Transformer Operations; Running Your Firecar Set With A Lionel Transformer - Lionel FireCarwith Training/Support car Owner's Manual

Transformer operations

Running your Firecar set with a Lionel transformer

Place your Firecar set on Lionel or Lionel-
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compatible O gauge track.
• Note The plug between the Firecar and training/support car must
be plugged in for the Firecar to operate.
Body mounting
screw
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Power up your Firecar set with your transformer.
• Your Firecar set is designed to operate on 7-18 volts alternating
current. Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-cur-
rent transformers are suitable; we recommend the TrainMaster
Command model railroad control system.
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Note!
Damage to sensitive electronic components may occur.
• When you first power up your track, the Firecar set will wait
between 3 and 8 seconds as it "listens" for digital language from
the TrainMaster Command Base (available separately). When it's
determined that it's on a conventional (nonCommand) railroad, the
Firecar set's flashing emergency light will start, and Railsounds will
fire up. At this point, the locomotive is in neutral. (This occurs when
placing the Firecar set on your railroad for the first time. Thereafter,
it starts in forward after every three-second power interrupt.)
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Move 'em out!
• Get your Firecar set moving. Press the DIR button on your CAB-1
remote or Lionel transformer. This sequences the Lionel
Command reverse unit (LCRU) to the next operating state. The
LCRU alternates between three states: forward, neutral, and
reverse.
• Adjust track voltage until your Firecar set moves at your desired
speed. To increase speed, increase track voltage. To decrease
speed, reduce voltage. To stop the locomotive, cut track power.
• To select a single operating state (example: forward only), you
can deactivate the LCRU's sequencing function. Get your Firecar
set moving in the desired direction, then slide the reverse unit
control switch on the training/support car's underside to PRO-
GRAM. See page 12 for the switch location and positioning.
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WARNING The fire car must
be coupled to the training
support car, do not use the
tether hook-up to pull the car.
• The plugs are keyed to
only assemble one
way. Push extra cable
into the support car
F
IRECAR SET WITH DIRECT CURRENT
(DC).
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