Introduction - Lionel O27 How To Use Manual

FEW hobbies in the world offer as much fun as model railroading. Here, in mini-
ature, are all the color and excitement of real railroading,
trains and fast freights making runs through cities and towns and open countryside.
If you are a beginner in this fascinating pastime and this is your first Lionel
outfit you will need a few simple directions to set up your layout and to run your
train. The first part of this booklet, "How to Assemble and Operate Your Lionel
Outf!ts", contains all the directions you needin order to enjoy any simple standard
outfit.
If you are like most model railroaders
original outfit, perhaps a pair of switches and some extra track, maybe a semaphore
or a gateman to guard your grade crossing. Then you will need to know something
about voltage requirements of various Lionel railroad accessories,
pacity and limitatIons of your transformer and the best methods of wiring up your
layout and accessories.
in the second part of this booklet.
The third part of the booklet will help start you off on a proj ect which is the
ambition of all model railroaders-
discussion on how to select a space for a permanent layout; how to design track
arrangement to fit the available space; how to construct the frameyvork; how to
landscape and decorate
railroad in miniature.
Like all fine mechanical" equipment, your Lionel outfit deserves good care. If
properly cared for, your Lionel equipment will give many years of service and
enjoyment. Information that should enable you to find and eliminate trouble spots,
to do simple maintenance and to keep your equipment in tip-top condition is con-
tained in the last part of the booklet, "How to Take Care of Lionel Trains".
we know, you will soon add to your
All this information, in a condensed form, is available
"How to Build a Model Railroad".
your railroad so that it becomes· an actual operating
All Contents Copyrighted 1965 by
THE LIONEL TOY CORPORATION
Hoffman Place, Hi II side, New Jersey
with speedy passenger
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