replacement Instructions Your locomotive is equipped with two neoprene rubber traction tires on each powered truck block. While these tires are extremely durable, they may occasionally need replacement. RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 34: Headlight Replacement Instructions

    The PS 3.0 headlights and other associated lights are small LEDs that require a lot less power and generate a lot less heat than incandescent bulbs, resulting in extremely long life compared to the incandescent bulbs. The LEDs are not user serviceable RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 35: Troubleshooting Proto-Sound 3.0 Problems

    The coupler needs to be cleaned. Wipe with 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. RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...
  • Page 36 PFA cycle. Wait at least play or the engine does not come out of 30 seconds in each PFA sound clip PFA after fourth press of the direction before pressing the direction button. button. RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...
  • Page 37 There's a crackling sound from my Check to see if a screw or some other engine material hasn't lodged itself in the underside of the chassis or tender Make sure smoke volume pot is turned full RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...
  • 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 SW-1500 Diesel...
  • Page 39 This is normal. You will need to press the F21 button again to turn Doppler off. Your engine Doppler shift but then the engine sounds sounds will now return to normal. fade out and I can’t get them back. RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...
  • 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 SW-1500 Diesel...
  • Page 41 Doppler button again to turn Doppler off. Your fade out and I can't get them back engine sounds will now return to normal *Make sure that you have the DCC/DCS Switch set to ‘DCS’. Otherwise your engine will not function properly in DCS Mode. RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...
  • Page 42 I can't call up my engine on the address 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 SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 43: Transformer Compatibility And Wiring Chart

    110-Watt 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 * Conventional Mode Only RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 44: Dc Power Supply Chart

    DO NOT Use with the DCS System (TIU) at Controller 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, or Proto-Sound 2.0 RailKing SW-1500 Diesel...

  • 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 SW-1500 Diesel...

  • Page 46: Service & Warranty Information

    First, e-mail, write, call or fax a M.T.H. Authorized Service Center (ASC) in your area to obtain Repair Authorization. You can find the list of ASCs on the M.T.H. Website, www.mthtrains.com. Authorized Service Centers are required to make warranty repairs on items sold only from that store; all other repairs may-- or may not be done at the store's own discretion.

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