Train Operations; Reverse Unit Procedure - Lionel O-27 Owner's Manual

Train operations

Reverse unit procedure

T
he reverse unit inside your Lionel
FA2 is an electronic device that acts
like the transmission in your car. When
you apply power to the track, the loco-
motive moves in the direction specified
by the reverse unit—or it sits in neutral,
awaiting another
power interruption.
Power interruptions
are the signal that
tells the reverse unit
to sequence to the
next operational state.
To interrupt power
and sequence the
locomotive's reverse
unit, press the direc-
tion control button or
turn the throttle to the
O position and O
FF
unit alternates between three states:
forward, neutral, and reverse.
Also, the locomotive can be "locked"
into a certain mode of operation by
throwing the switch located on the
underside of the frame (see illustration
above). When the switch is thrown to the
O position, the locomotive will be
FF
locked in the next mode of operation in
Horn control
Direction control
Position your reverse unit switch to the
O position to deactivate it.
FF
again. The reverse
N
button
button
the sequence. For instance, if the locomo-
tive is moving forward, then is stopped
and the switch is thrown back, the loco-
motive will be "locked" in neutral. If the
switch is thrown back while the locomo-
tive is under power, the locomotive will
remain in the mode it
was in when the
switch was thrown.
The controller direc-
O
N
tion control will then
have no effect on the
O
FF
direction of the loco-
motive.
reverse unit has a
"power-up reset"
feature,
means that should
the locomotive sit without power for a
short period of time, the reverse unit
will automatically reset and start in the
forward direction when the trans-
former is turned on or "powered up,"
regardless of the locking switch posi-
tion. If the locking switch is in the O
position, the locomotive will start in
the forward direction and be "locked"
there.
Additionally, this
which
FF
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