Lionel 2-8-0 Consolidation User manual

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2-8-0 Consolidation
Steam Locomotive & Tender
Owner’s Manual
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Table of contents
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Transformer operations
Running your steam locomotive with a Lionel transformer 3
Locking your locomotive into a single operational state 4
Your locomotive’s Odyssey™System speed control 5
Using your tender-mounted ElectroCoupler in the non-Command environment 6
Your locomotive’s RailSounds system—the basics 6-7
Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s RailSounds system 8
Notes on RailSounds 8
Installing the Lionel Sound Activation Button 9
TrainMaster Command operations
Your locomotive in the TrainMaster Command environment 10
CAB-1 commands for your locomotive 11
RailSounds in the Command environment 12
CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your locomotive 12
Tuning your locomotive’s performance 13
Your locomotive’s Odyssey System in the Command Control environment 13
Assigning your locomotive a new ID# 14
Reprogramming the R2LC circuit board to restore features 15
Maintaining your locomotive’s handrail antenna 15
Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Lubricating your locomotive 16
Replacing your locomotive’s lamps 17
Tire-Traction™ 18
Adding fluid to the smoke generator 18
Notes 19
Lionel Service 20
• Powerful Flywheel-equipped DC Motor
• R2LC reverse unit for use with the
Lionel TrainMaster®CommandTM
model railroad control system
• Smoke generator that produces
clean, safe and realistic smoke
• Die-cast ElectroCoupler
(rear of tender)
• Odyssey System Speed Control
• RailSoundsTM digital sound system
• Brilliant Headlight and Marker Lights
• CrewTalkTM (in Command)
• TowerComTM (in Command)
• Tire-Traction™
You own one of the finest and most sophisticated model trains ever built—
the Lionel TrainMaster®Command and
Odyssey™System-equipped 2-8-0
Consolidation. From its 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.
Congratulations!

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Transformer operations
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Note!
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3Move ‘em out!
Place your steam locomotive on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O-31 or larger track.
• With track power OFF, connect the locomotive tether between the locomotive
and tender. The four-pin tender plug connects with the four-pin receptacle on the
locomotive. Connect the drawbar between locomotive and tender.
• The engine tether receptacle is “keyed” to allow the harness to be plugged in only
one way.
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Running your steam locomotive with a Lionel transformer
Note!
Power up your steam locomotive with your transformer.
•Your locomotive is designed to operate on 8-18 volts alternating
current. Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current trans-
formers are suitable; we recommend the TrainMaster Command model railroad
control system.
•Do not power your locomotive with direct current (DC). Damage to
sensitive electronic components may occur.
•When you first power up your track, the locomotive will wait
between 3 and 8 seconds as it “listens” for digital language from the
TrainMaster Command Base (available separately). When it’s determined that it’s
on a conventional (non-Command) railroad, the locomotive’s headlight will illu-
minate and RailSounds will start up. At this point, the locomotive is in neutral.
(This occurs when placing the locomotive on your railroad for the first time.
Thereafter, it starts in forward after every three-second power interrupt.)
• Get your locomotive moving. Press the DIR button on your CAB-1 remote or
Lionel transformer. This sequences the Lionel Command reverse unit (R2LC) to
the next operating state. The R2LC alternates between three states: forward, neu-
tral, and reverse.
• 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, cut track power.

Transformer operations
To select a single operational state for your Lionel locomotive (example: for-
ward only), you can deactivate the R2LC’s
sequencing function with the Program/Run
switch, located on the right hand side, under
the locomotive’s cab.
Get your locomotive moving in the desired
direction, then slow it down without stop-
ping. Set the Program/Run switch to PROG.
The locomotive is now “locked” into your
chosen direction.
When you no longer want single-direction
operation, just slide the Program/Run switch
back to RUN.
Locking your locomotive into a single operational state
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OFF
PROG
PROG RUN
Program/run switch
Smoke switch
OFF ON
Rear of Locomotive
Note! The R2LC will “reset” to FOR-
WARD after any 5-second or longer
power interruption regardless of
original locked out direction.

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Transformer operations
Your locomotive’s Odyssey™ System speed control
You can lock your locomotive into speed control mode (ideal for low speed opera-
tion) so it will automatically compensate for
grades, or to simply maintain a specific
speed setting. To turn on the speed
control, get your locomotive moving at the
desired speed, in forward or reverse. Let it
run at the desired speed for at least 5 sec-
onds. Press and hold the horn/whistle button
for 2-3 seconds as you increase the throttle
by at least 3 volts. Your locomotive will accel-
erate briefly, then will return to your set
speed once you release the horn/whistle but-
ton. As long as the throttle position is main-
tained at a higher setting than the initial
level, your locomotive will maintain a con-
stant speed. If the throttle is turned below the
original level, your locomotive will slow
down due to the available voltage decrease
below the “set” level. To check if the speed
control setting has been “accepted,” turn up
the throttle. You will see the lights brighten,
but the speed will remain constant. For best
results, adjust the track voltage about 3-4
volts above the “set” point. This will provide
enough spare voltage to compensate for
uphill grades, etc., but will prevent excessive
voltage to the lamps and smoke unit. (In
conventional mode, these operate at track
voltage, and excessive voltage may lead to
premature bulb burn-out.)
• If you wish to change the speed control
setting, you must deactivate the speed
control, then reactivate at the new
setting.
To turn speed control off, get your loco-
motive into neutral for at least 5 seconds.
Press the horn/whistle button for 2-3 seconds
while lowering the throttle voltage to 1/4 of
full power or at least three volts. Do not turn
the throttle off or speed control may not
deactivate. This can be difficult if you have
established a low speed control setting. Once
you are in neutral, you can increase the
track voltage before pressing the horn/whis-
tle button and lowering the voltage. This will
give you more “room” to lower the voltage.
(The speed control deactivates when it sees a
3 volt change with the horn/whistle button
pressed, regardless of initial voltage level.)
Note! Speed control settings are retained in memory even if power is turned off.
They will remain present until deactivated.

Your locomotive’s RailSounds system—the basics
Lionel RailSounds is the most realistic model railroad sound system in the
world. Your locomotive features digital sam-
ples from real-life steam locomotives for the
ultimate in realism.
Begin by installing a 9-volt alkaline
battery in the tender. This ensures interrup-
tion-free operation of RailSounds. The bat-
tery clip is located in the tender. To remove
the tender body, refer to the diagram on
page 7 for location of mounting screws.
When you first apply track power, the loco-
motive’s RailSounds system produces sounds
of the locomotive at rest. As the locomotive
moves, chuffing begins, increasing with the
locomotive’s speed.
To silence the steam chuffing sound (whis-
tle/bell are unaffected), slide the RailSounds
switch, located on the underside of the tender
(see page 7 for location), to the OFF position
before powering up the locomotive. The
whistle is activated by using the lever or but-
ton on your transformer or CAB-1. The vol-
ume control knob to raise or lower the level
of sound is located on the underside of the
tender near the front truck (see page 7).
Transformer operations
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Using your locomotive tender’s ElectroCoupler
in the non-Command environment
To use your locomotive tender’s Electro- Coupler in the non-Command environ-
ment, you must first couple a piece of rolling
stock equipped with Lionel magnetic cou-
plers directly to your locomotive tender’s rear
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). Place
your rolling stock’s coupler “trigger disc”
over the central coil of a remote-control
track section and press “uncouple” on the
controller. The magnetic field pulls the disc
downward, and the coupler opens.
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 the rear of your locomotive tender
Note!
Remote-control
track section

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Transformer operations
Battery slides in
and snaps
Use a 9-volt alkaline battery in your
locomotive’s tender.
RailSoundsVolume
RailSounds ON/OFF Switch
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RAIL
SOUNDS SIGNSL SOUNDS
Remove
Screws
Remove
Screws
Access to the battery holder in this tender is achieved as follows:
• Turn the tender over onto a soft surface to
avoid any damage to the finish.
• Remove the four screws in the corners of
the frame as shown in the illustration
below.
• Turn the tender back over onto its trucks
• Carefully lift-off the tender body.
• Connect the 9-volt alkaline battery to the
battery clip and place the battery into the
holder inside of the tender.
• Carefully reassemble the tender in the
opposite order of the above, being careful
not to pinch any wires between the tender
body and frame.
Note!
Note!
Note!
Note!
Please remove protective cover from battery clip before installing the battery.
Although RailSounds is powered by track voltage, the battery is required for
uninterrupted operation and shutdown sequences. Use only alkaline batteries.
Discontinue locomotive power for 10 seconds before changing the RailSounds
ON/OFF switch position.
If RailSounds “drops out” during track power interrupts (direction change),
replace the battery.
Your locomotive’s RailSounds system—the basics
Rear
Rear
Front

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Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s RailSounds system
Notes on RailSounds
• Use the volume control dial, located on
the underside of the tender, to adjust
sound output.
• Listen for incidental locomotive sounds
during RailSounds operation. They’re
automatic and, of course, authentic.
• The 9-volt alkaline battery you installed
ensures continuous sounds, even during
short track-power interrupts.
• Longer track-power interruptions
(including locomotive derailments)
cause RailSounds to shut down after
about 7 seconds.
• For even more authentic RailSounds
effects, operate your locomotive in the
TrainMaster Command environment. See
page 11-12 for details.
Transformer operations
With RailSounds, you experience the sounds of real railroading like never
before. Simply put, it’s the most sophisticat-
ed, authentic model railroad sound system in
the world. And remember—coming from
inside your Lionel locomotive’s tender are
the authentic sounds of the RailSounds digi-
tal sound system. No other electric train can
offer you authentic sounds. That’s the
power of Lionel.
• Variable chuff rate. Your locomotive
speed determines the steam chuff rate.
• MultiWhistleTM. Different whistles
every time—a RailSounds exclusive.
• Authentic bell. Press BELL on your
CAB-1 or transformer to begin the effect,
again to discontinue. Even the final “hit”
is muted like the real thing.
• Reverse unit reset sound. Power
down your track, wait for 3-5 seconds,
and listen for the air-release sound—
that’s the locomotive telling you its R2LC
Command reverse unit has just reset to
forward operation.
• Shutdown sequence. No other model
railroad sound system shuts down like
RailSounds. Turn off track power, and
after the air-release reset sound, you have
two seconds to restart your locomotive. If
you’re done with operations, RailSounds
will commence with an authentic shut-
down sequence about two seconds after
the air-release reset occurs.
Battery must be installed for
shutdown sequence.
Note!

Installing the Lionel Sound Activation Button
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For AC transformers with a horn/whistle button
For AC transformers lacking a horn/whistle button
Attach to ground terminal
Attach to power terminal
Existing wire
Black wire
Red wire
Lionel no. 610-5906-001
SoundActivation Button for
activating the bell
To your transformer
Lionel no.
610-5906-001
SoundActivation
Button for
whistle Lionel no. 610-5906-001
SoundActivation Button for bell
Black wire
Red wire
Red wire
Attach to ground
terminal
Attach to power
terminal
To your transformer
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 RailSounds.
Note!
To operate the bell and whistle sounds when operating your locomotive with
conventional transformers, you’ll need to
install the Lionel no. 610-5906-001 Sound
Activation Button (available separately).
Connect the button(s) as shown below.
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Note! All track power must
feed through the Sound
Activation Button. Do
not bypass button.
Existing wire
Transformer operations

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Your locomotive in the TrainMaster Command environment
Lionel TrainMaster Command is the fun and sophisticated model railroad con-
trol system from Lionel. Your locomotive fea-
tures the R2LC reverse unit, which acts as
both a conventional reverse unit as well as
the key to unlocking many extra features
when you operate in Command mode.
TrainMaster Command gives you the
power to operate multiple Command-
equipped locomotives on the same track, at
the same time. It’s the most fun you can
have with electric trains, and it’s incredibly
easy too! Just follow the directions below and
you’ll be on your way.
To operate in Command mode, you
need a Command Base and a CAB-1
remote. Find them both at your authorized
Lionel retailer.
Place your locomotive on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O-31 or larger track.
• Make sure track power is OFF before placing it on track.
• Make sure your Lionel Command Base is ON and its communica-
tions wire is connected to the COMMON post on your Lionel transformer or
the U terminal on any of your installed PowerMasters.
• Once positioned on the track, increase track voltage to FULL (on
PowerMaster, slide the CMD/CONV switch to CMD).
Address your locomotive with CAB-1.
• Press ENG and 1 on the numeric keypad of your CAB-1 remote. This
command is sent by CAB-1 to the Command Base, which then translates
your commands into digital code. That code is sent around your railroad’s
outside rails in the form of a digital “halo.” All Command-equipped Lionels
listen to this digital communication, but they do not respond until they
hear their own ID number.
• The digital language of TrainMaster Command—and not track power—
controls the actions of Command-equipped Lionels. Track power is simply
like gasoline in the tank of your car—it gives you the power to go places,
but it doesn’t tell you where to go or how fast to get there.
• All Command-equipped Lionels come factory-programmed
with an ID# of “1.” To change your locomotive ID#, see page 14.
Move ‘em out!
•Throttle up or press any command button on CAB-1. Your locomo-
tive will respond to your every command. Read on. The fun is just beginning!
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TrainMaster Command operations