Changing Directions Without Turning Off The Sound; Setting Your Locomotive's Inertia Or Momentum - Lionel HO Veranda Owner's Manual

Running your locomotive in the analog
environment

Changing directions without turning off the sound

F ollow these steps to use your transformer's direction switch while the locomotive is in
"neutral" to change the locomotive's direction.
1. Put the locomotive in "neutral" by bringing the locomotive to a stop. Do
not completely turn off the throttle.
2. Slide the direction switch on the transformer to the opposite position after
you hear the short air release, but before you hear the longer air release
and the pump sounds turn on.
During this five-second interval, the horn will not blow when you flip the direction switch.
3. Turn up the throttle to resume locomotive operations in the opposite
direction.
If you miss the five-second interval, changing directions will momentarily
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discontinue the sounds. To change directions, you now have two options. First, you
may turn the power all the way off, slide the direction switch, and turn the power
back on. Alternately, you may slide the direction switch to the opposite position (the
horn will come on) and then turn up the throttle. When the locomotive starts to
move in the opposite direction, the horn will stop.

Setting your locomotive's inertia or momentum

W ith Regulated Throttle Control (RTC), your locomotive is capable of operating as though
it has massive inertia. For example, your locomotive will resist changes in speed once it is
moving and will resist starting up quickly if it is at rest. If your locomotive encounters a grade,
it will eventually slow down. Increasing the throttle will slowly accelerate it back to speed.
You can set your locomotive to have any of 16 different inertia or momentum levels (see
"Programming your locomotive in the analog environment" on pages 8-10). Level 0 is the default,
which is no inertia. At this setting, your locomotive will accelerate or stop as quick as the internal
flywheel will allow. For any inertia from 1-15, your locomotive will take longer to change speed. At
Level 1, it will take a few seconds to achieve full speed at max throttle or come to a stop; at Level 15,
it will take a few minutes, depending on your transformer and the conditions of your layout.
Bringing the throttle down quickly will trigger the braking sounds. Adjust the
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locomotive's inertia to fine-tune the sounds.
If you have selected any of the inertia settings from Level 2 to 15, the locomotive will
produce Sound of Power effects while the locomotive is accelerating or decelerating. Once the
locomotive has achieved its final speed, it will produce standard turbine sounds appropriate to
its throttle setting.
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