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Lionel 255 Operation Manual

Lionel 255 Operation Manual

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No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engine
Operation Manual
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Compatibility
This engine will operate on any
traditional O-31 Gauge track system,
including M.T.H.'s RealTrax® or
ScaleTrax™ or traditional tubular
track. It is also compatible with most
standard AC transformers. (See page
PFA
45 & 46 for a complete list of
Passenger/Freight
Announcements
compatible transformers, power packs,
and wiring instructions.)
PLEASE READ BEFORE USE AND SAVE

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  • Page 1 No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engine Operation Manual Compatibility This engine will operate on any traditional O-31 Gauge track system, including M.T.H.’s RealTrax® or ScaleTrax™ or traditional tubular track. It is also compatible with most standard AC transformers. (See page 45 &...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    This product may be protected by one or more of the following patents: 6,019,289; 6,280,278; 6,281,606; 6,291,263; 6,457,681; 6,491,263; 6,604,641; 6,619,594; 6,624,537; 6,655,640. Rev: _Lionel No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines 8/16/12 ©2012, M.T.H. Electric Trains®, Columbia, MD 21046...

  • Page 3: Set-Up Checklist

    OFF position (Full Counter Clockwise Position). Running the engine without a primed smoke unit may cause damage. See the "ProtoSmoke Unit Operation" section of this book for more information on smoke unit maintenance. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 4: Placing The Engine On The Track

    Now using your fingers, push the connectors together. The connector will make a slight click when it is properly seated. At this point you are ready to begin operating your engine. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 5: Dcs Or Dcc

    The signals are not compatible, mixing the DCS and DCC signals will damage the DCS TIU unit. 263 Style Tender 260 Style Tender DCS/DCC Switch DCS/DCC Switch Figure 6: DCS/DCC Switch Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 6: Ps 3.0 Enhancements

    If you plan on powering up the MTH engine on your programming track, you may want to consider a DCC Programming Track Booster. Loading Engine Firmware Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 7: Led Lighting

    – reverse) When power is first applied to the track, the locomotive will be silent for 1-20 seconds and the headlight will be on, indicating the super capacitors are charging (The super capacitors provide power to the sound Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 8: Proto-Sound 3.0 Conventional Ac Operating Instructions

    Bell button. To turn the bell off, press and release the Bell button again. The bell will continue to ring from the time you turn it on until you press and release the button again to turn it off. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 9: Manual Volume Control

    Timing Chart Press ½ Sec. Press ½ Sec. Press Horn Pause Bell Pause Bell Short & Short & Short & Firm Firm Firm ½ Total Time Lapse: 1 Seconds Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 10: Pfa

    Once the bell turns off, the operator regains control of the transformer's bell and Horn buttons and can ring the bell or blow the Horn as usual. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 11: Proto-Coupler Operation

    The sound of the liftbar and air line depletion will play, and the knuckle will be released. Fire Bell Horn Horn Horn Horn Front Coupler Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 12: Speed Control

    Direction Lock Place Two Horn Blasts Engine into Horn Horn Bell Bell Bell (indicates change is made) Desired Repeat to Return Direction to Normal Condition Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 13: Reset To Factory Default

    8 VDC. To get your locomotive moving, after the startup sounds have finished and the locomotive is idling, slowly increase the track voltage until the locomotive is traveling at the desired speed. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 14: Dcs Operation

    (if equipped). Just set the model on the rails, apply DCC power and hit F3 on your DCC handheld controller and you're off and running. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 15: Basic Dcc Operation

    To activate the Bell press F1. To deactivate it, hit F1 again F2 – Whistle (Horn) To activate the Whistle/Horn, press F2. To shut it off either let off the F2 button or press and release it Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 16: Lights

    Master Volume one level. The Master Volume loops. That is, if you go past the 10th level it will loop back around to the 1st or lowest volume level. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 17: Couplers

    High smoke output level, pressing F13 twice (toggling it on then off) will set the smoke volume to Low. Pressing F13 twice again will set it to Medium and so on. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 18: Engine Sounds

    (enable F20). As long as F20 is enabled the engine will play its Drift Chuff sounds. To set the sound back to Normal Chuff press the F20 button again (disable F20). Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
  • Page 19 F27 button (enable F27) will disable the Cab Chatter. Pressing the F27 button again (disable F27) will enable Cab Chatter. Cab Chatter is On by default. F28 – Feature Reset Resets features to default. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 20: Function Chart

    Coupler Close Single Horn Blast Engine Sounds Brake Sounds On/Off Cab Chatter On/Off Feature Reset *Refer to page 24, 25 & 26 for CV Data and Function ID Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 21: Cv29

    3. Hit Enter twice so the LCD displays “Adr” 4. Type in the new Short Address (1-127) that you want and hit Enter 5. The engine will give you a two whistle/horn blast response Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 22: Feature/Factory Resetting

    Following the above Feature or Factory Resets will allow you to recover an engine. The limitation to this is that for most resets you must know the engine address. If you are Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
  • Page 23 CV55. Again, MTH engine's will listen to the 55-55-55 reset command even though the engine's address isn't actually 55 (and it can't be for the 55-55-55 reset to work). Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 24: Advanced Dcc Operation

    User ID #2 – General Purpose use for customer CV106 MTH Function Assignments – See table of supported CV’s and manual CV115- CV170 section on how to re-arrange them for further information Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 25: Proto-Sound 3.0 Expanded Dcc Functionality

    User ID #1 Cab Chatter On/Off Low Byte User ID #2 Feature Reset High Byte Function - Bell High Byte Feature Reset Low Byte Function - Bell Low Byte Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
  • Page 26 Short Horn One Shot Doppler Reverse Signal SCRIPTS Extended Shut Down Extended Start Up Start Up/Shut Down Train Wreck Trolley Manual Mode Trolley Learn Mode Trolley Auto Mode Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
  • Page 27 3. Write a value of 18 to CV25. Your engine will now use the speed curve #18 below 4. If you want to create your own speed table using CV's 67-94 then write a value of 0 or 1 to CV25 Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 28: Advanced Consisting

    The Reverse light and headlight is OFF in the Rear engine when the consist is going Forward, headlight is ON, reverse light is OFF when the consist is in Reverse The Middle engine has no lights in either direction Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
  • Page 29 12. Press the F0 button to ensure the FL is toggled on. Most systems have a light bulb icon to indicate whether F0 is active or not. Ensure that it is ON Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
  • Page 30 NOTE - CV21 is ONLY used when you have some value other than 0 written to CV19. If CV19 = 0 then the values of CV21, CV22, CV23, and CV24 are not used Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 31: Programming Track

    2 (4) 1 (2) 0 (1) Value) Binary 1 (on) 1 (on) 1 (on) 0 (off) 1 (on) 1 (on) 0 (off) 0 (off) 1 (on) Example Decimal Value Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
  • Page 32 (the new bit you want to set) + 5 (the existing bit that you do not want to alter) = 133. You would then write a value of 133 to CV19. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 33: Maintenance

    1. Remove screw from top of engine. 2. Remove screws from end. Figure 9: Removing Screw Figure 10: Removing Screws 3. Remove 2 screws from bottom of engine. Figure 11: Removing Screws Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 34: Cleaning The Wheels, Tires And Track

    Durably constructed from ABS plastic, the block includes a built-in cleaning pad. For really stubborn track, you can insert sandpaper into the block in just a few quick steps. Track Cleaning Block (40-1099) Maintenance Kit (30-50010) Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 35: Traction Tire Replacement Instructions

    When storing the unit for long periods of Wick in Wick in time, you may want to add about 15 drops of Poor Good Condition Condition fluid to prevent the wick from drying out. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 36: Led Lighting (Engine Only)

    LED's allow for various, correct colors. Also, they require less power and do not emit as much heat as incandescent bulbs. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 37: Troubleshooting Proto-Sound 3.0 Problems

    (not rubbing alcohol) and coupled. let dry. Cab Chatter Solution Sometimes the Cab Chatter sounds Cab Chatter plays only in neutral at random don't play. intervals. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
  • Page 38 30 seconds in each PFA sound clip PFA after fourth press of the direction before pressing the direction button. button. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
  • Page 39 Conventional DC Check for an obstruction in the smoke stack Add 10-12 drops of smoke fluid Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
  • Page 40 Be a little patient and let it run for a bit. It should clear up shortly after lubricating and running. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
  • Page 41 26 to move the smoke volume into an F Function that exists on your controller Check for an obstruction in the smoke stack Add 10-12 drops of smoke fluid Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 42: Shut Down

    Place the engine on the Programming Track output on your DCC system and write a value of 3 to CV1 Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
  • Page 43 *Make sure that you have the DCC/DCS Switch set to ‘DCS’. Otherwise your engine will not function properly in DCS Mode. Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...
  • Page 44 Delete the engine from your DCS remote, I believe it to be set at and attempt to re-add it. On the DCS Remote, hit Menu System Engine Setup Recover Engine Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 45: Transformer Compatibility And Wiring Chart

    130-Watt Standard Lionel TW 8-18v 175-Watt Standard Lionel ZW A,B,C or D 8-20v 275-Watt Standard Lionel Post-War A,B,C or D Common 0-20v 135/190 Watt Electronic Celebration Series ZW Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 46: Dc Power Supply Chart

    PWM Output from this power supply DAMAGE Will the TIU * Use 22 volts maximum track voltage when operating a MTH locomotive equipped with Proto-Sound, Loco-Sound, Proto-Sound 2.0, or Proto-Sound 3.0 Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 47: Additional Features Accessible Of Dcs Remote Control System

    (start in forward or reverse) for double- heading operations •Locomotive Consist Set-up-User can determine locomotive values for consist make-ups, allowing multiple locomotives belonging to a consist to operate together Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0...

  • Page 48: Service & Warranty Information

    Service & Warranty Information How to Get Service Under the Terms of the Limited One-Year Warranty When you suspect an item is defective, please check the operator's manual for standard operation and trouble- shooting techniques that may correct the problem. Additional information may be found on the M.T.H. Website.

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