American Flyer GP 7/9 User manual

American Flyer GP 7/9
Diesel Locomotive
Owner’s Manual
74-8071-250
9/08

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Table of contents
Transformer operations
Running your locomotive with a Lionel transformer 3
Locking your locomotive into a single operational state 4
Using your locomotive’s couplers 5
Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Lubricating your locomotive 6
Replacing your locomotive’s lamps 7
Replacing your locomotive’s traction tires 7
Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 8
Y
ou purchased a tough, durable locomotive—the American Flyer GP 7/9 diesel locomotive.
From the crisp detail and expert decoration on the outside to the brute power under the hood,
the GP 7/9 is ready for duty on your model railroad.
Congratulations!
Features of this locomotive
• Transformercontrolledforward,neutral,andreverseoperation
• Operatingheadlights
• Interiorlighting
• Twooperatingcouplers
• Maintenance-freepowerfulmotor
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®, Wireless Tether™, LionMaster®, FatBoy™, American Flyer®,
TrainSounds™, PowerMax™, LEGACY™, PowerMax™Plus, Odyssey II™, LEGACY RailSounds™
The name FasTrack®is used with permission from Pitsco, Inc.

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3Move ‘em out!
Get your locomotive moving.PresstheDIRECTIONbuttononyour
transformer.Thissequencesthe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 4 for information on locking your locomotive into a single
operational state.
Place your locomotive on American Flyer or S gauge two-
rail track.
Thecurvesmusthavearadiusofatleast20”.
2Power up your locomotive with your transformer.
Your locomotive is designed to operate on 9-15 volts alternating
current.VirtuallyallAmericanFlyerorLionelalternating-currenttransformers
are suitable.
Do not power your locomotive with direct current(DC).
Damage to sensitive electronic components may occur.
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Running your locomotive with a Lionel transformer
Transformer operations
Caution!
Note!

Toselectasingleoperationalstateforyourlocomotive(forexample,forwardonly),you candeactivatethereverseunit’ssequencingfunctionwiththedirectionalcontrolswitch.
Get your locomotive moving in the desired direction, then slow it down without stopping.
SetthereverseunitswitchtoOFF.RefertoFigure1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switchbacktoON.
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.
Locking your locomotive into a single operational state
Transformer operations
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Note!
Figure1.Switchlocation
Reverse unit switch

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Transformer operations
Push up on the uncoupling weight located directly under the coupler to open the coupler. Tocoupletwocarstogether,placethemonthetrackwithatleastoneofthecouplers
open,thenslidethemtogether.Thecouplerswillcloseautomatically.
Using your locomotive’s couplers