Lionel 2544W Santa Fe User manual

73-1742-250
6/05
Lionel
#2544W Santa Fe
Super Chief
Owner’s Manual
featuring
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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®
The name FasTrack®is used with permission from Pitsco, Inc.
Congratulations!
Congratulations on your purchase of the Lionel #2544 Santa Fe Super Chief! This set consists of an F3 powered A-unit, a non-powered F3 A-unit, a large-door baggage car, a vista dome
car, a coach car, and an observation car.
Features of the locomotives
• TrainMaster Command Control equipped—able to run in the TrainMaster
Command Control environment or in the conventional environment with
only a standard transformer
• RailSounds sound system with CrewTalk communication and TowerCom
announcements (non-powered A-unit only)
• Directional lighting
• ElectroCouplers
• Dual powerful Pullmor motors (powered A-unit only)
• Four traction tires (powered A-unit only)
• Magne-Traction (powered A-unit only)
• Lighted number boards
• Lighted cab interior
• Minimum Curve: O-31
Features of the passenger cars
• Lighted interiors
• Operating couplers
• Passenger silhouettes

Table of contents
Quick Start
Transformer operations 4
TrainMaster Command Control operations 4
Conventional transformer operations
Conventional operations 5
Operating your train set in the conventional environment 6
Locking your powered locomotive into a single direction 7
Coupling your locomotives in the conventional environment 8
RailSounds sound system operations
RailSounds sound system operations 9
Installing the battery 10
Using the RailSounds sound system in the conventional environment 11
Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button for conventional operation 12
Using the RailSounds sound system in the TrainMaster Command Control environment 13
TrainMaster Command Control operations
TrainMaster Command Control operations 14
Operating your locomotive set in the Command Control environment 14
CAB-1 Remote Controller commands 15
CAB-1 Remote Controller numeric keypad commands 16
Tuning your locomotive set’s performance 17-18
Assigning new ID#’s to your locomotives 19
Building a lash-up 20
Reprogramming your locomotives to restore features 21
Maintaining and servicing your set
Lubricating your locomotive set 22
Replacing your locomotives’ lamps 23
Replacing the traction tires 24
Replacing the lamps in your passenger cars 25
Replacing the drumhead lamp in your observation car 26
Notes 27
Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 28
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Quick Start
Transformer operations
1. Place your train set on Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-31 or larger track.
2. Power your train set at 8-18 volts with your alternating current (AC)
transformer.
Do not power your locomotive set with a direct-current (DC) transformer. Damage to
sensitive electronic components may occur.
3. Wait three to eight seconds as your locomotive set determines whether it
is in a conventional environment or a TrainMaster Command Control
environment.
4. Move ‘em out! Press the DIRECTION button on your controller, then
throttle up.
TrainMaster Command Control operations
To operate your train set in the Command Control environment, you need a Command Base (available separately, 6-12911) and a CAB-1 Remote Controller (available separately,
6-12868).
1. Turn off track power and plug in the Command Base.
2. Place your train set on Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-31 or larger track.
3. Increase track voltage to full power (no more than 19 volts AC).
Do not power your locomotive set with a direct-current (DC) transformer. Damage to
sensitive electronic components may occur.
4. Press TR and 9 to address your locomotive set as the factory programmed
lash-up with your CAB-1 Remote Controller.
5. Throttle up and move ‘em out.
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Note!
Note!

Conventional transformer operations
Conventional operations
Your train set is capable of operating in the conventional environment with nothing more than a standard Lionel alternating-current (AC) transformer.
In the conventional environment, your powered locomotive cycles through a repeating
pattern of operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. To advance to the next
operation, press the DIRECTION button on your transformer. Alternately, you could use the
throttle to briefly turn off track power so that the locomotive set advances to the next operation
when power is restored.
Once you cycle the powered locomotive into forward or reverse, you control your
locomotive’s speed by varying track voltage with the transformer’s throttle. To increase the speed
of the locomotive set, you increase track voltage. To decrease the speed, you decrease track
voltage. To stop the locomotive and to change directions (or to enter neutral), track voltage is
turned off or interrupted.
Use the HORN and BELL buttons on your transformer (or separate buttons if your
transformer is not equipped with these controls) to activate these features in the powered A-unit
locomotive.
To experience all of your locomotive set’s features, we recommend operating in the
TrainMaster Command Control environment. With a simple one-wire connection, you can use
the CAB-1 Remote Controller to access all of the functions of your locomotive set. Refer to
pages 14 to 21 to see how to operate your locomotive set in the TrainMaster Command Control
environment.
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Conventional transformer operations
Operating your train set in the conventional environment
1. Place your train set on Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-31 or larger track.
Be sure that the non-powered A-unit faces the rear of the train.
2. Power your train set at 8-18 volts with your alternating current (AC)
transformer.
Power your locomotive set with an alternating-current (AC) transformer only.
Powering your locomotive set with a direct-current (DC) transformer may result
in damage to sensitive electronic components.
3. Wait three to eight seconds as your powered locomotive determines
whether it is in a conventional environment or a TrainMaster Command
Control environment.
When the locomotive set has determined that a TrainMaster Command Base is not connected
to the track, the locomotive set’s headlight will illuminate and the RailSounds sound system
will start. You are ready for operation in the conventional environment.
4. Move ‘em out!
Press the DIRECTION button on your transformer to sequence your locomotive set through
the repeating pattern of operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. You may
also briefly turn off track power to advance the locomotive set to the next operating state.
Adjust the throttle until your locomotive set moves at your desired speed.
When placing your locomotive set on your layout for the first time, it will start out in
neutral. Thereafter, it will start in forward after every power interruption lasting five
seconds or longer.
Use the HORN and BELL buttons on your transformer to activate those features. Refer to
page 12 if your transformer is not equipped with those buttons.
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Note!
Caution!

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Conventional transformer operations
Locking your powered locomotive into a single direction
When the Command reverse unit switch is in the RUN position, your powered locomotive sequences through a repeating pattern of operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral,
and so on.
To “lock” your powered locomotive into a single direction (for example, to operate in
forward only), you can deactivate the Command reverse unit’s sequencing function. Refer to
Figure 1 for the location of the Command reverse unit switch.
1. Use your transformer’s DIRECTION button or interruptions in track power to get your
powered A-unit locomotive moving in the desired direction or into neutral.
2. Slow the locomotive down without stopping (reduce the throttle without turning off track
power).
3. Slide the Command reverse unit switch on the powered A-unit locomotive to the PROG
position. At this point, the locomotive is “locked” into your chosen direction.
To restore the forward-neutral-reverse sequence, just slide the Command reverse unit switch
back to the RUN position.
Your locomotive will “reset” to forward after any power interruption lasting five
seconds or longer, regardless of the direction you set.
Note!
Figure 1. Switch locations
Command reverse unit switch
Powered A-unit
PROG/LOCK
FWD/RUN

Conventional transformer operations
Coupling your locomotives in the conventional environment
Each locomotive unit is equipped with one ElectroCoupler that is released by remote control at any point around your layout in the TrainMaster Command Control environment.
In the conventional environment, the ElectroCouplers will not open manually or by using a
Remote-Control Track section. To couple your locomotive in the conventional environment, you
must rely on a piece of rolling stock equipped with a magnetic coupler. Simply release the
magnetic coupler and couple the rolling stock to the locomotive, even if the ElectroCoupler is
closed.
Keep in mind that you may still make use of Lionel Remote-Control Track sections (6-65530
for O gauge; 6-12746 and 6-65149 for O-27 gauge; and 6-12020 for FasTrack layouts) with the
magnetic couplers on the rolling stock. Place the trigger disc on the magnetic coupler over the
central coil on the Remote-Control Track section, then press UNCOUPLE on the track section’s
controller. As illustrated in Figure 2, the magnetic field pulls the disc downward, releasing the
coupler.
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Figure 2. Magnetic coupler operation
Remote-Control
Track Section

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RailSounds sound system operations
RailSounds sound system operations
Your non-powered locomotive is equipped with the Lionel RailSounds sound system, the most realistic model railroad sound system in the world. The RailSounds sound system
brings the sounds of the railroad to your layout through high quality digital samples of real
locomotives.
When you operate your train set in the conventional environment, you get the realistic
sounds of the diesel engines, which automatically rev up as the speed of the locomotives
increase. You can sound the locomotive set’s horn or activate the ringing of the mechanical
bell. When you are through with operations and power down the track, the RailSounds sound
system starts a realistic diesel shutdown sequence. A nine-volt alkaline battery is required for the
shutdown sequence, see page 10.
When you operate your train set in the TrainMaster Command Control environment, you get
full control of the RailSounds sound system. For example, the locomotive’s RPM sounds
automatically rev up, but you can also set a particular RPM sound using your CAB-1 Remote
Controller. In the Command Control environment, the release of the ElectroCouplers is
accompanied by a coupler release sound. Use the BRAKE button, and listen for the sound of
squealing metal. You can also trigger CrewTalk communication and TowerCom
announcements, which simulate the interaction between the locomotive crew and the
yardmaster. Whenever you choose to shutdown your locomotive, the realistic shutdown sequence
commences. A nine-volt alkaline battery is required for the shutdown sequence, see page 10.

RailSounds sound system operations
Installing the battery
While the RailSounds sound system is powered through the track, we recommend that you install a nine-volt alkaline battery in the non-powered locomotive to prevent the
sound system from shutting down during track power interruptions (for example, at a switch or
a dirty section of track). Follow these steps and refer to Figure 3 as you install the battery.
If the RailSounds sound system turns off during interruptions in track power, you
may need to replace the battery.
1. Remove the front screw on the underside of the frame and lift the body up slightly, pulling it
forward to release the two rear tabs from the slots in the frame.
2. Snap the nine-volt battery onto the battery terminal on the circuit board.
3. To reinstall the body, insert the rear tabs on the body into the slots on the frame, then line
up the screw holes on the frame and body shell and replace the screw. Be sure that all of the
wires are inside the body before you tighten the screw.
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Note!
Figure 3. Battery installation and volume control knob location
Volume
adjustment
knob
Command reverse unit switch
RailSounds sound system switch
Non-powered A-unit