Train Operations; Running Your Locomotive With A Lionel Transformer - Lionel Ready-to-Run Riding the Rails Hobo Train Owner's Manual

Train operation

Running your locomotive with a Lionel transformer

Place your locomotive on Lionel or
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Lionel-compatible O gauge track.
• With track power OFF, connect the drawbar between the locomotive and tender as
illustrated in Figure 9.
Add smoke fluid to the locomotive or switch the smoke
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generator off.
• See page 21 for more information.
Power up your steam locomotive with your transformer.
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• Your locomotive is designed to operate on 8-16 volts alternating
current. Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current
transformers are suitable.
Do not power your locomotive with direct current (DC). Damage to
Caution!
sensitive electronic components may occur.
• When you first power up your track, your locomotive's headlight
will illuminate. At this point, the locomotive is in neutral. When the power is
removed and again applied (by pressing the DIRECTION button on your
controller), the train will move forward. This condition holds true if the engine
is being powered up for the first time or if the engine has been powered down for
longer than five seconds.
Move 'em out!
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• Get your locomotive moving. Press the DIRECTION button on your Lionel
transformer. This advances the Lionel reverse unit to the next operating state in
the repeating sequence: forward, neutral, reverse, and neutral.
• Adjust track voltage until your locomotive moves at your desired speed. To
increase speed, increase track voltage. To decrease speed, reduce voltage. To stop
the locomotive, turn off track power.
• See page 17 for information on locking your locomotive into a
single operating state.
Figure 9. Drawbar connection
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