Maintaining Your Locomotive's Handrail Antenna; Servicing Your Locomotive's Lamps - Lionel American Flyer 2-8-2 Mikado Steam Locomotive and Tender Owner's Manual

Maintaining and servicing your locomotive

Maintaining your locomotive's handrail antenna

T he handrails on your locomotive are the antennas that receive the digital communication
from the Command Base. For optimum reception, the handrails have been insulated from
the die-cast body. Please handle the locomotive carefully to avoid handrail damage. The
handrails should not touch the locomotive's body.
If your locomotive appears to have problems receiving communications from the Command
Base, be sure that the ends of the handrails are insulated from the body with either an
insulating washer or handrail stanchion.

Servicing your locomotive's lamps

Before changing the lamps in your locomotive, be sure to check that the AUX2
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command was not used to turn off the front headlight.
Y our locomotive is illuminated by two lamps and one LED. One lamp is located in the
headlight housing mounted on the boiler front and the other lamp illuminates the interior
of the cab. During the course of normal operations, these may require replacement.
We recommend that you have the lamps serviced at your authorized Lionel Service Center.
Lamp Numbers:
Headlight (1)
Cab light (1)
The tender back-up light and classification lights are LEDs, which are expected to last
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for the life of the product. They can be replaced by your authorized Lionel Service
Center if it is ever required.
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