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Lionel RS-3 Owner's Manual

Lionel RS-3 Owner's Manual

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72-8822-250
9/06
Lionel RS-3
Diesel Locomotive
Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 72-8822-250 9/06 Lionel RS-3 Diesel Locomotive Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Congratulations! ongratulations on your purchase of the Lionel RS-3 diesel locomotive! On the outside, this detailed locomotive features expert decoration in your favorite livery. Inside the body, this locomotive is equipped with a powerful maintenance-free motor and realistic diesel horn sounds.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Transformer operations Running your locomotive with a Lionel transformer Locking your locomotive into a single operational state Sounding your locomotive’s horn Using your locomotive’s magnetic couplers Maintaining and servicing your locomotive Lubricating your locomotive Replacing your locomotive’s lamps...

  • Page 4: Transformer Operations Running Your Locomotive With A Lionel Transformer

    Do not power your locomotive with direct current (DC). Damage to sensitive electronic components may occur. Move ‘em out! Get your locomotive moving. Press the DIRECTION button on your Lionel transformer. This sequences the reverse unit to the next operating state in the repeating sequence: forward, neutral, reverse, and neutral.

  • Page 5: Locking Your Locomotive Into A Single Operational State

    ON position, your locomotive sequences through a repeating pattern of operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. To select a single operational state for your Lionel locomotive (for example, forward only), you can deactivate the reverse unit’s sequencing function with the reverse unit switch.

  • Page 6: Sounding Your Locomotive's Horn

    ON/OFF switch is in the ON position. Refer to Figure 1 on page 5 for the location of that switch. If your controller does not have a HORN/WHISTLE button, install a Lionel Sound Activation Button (available separately, part no. 610-5906-001). Connect the button as shown in Figure 2.

  • Page 7: Using Your Locomotive's Magnetic Couplers

    Lionel locomotive is equipped with operating magnetic knuckle couplers, a revolutionary design first introduced by Lionel in 1945. Lionel magnetic couplers react to the magnetic field generated by a Lionel Remote-Control Track section (available separately, 6-65149 or 6-12746 for O-27 gauge; 6-65530 for O gauge;...

  • Page 8: Maintaining And Servicing Your Locomotive Lubricating Your Locomotive

    We recommend that you purchase a Lionel Lubrication and Maintenance Kit (6-62927), available from your Lionel dealer. Two basic rules to keep in mind: never over-lubricate (a small amount will do), and avoid getting grease or oil on the locomotive’s wheels or your track.

  • Page 9: Replacing Your Locomotive's Lamps

    Replacement lamps are available from your authorized Lionel Service Center or Lionel Service. For more information, see the Lionel Service section on the back page. To replace the cab interior lamp (part no. 600-8352-311), pinch together the center of the cab and lift it off the body.
  • Page 10 Maintaining and servicing your locomotive Replacing your locomotive’s lamps (continued) Headlamp 610-8803-009 Headlamp 610-8803-009 Figure 6. Headlamp replacement...

  • Page 11: Replacing The Traction Tires

    During the course of normal operations, the traction tires may become worn out. Because you must remove the trucks and the side frames to access the wheels, we recommend that you have the traction tires replaced by your authorized Lionel Service Center.

  • Page 12: Limited Warranty/Lionel Service

    Lionel L.L.C. or an authorized Lionel L.L.C. Service Center, together with proof of original purchase will, at the option of Lionel L.L.C., be repaired or replaced, without charge for parts or labor. In the event the defective product cannot be repaired, and a replacement is not available, a refund of the original purchase price will be granted.