Running Your Train; Running Your Train Set - Lionel 73-1988-250 Owner's Manual

Running your trains

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 4.
Caution!
Figure 4. Drawbar connection
Power up your locomotive with your transformer.
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Your locomotive is designed to operate on 7-15 volts alternating cur-
rent. 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. Each press of the DIRECTION
button or interruption in track power causes the locomotive to advance 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
locomotive'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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