Running Your Train; Running Your Train Set - Lionel Rio Grande General Owner's Manual

Running your train

Running your train set

With track power off, place your train set on the track.
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Refer to page 10 for information on coupling the cars.
Connect the drawbar between the locomotive and tender.
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See Figure 5.
Caution!
Figure 5. Drawbar connection
Power up your locomotive with your transformer.
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Your locomotive is designed to operate on 7-15 volts alternating current.
Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current transformers are suitable.
Note!
Move 'em out!
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Get your locomotive moving. Your locomotive goes through a repeating pattern of
operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. To sequence the reverse unit, press
the DIRECTION button on your transformer, or briefly bring the throttle all the way back
to the OFF position and then forward, for one to four seconds. When track power is inter-
rupted, the locomotive advances to the next operational state.
Adjust track voltage until your locomotive moves at your desired speed.
If the smoke unit switch is in the ON position, add smoke fluid to your loco-
motive's stack to prevent damage to the smoke unit. Refer to
page 9 for additional information.
Do not power your locomotive with direct-current (DC) transformers.
The locomotive was designed for use with alternating-current (AC)
transformers only.
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