Lionel 2-8-0 Consolidation User manual

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Lionel 2-8-0 Consolidation
Steam Locomotive
Owner’s Manual
Command Control and RailSounds Equipped
featuring and

Congratulations
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• R2LC radio unit for use with the Lionel
TrainMaster® Command™model railroad
control system
• Powerful flywheel equipped DC motor
• Die-cast boiler and tender body
• RailSounds™steam sound system—
digital samples from a real steam
locomotive
• Tire-Traction™
• Smoke generator that produces clean,
safe,and realistic smoke
• Illuminated Marker Lights on Locomotive
• Brilliant headlight and rear backup
light on tender (directional)
• Die-cast ElectroCoupler™(rear of tender)
• CrewTalk™and TowerCom™
• Illuminated Fire Box Glow
You have purchased a tough and durable locomotive—the Lionel TrainMaster®
Command and RailSounds equipped 2-8-0
Consolidation. From the crisp die-cast detail
and the authentic decoration outside to the
advanced technology and brute power within
the boiler, your steam locomotive is ready for
duty on your model railroad. Experience the
superiority of today’s Lionel.

Table of Contents
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Transformer operations
Running your steam locomotive with a Lionel transformer 4
Using your tender’s ElectroCoupler in the non-Command environment 5
Adding fluid to your locomotive’s smoke generator 6
Tire-Traction 6
Your locomotive’s RailSounds™system—the basics/Battery installation 7-8
Notes on RailSounds™9
Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s RailSounds 9
Installing the Lionel no. 610-5906-001 sound activation button 10
TrainMaster®Command operations
The Command™control environment 11
Running your locomotive in the TrainMaster®Command environment 12
CAB-1 commands for your locomotive 12
RailSounds in the Command environment 13
CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your locomotive 14
Tuning your locomotive’s performance 15
Reprogramming R2LC circuit boards to restore or change features 16
Maintaining your locomotive’s handrail antenna 16
Assigning your locomotive a new ID# 17
Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Lubricating your locomotive 18
Replacing your locomotive’s lamps and tender bulb 19
Lionel Service 20

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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.
•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 (nonCommand) 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.
• To select a single operating state (example: forward only) you can deacti-
vate the R2LC’s sequencing function. Get your locomotive moving in the desired
direction, then slide the Program/Run switch on the locomotive’s underside to
PROGRAM. See page 17 for the switch location and positioning.

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Transformer operations
Using your tender’s ElectroCoupler in the
non-Command environment
The rear of your Lionel locomotive’s ten- der is equipped with an ElectroCoupler.
When in the non-Command environment,
you must first couple a piece of rolling stock
equipped with Lionel magnetic couplers
directly to your tender. 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-con-
trol track section and press uncouple on the
controller. The magnetic field pulls the disc
downward, and the coupler opens.
Your locomotive’s tender mounted
ElectroCoupler will NOT open manually or by
using a remote-control track section
Magnetic coupler on the rolling stock coupled
to your tender
Note!
Remote-control
track section

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Transformer operations
Tire-Traction™
Your locomotive is equipped with Tire- Traction. This means that two of the
drive wheels are fitted with rubber traction
tires to enhance tractive effort so your loco-
motive can pull many cars at once.
Lionel locomotives with Tire-Traction grip
the track, enabling them to pull heavy loads
at higher speeds.
Lionel has provided an extra set of traction
tires to replace the installed traction tires if
they wear out. Simply unscrew the drive rod
screw from the wheel using a Phillips screw-
driver. Slip off the old traction tire and
remove it from under the drive rod. Place the
new one on the wheel in the reverse of this
step and tighten the drive rod screw back up
and your ready to pull that long freight back
to the yard.
Adding fluid to your Locomotive’s smoke generator
Your locomotive is equipped with a smoke generator that produces safe,
clean, white smoke during operation.
The smoke generator requires the periodic
addition of Lionel smoke fluid in order to
function. Pierce the fluid tube’s end with a
pin, then add 4 to 8 drops of fluid directly
into the smoke stack. Smoke production will
commence momentarily, faster if you run
your locomotive at speed. When smoke pro-
duction wanes, add more fluid (4 to 8
drops).
In Command Control only, when the loco-
motive is first placed on the track and pow-
ered up, the smoke generator will be in a
default “OFF” position. Using any function
key on your CAB-1 remote will turn the
smoke generator on. Turning off the sound
(AUX1-5) or resetting the engine (AUX1-0)
will return the smoke unit to the initial
“OFF” position. Always keep a small
amount of smoke fluid in the locomotive’s
smoke generator; the generator’s element
can become damaged if operated without
fluid. Smoke production is greater at higher
voltages and when the locomotive is pulling
a heavy load or long consist.
Note! Always keep smoke fluid in your locomotive’s smoke generator. If not, turn it off when
smoke is not desired by using the switch shown on page 17 or the AUX1-8 command if
you are running in Command mode. Using Smoke Boost with depleted fluid can
damage the generator’s element.

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Transformer operations
Your locomotive’s RailSounds system—the basics
Lionel RailSounds is the most realistic model railroad sound system in the
world. Your locomotive RailSounds features
digital samples for the ultimate in realism.
Begin by installing a 9-volt alkaline bat-
tery in your tender. This ensures interruption
free operation of RailSounds. Access to the
battery holder in the tender is achieved as
follows:
• Remove the Oil Bunker cover by lifting
up on the center oil hatch. The cover is
held in place on the tender body with
magnets. See page 8 for diagram.
• Remove the two screws that are now
exposed. See page 8 for diagram.
• Turn the tender over onto a soft surface to
avoid any damage to the finish.
• Remove the screw that is located under
the tender’s coupler. See illustration
below.
• Turn the tender back over onto it’s trucks
and lift off the rear portion of the tender
body being careful of the still-connected
wiring assemblies.
• 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 above, being careful not
to pinch any wires between the tender top
and bottom.
When you first apply track power, the loco-
motive’s RailSounds system produces sounds
of the locomotive at rest. As the locomotive
starts to move, chuffing begins and increases
with the locomotive’s speed.
To silence the steam chuff (whistle and
bell remain unaffected), slide the
RailSounds switch, located underneath the
rear water hatch on top of the tender body to
the SIGNALSOUND position before powering
up the locomotive. (See illustration on page
8.) The whistle is activated by using the
whistle lever or button on your transformer
or CAB-1. The volume control knob to raise
or lower the level of sound is located under-
neath the front water hatch on top of the
tender.
Tender Body Screw

SIGNAL
SOUND
RAIL
SOUND
VOLUME
Transformer operations
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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/SignalSounds
ON/OFF switch position.
If RailSounds “drops out” during track power interrupts (direction change), replace the battery.
Notes!
Tender Body Screws
Oil Bunker Cover

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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.
•Variable chuff rate. Your locomo-
tive’s speed determines the steam chuff
rate.
•MultiWhistle™.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
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 steam
locomotive shutdown sequence about two
seconds after the air-release reset occurs.
Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s RailSounds system
Battery must be installed for shutdown sequence.
Note!
Notes on RailSounds
• Listen for incidental locomotive sounds
during RailSounds operation. They’re
automatic and, of course, authentic.
• The 9-volt alkaline battery you installed
ensures continuous steam locomotive
sounds.
• Longer track-power interruptions
(including locomotive derailments)
cause RailSounds to shut down after
about 7 seconds.
• For even more authentic RailSounds
effects, operate in the TrainMaster
Command environment.
Allow the locomotive and tender to sit on the track until the shutdown
sequence is complete. Removing the tender before shutdown is complete
may cause the sound to “loop” and not shut off. If this happens, place
engine and tender back on the track with the tender connected and
wait for the shutdown sequence to complete, then remove from track if
desired.
Note!

Transformer operations
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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
Black wire
Red wire
Lionel no. 610-5906-001
sound activation button for
activating the bell
To your transformer
Lionel no.
610-5906-001
sound activation
button for whistle
Lionel no. 610-5906-001
sound activation 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 steam locomotive in
conventional mode, you’ll need to install the
Lionel no. 610-5906-001 sound activation
button (available separately). Connect the
button(s) as shown below.
Existing wire
Existing wire
Note! All track power must
feed through the
“Sound Activation
Button.”
Do not bypass button.