73-8055-250 1/04 Lionel 4-8-4 Northern Steam Locomotive and Tender Owner’s Manual featuring ® and SYSTEM Congratulations! ou own one of the finest and most sophisticated model trains ever built—the Lionel YTrainMaster Command Control and Odyssey System-equipped 4-8-4 Northern steam locomotive. From its many hand-applied scale details, to the advanced technology found inside, your locomotive is ready for duty on your model railroad layout. Experience the superiority of today’s Lionel. Features of the 4-8-4 steam locomotive and tender • High-torque Pittman® motor • Command reverse unit for use with the Lionel TrainMaster Command Control system • Puffing, fan-driven smoke generator that produces clean, safe, white smoke in sync with the drivers • Die-cast metal ElectroCoupler (rear of tender) • Wireless Tether connection between locomotive and tender • Enhanced conventional mode operation • Odyssey System for speed control with ON/OFF switch • New Railsounds 5.0 sound system with intelligible CrewTalk dialogue and TowerCom announcements • Lighted cab interior • Directional lighting including operating headlight and back-up light on the tender • Illuminated classification lights • Tire-Traction The following Lionel marks may be used throughout this instruction manual and are protected under law. All rights reserved. Lionel®, TrainMaster®, Odyssey®, RailSounds®, CrewTalk™, TowerCom™, DynaChuff™, StationSounds™, Pullmor®, ElectroCoupler™, Magne-Traction®, CAB-1 Remote Controller®, PowerMaster®, Lionel ZW®, ZW®, PowerHouse®, TMCC®, Lionelville™, Lockon® The name FasTrack® is used with permission from Pitsco, Inc. 2 Table of contents Transformer operations Running your locomotive with a Lionel transformer 4 Locking your locomotive into a single operational state 5 Using your tender-mounted ElectroCoupler in the non-Command environment 6 Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button 7 RailSounds 5.0 sound system operations Your locomotive’s RailSounds 5.0 sound system—the basics 8-9 Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s RailSounds 5.0 sound system 10 Activating the CrewTalk dialogue and TowerCom announcements in the conventional environment 11 Activating the CrewTalk dialogue and TowerCom announcements in the Command Control environment 11 RailSounds 5.0 sound system dialogue on a round trip 12 Notes on the RailSounds 5.0 sound system 13 Odyssey System operations The Odyssey System 14 Odyssey System conventional (transformer) operation 14 Odyssey System Command operation 15 TrainMaster Command operations The TrainMaster CommandControl environment 16 Running your locomotive in the TrainMasterCommand Control environment 17 CAB-1 Remote Controller commands for your locomotive 18 CAB-1 Remote Controller numeric keypad commands for your locomotive 18-19 Tuning your locomotive’s performance 20-21 Assigning your locomotive a new ID# 22 Reprogramming the Command reverse unit to restore features 23 Maintaining and servicing your locomotive Maintaining your locomotive’s handrail antenna 24 Adding fluid to your locomotive’s smoke generator 25 Lubricating your locomotive 26-27 Servicing your locomotive’s lamps 28 Replacing your tender’s lamp 28 Tire-Traction 29 Installing a different smoke stack 29 Installing the O gauge front coupler 30 Notes 31 Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 32 3 Transformer operations Running your locomotive with a Lionel transformer Place your locomotive on Lionel or Lionel-compatible 11 O-54 or larger track. With track power OFF, connect the drawbar between the locomotive and tender as illustrated in Figure 1. That’s all you have to do with the Lionel Wireless Tether, an infrared communication system that eliminates the plugs and wires of the past. Figure 1. Drawbar connection Power up your locomotive with your transformer. 22 Your locomotive is designed to operate on 8-18 volts alternating current. Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current transformers are suitable. Caution! Do not power your locomotive with direct current (DC). Damage to sensitive electronic components may occur. Note! When you first power up your track, the locomotive will wait between three and eight seconds as it “listens” for digital language from the TrainMaster Command Base (available separately). When the locomotive has determined that it’s on a conventional (non-Command) railroad, the locomotive’s headlight will illuminate and the RailSounds sound system will start. At this point, the locomotive is in neutral. (This occurs when placing the locomotive on your railroad for the first time. Thereafter, it will start in forward following every five- second power interruption.) To experience all of your locomotive’s features, we recommend using the TrainMaster Command Control system, available at your authorized Lionel dealer. Move ‘em out! 33 Get your locomotive moving. Press the DIRECTION button on your Lionel transformer. This sequences the Command reverse unit to the next operating state. Adjust track voltage until your locomotive moves at your desired speed. To increase speed, increase track voltage. To decrease speed, reduce voltage. To stop the locomotive, turn-off track power. See page 5 for information on locking your locomotive in a single operational state. 4 Transformer operations Locking your locomotive into a single operational state o select a single operational state for your Lionel locomotive (for example, forward only), Tyou can deactivate the Command reverse unit’s sequencing function with the Command reverse unit (PROG/RUN) switch. Get your locomotive moving in the desired direction, then slow it down without stopping. Set the Command reverse unit switch to PROG. Refer to Figure 2 for the location of the switch. The locomotive is now “locked” into your chosen direction. When you no longer want single-direction operation, just slide the Command reverse unit switch back to RUN. Note! Your locomotive’s reverse unit will “reset” to forward after any power interruption lasting five seconds or longer, regardless of the original locked-out direction. RUN SMOKE OFF ON PROG Command reverse Smoke Unit unit switch (see page 25 for details) Odyssey switch ON ODYSSEY OFF Figure 2. Switch locations 5 Transformer operations Using your tender-mounted ElectroCoupler in the non-Command environment o uncouple rolling stock from your locomotive tender’s ElectroCoupler in the non- TCommand environment, you must rely on a piece of rolling stock equipped with Lionel magnetic couplers coupled directly to your locomotive tender’s ElectroCoupler. The magnetic coupler on the rolling stock will then react to the magnetic field generated by a Lionel Remote-Control Track section (available separately, 6-65530 for O gauge; 6-65149 or 6-12746 for O-27 gauge; or 6-12020 for FasTrack layouts). Place your rolling stock’s coupler “trigger disc” over the central coil of a Remote-Control Track section and press UNCOUPLE on the controller. As illustrated in Figure 3, the magnetic field pulls the disc downward, and the coupler opens. Note! Your locomotive tender’s ElectroCoupler will NOT open manually or by using a Remote-Control Track section. Magnetic coupler on the rolling stock coupled to your locomotive Remote-Control Track section Figure 3. Trigger disc operation 6 Transformer operations Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button o activate the bell and whistle sounds when operating your locomotive set with Tconventional transformers, you may need to install Lionel no. 610-5906-001 Sound Activation Buttons (available separately) if your transformer is not equipped to activate these features. Connect the button(s) as shown below. Note! All track power must feed through the Sound Activation Buttons. Do not bypass the buttons. For AC transformers lacking a bell button 12 Black wire Common/Ground/U Existing wire POWER SUPPLY Red wire Power/A Lionel no. 610-5906-001 Sound Activation Button for activating the bell For AC transformers lacking bell and horn/whistle buttons Common/Ground/U Red wire Existing wire POWER Red wire SUPPLY Wire nut Black wire Power/A Lionel no. 610-5906-001 Sound Activation Button for activating the Lionel no. 610-5906-001 whistle Sound Activation Button for activating the bell Note! The no. 610-5906-001 button works with any Lionel AC transformer except no. 6-4690 Type MW. Transformers made by other manufacturers may not be compatible with the RailSounds sound system. 7 RailSounds 5.0 sound system operations Your locomotive’s RailSounds 5.0 sound system—the basics he Lionel RailSounds 5.0 sound system is the most realistic model railroad sound system in Tthe world. Your locomotive features digital samples from real-life steam locomotives for the ultimate in realism. We recommend that you begin by installing a nine-volt alkaline battery in the tender as illustrated in Figure 4 on page 9. This ensures interruption-free operation of the RailSounds sound system. The battery harness is located inside the tender. To access the battery harness, you must first remove the body screws from the bottom of the tender and then lift off the body of the tender. Refer to the Figure 4 on page 9 for the location of the body screws. Snap the battery harness onto the battery terminals, then slide the battery into the holder and replace the tender body, securing it with the body screws. When you first apply track power, the locomotive’s RailSounds sound system will produce the sounds of the locomotive at rest. As the locomotive moves, chuffing begins, increasing with the locomotive’s speed. To silence the steam chuffing and boiler sounds (whistle and bell are unaffected), slide the RailSounds sound system switch, located under the rear water hatches on top of the tender (see Figure 4 on page 9 for the location of the switch), to the SIGNALSOUNDS position before powering up the locomotive. The whistle and bell are activated by using the lever or button on your transformer or CAB-1 Remote Controller. The volume control knob is also located under the rear water hatches on top of the tender (see Figure 4 on page 9). Note! Please remove the protective cover from the battery harness before installing the battery.