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- Page 2 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing a Bachmann Large Scale Forney locomotive model. These 1:20.3 Spectrum ® models replicate inside-frame and outside-frame Forney locomotives as built by the Baldwin Locomotive Company early in the 20th Century. Features: • a nonproprietary plug-and-play electronics interface to •...
- Page 3 HISTORY OF THE FORNEY LOCOMOTIVE The Forney locomotive is named after its inventor, Matthias Forney. Born in Hanover, Pennsylvania in 1835, Forney demonstrated an aptitude for mechanics at an early age. As a result he was sent to Baltimore, Maryland for a high school education.
- Page 4 water tank was located behind the cab and supported by a four-wheel swiveling truck. Forney developed his design as a solution to the problem of how to power trains on the elevated and surface commuter railroads that were being proposed for America’s rapidly growing cities such as New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago.
- Page 5 explore the use of electric traction as the primary power for pulling their trains. In short order, hundreds of Forney locomotives operating in and around the big cities were out of work. Many, however, found new life on industrial and short line railroads around the country and even the world.
- Page 6 Forneys did serve on narrow gauge lines across the country. Narrow gauge Forney locomotives could be found hauling sugar cane in Louisiana and Hawaii, tourists on Nantucket Island, and freight and passengers on a network of two-foot gauge lines in Maine. Narrow gauge Forney engines toiled on for several decades after the demise of the design as the primary motive power for urban elevated railroads.
- Page 7 The product designers and engineers at Bachmann Trains have designed your new Forney so lubrication can be performed in a few simple steps. There are, however, many moving parts and metal-to-metal connections, so that it’s important to take your time and lubricate all of them thoroughly.
- Page 8 Now put a drop of oil on the pivot point where both the lead truck and the front coupler are attached to the frame (figure 3). Be sure that you lubricate the attachment points for both the lead truck and the front coupler.
- Page 9 Move slightly further back towards the rear of the locomotive and lubricate the point where the rear couple shank is attached to the frame (figure 7). Using the light gear oil lubricate all axles where they enter the truck side frame journal boxes (figure 8).
- Page 10 If you purchased an inside frame model lubricate the driver wheel axles where they pass through the loco- motive frame and where they enter the gearbox. Be sure you put a drop of oil on the axle on both sides of the frame (figure 11).
- Page 11 guide and valve guide rods, the piston rod, and the rest of the valve linkage (figure 15 & figure 16). Finally put a small drop of oil on each of the joints on the equalized driver springs (figure 17). Be sure to perform these lubrication procedures on both sides of the locomotive.
- Page 12 SETTING UP THE FORNEY FOR OPERATION ON YOUR LAYOUT Bachmann’s engineers recognize that some large-scale model railroaders do not have the space for wide radius curves. To accommodate the Forney on layouts with tighter radius curves they have come up with a solution that will allow operation on track diameter as little as four feet.
- Page 13 go easily into the locater hole (figure 22). Operation on curves between 4 foot and 12 foot diameter may require unlocking the rear frame only. You should experiment to find the best combination for optimal performance on your layout. Note: Operation on curves less than 8 foot in diameter is not possible if you choose the option of mounting your couplers on the locomotive end beams using the supplied coupler boxes.
- Page 14 Smoke Box Switches There is a switch behind the smoke box door that controls how the smoke generator functions (figure 24). The switch has three positions: DCC, OFF, and DC. In the DCC position, the smoke generation function is controlled through the plug-and-play socket. In the DC position, the smoke unit is on whenever power is supplied to the locomotive.
- Page 15 Plug-and-Play Socket The Bachmann Forney locomotive comes equipped with a nonproprietary plug-and-play electronics socket. This socket is designed to accommodate aftermarket plug-and-play products (contact your hobby retailer for more information). As delivered, the Forney is set up for DC operation.
- Page 16 Track Powered DC Operations Each Forney locomotive is factory-equipped with a (DC) Empty Dummy PC Board plugged in the plug-and-play socket. To Plug-and-Play operate your Forney via track power, leave the (DC) Dummy Socket PC Board in place, make sure that the motor switch is “On,” the pick up switch is in the “Track”...
- Page 17 Pin Definitions Each pin on the plug-and-play socket has a defined purpose and is labeled on the socket under the (DC) Dummy PC Board. Each pin is also connected to a solder pad for use with systems that do not support plug-and-play.
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Page 18: Speaker Installation
Adding an Aftermarket Sound System Your Bachmann Forney is designed so that the lighting and chuff circuits are active before the locomotive moves. If your sound system is designed for plug-and-play operation, remove the (DC) Dummy PC Board, plug in your sound system, and install a 3" speaker in the speaker location beneath the main PC board. - Page 19 purchased an inside frame locomotive you will remove the clear weath- erproofing plastic and the four screws that are located on the corners of the PC board then carefully lift the main PC board up and to one side (figure 31 & figure 32). If you have purchased an outside frame loco- motive you must first remove the four screws on the underside of the chassis that hold the coal bunker in place (figure 33) and remove the coal bunker in order to remove the weatherproofing plastic and the...
- Page 20 The Bachmann Forney has an optical chuff sensor in each cylinder to provide a prototypically correct chuff sound. Each sensor can be adjusted to provide a wide variety of in or out of “square”...
- Page 21 activated before the locomotive begins to move. If desired, the sound system’s "+ -" inputs can also be con- nected directly to the chuff circuits using the designated screw terminals at the rear of the board (figure 37b). These terminals have a voltage input range of from 5 to 14 volts DC. Adding Aftermarket Track-Powered NMRA DCC Operation If your NMRA DCC decoder is designed for full plug-and-play operation with the plug-and-play sock- et, remove the (DC) Dummy PC Board and replace it with your...
- Page 22 If your Battery/RC system does not support plug-and-play operation, then the simplest conversion is to connect the motor outputs of your RC system to the battery screw terminals (figure 39b). Should you wish to control the locomotive’s individual lighting and smoke functions, follow the specific manufacturer’s instructions for connection of the Forney’s lighting functions to the control system’s function outputs.
- Page 23 1:20.3 Baldwin Forney Locomotive. ® Be sure to fill out and send in your warranty card. You can check out all of Bachmann’s other large scale products at your local hobby retailer or at www.bachmanntrains.com. If your locomotive should need service, please note that our service department is not responsible for repairs to locomotives with aftermarket products installed in the Baldwin Forney’s plug-and-play socket.
- Page 24 Bachmann Industries, Inc. 1400 East Erie Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19124 Tel: 215-533-1600 Fax: 215-744-4699 www.bachmanntrains.com G E R M A N Y U N I T E D K I N G D O M Bachmann Europe PLC. Bachmann Europe PLC.
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