Transformer Operations; Running Your Locomotive With A Lionel Transformer - Lionel Hudson Jr. Owner's Manual

Transformer operations

Running your steam locomotive with a Lionel transformer
Place your steam locomotive on Lionel or Lionel-compatible
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O gauge track.
Add smoke fluid to the engine or switch the smoke generator
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off.
• See page 9 for more information.
Power up your steam locomotive with your transformer.
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• Your locomotive is designed to operate on 8-16 volts alternating
current. Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current trans-
formers are suitable.
• Do not power your locomotive with direct current (DC). Damage to
sensitive electronic components may occur.
Note!
• When you first power up your track, your locomotive's headlights will
illuminate. At this point, the locomotive is in neutral. When your train is first
powered up, the default state will be neutral and the default direction is forward.
This means whenever you power up your engine the engine will remain in
neutral, and when the power is removed and again applied, the train will move
forward. This condition holds true if the engine is being powered up for the first
time or if the engine has been powered down longer than five seconds.
Move 'em out!
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• Get your locomotive moving. Press the DIR button on your transformer .to
sequence your locomotive through the repeating pattern of operations: forward,
neutral, reverse, neutal, and so on.
• See page 6 for information on locking your locomotive in a single
operating state
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