Conventional Transformer Operations; Ground Lights; Operating Your Locomotive In The Conventional Environment - Lionel SD70M-2 Owner's Manual

Conventional transformer operations

Ground lights

Y
our SD70M-2 locomotive is equipped with functional Ground
Lights. There is one Ground Light located on each side of the
frame, near the center of the front truck. Prototypically, it is difficult to
determine when a diesel locomotive is moving at very slow speeds in
extreme low light, or darkness. When operating the locomotive under
these conditions, the Ground Lights provide the engineer and fireman
with a visual reference to the ground and allow them to more accurately judge the motion of the
locomotive.
The Ground Lights function automatically and are not user controlled. In Conventional
transformer operation, the Ground Lights are ON when the locomotive is stopped and they remain
ON as the locomotive starts to move. As the locomotive gains speed, the Ground Lights will turn
OFF. As the speed of the locomotive slows, the Ground Lights will turn ON.
For optimal effect of the functional Ground Lights, operate your SD70M-2 locomotive in
Note!
low light conditions.

Operating your locomotive in the conventional environment

Y
our locomotive is capable of operating in the conventional environment with nothing more
than a standard Lionel alternating-current (AC) transformer.
In the conventional environment, your locomotive cycles through a repeating pattern of
operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. To advance to the next operation, press the
DIRECTION button on your transformer. Alternately, you could use the throttle to briefly turn off
track power so that the locomotive advances to the next operation when power is restored.
Once you cycle the locomotive into forward or reverse, you control your locomotive's speed by
varying track voltage with the transformer's throttle. To increase the speed of the locomotive, you
increase track voltage. To decrease the speed, you decrease track voltage. To stop the locomotive and
to change directions (or to enter neutral), track voltage is turned off or interrupted.
Use the HORN and BELL buttons on your transformer to activate these features. If your
transformer is not equipped with these controls, separate buttons are available (610-5906-001).
Please refer to page 32 of this manual.
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FRONT
Ground Light