M.T.H. HO 4-8-8-4 Big Boy Engineer's Manual page 41

Smoke
My engine isn't smoking
at all
My engine barely smokes
Lights
One of my lights is out
None of my lights are on
Motion
When I apply power and
hit Start-Up my engine
powers up but it won't
move
My engine hesitates at
slow speeds
PFA
When I enter PFA all that
happens is the bell rings.
What do I do?
Why does my engine run
away all by itself after the
PFA is over?
Shut Down
Okay, I give up. What do
I have to do to shut it
down?
Press the smoke button this will activate the
smoke
If you just filled it with smoke fluid sometimes the
fluid can make a seal in the stack. Blow down the
stack to clear the air bubble
Check the Tender/Boiler drawbar connection.
You've got to have them locked together
You may have set the smoke to Low. This can be
changed from Low to Med to High
Add 10-12 drops of smoke fluid.
Check for an obstruction in the smoke stack
Check that you haven't turned it off with the DCS
controller. You have independent control over
lights on your engine
Could be the same reason as "One of my lights is
out"
Is the engine getting power? Check to see if there
is voltage on the track or move the engine a few
feet in either direction.
Check the Tender/Boiler drawbar connection. You've
got to have them locked together.
Check the Tender/Boiler drawbar connection.
You've got to have them locked together.
An engine may do this right out of the box if it has
not been lubricated. Follow the lubrication
instructions. Now go ahead and run it.
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
Check to see if you have any kind of binding on
the side rods. There may be a chuck of your
favorite, perfectly scaled pine tree stuck in there.
Press the DIR button. Your engine will stop and
begins the arrival sequence. Pressing the DIR
button will cycle you through the next 3 PFA
sequences
This is normal. The engine will leave the station at
the same speed it entered (when hit the PFA
button).
Well, you can either remove power from the track
or press or press Shut-Down. Button on the DCS
Remote
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