Maintaining And Servicing Your Locomotive; Adding Fluid To Your Locomotive's Smoke Generator - Lionel Century Club II Owner's Manual

Maintaining and servicing your locomotive

Adding fluid to your locomotive's smoke generator

Y our locomotive is equipped with a smoke
generator that produces safe, clean, white
smoke during operation.
The smoke generator requires the periodic
addition of Lionel smoke fluid in order to
function. Pierce the tube end with a pin, then
apply the special tip. Insert the tip into the
forward stack (see Figure 4) and add 10-15
drops of fluid. Experiment with the flow of
the smoke fluid to prevent over-filling the
smoke generator. Smoke production will
commence momentarily, faster if you run
your locomotive at speed. When smoke
production wanes, add more fluid (eight to
ten drops).
If you prefer to have a smoke-free
locomotive, there is a SMOKE ON/OFF switch
located beneath the roof panel on the
locomotive (see Figure 1 on page 4 for the
location). Remove the two screws from the
roof, then move the switch to OFF and your
locomotive will stop smoking.
When the smoke unit is on, always keep a
small amount of smoke fluid in the locomo-
tive's smoke generator; the generator's ele-
ment can become damaged if operated with-
WARNING: Never operate the smoke unit when dry. This will cause the smoke unit to
overheat and may damage your engine.
Front of locomotive
Add fluid here
Figure 4. Stack location
out fluid. Smoke production is greater at
higher voltages and when the locomotive is
pulling a heavy load or long consist.
When you place your locomotive on the
track for the first time, the smoke unit will be
on. Thereafter, the smoke unit will return to
its last operating state each time you power it
up. For example, if you turn off the smoke
unit before you power down the locomotive,
the smoke unit will be off the next time you
power it up. If the smoke unit was on before
you powered down the locomotive, the smoke
unit will be on the next time you power it up.
When operating your locomotive in the
TrainMaster Command Control environment,
press AUX1, 8 on your CAB-1 Remote to turn
off the smoke unit; press AUX1, 9 to turn on
the smoke unit.
To control the operation of the
Note!
smoke unit with your CAB-1
Remote, be sure that the smoke
unit switch is in the ON position.
Refer to Figure 1 on page 4 for the
location of the switch. Commands
from the CAB-1 Remote will not
override the switch setting.
Smoke fluid tube
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Special tip