Lionel 2551W Great NorthernFreight User manual

Lione
#2551W Great Northern
Freight Set
Owner’s Manua
Lione
#2551W Great Northern
Freight Set
Owner’s Manua
73-1753-250
7/06
Rev. 1
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Congratu ations!
Congratulations on your purchase of the Lionel #2551W Great Northern Freight! Released in 1960, the #2551W remains one of the most sought after outfits for Lionel Postwar-era collectors. Like
the original, a powerhouse Great Northern EP-5 rectifier diesel leads a six-car consist of accurately
decorated reissues. Three freight car favorites#6736 D&M Quad Hopper, #3512 Fireman and Ladder
Car, and #6812 Track Maintenance Car are available for the first time since the Postwar era.
The EP-5 locomotive is updated with TrainMaster Command Control and the RailSounds 5.0
sound system.
FSET INCLUDES:
• #2358 Great Northern EP-5, #6827 Harnischfeger power shovel car, #6828
Harnischfeger construction crane car, #6736 Detroit & ackinac quad hopper,
# 6812 track maintenance car, #3512 fireman and ladder car, #6427 Lionel
Lines porthole caboose
LOCO OTIVE FEATURES:
• Train aster Command Control equippedable to run in Command Control ode
or in Conventional Transformer Control ode
• RailSounds sound system with CrewTalk communication and TowerCom
• Directional lighting, including two operating headlights
• Front and rear ElectroCouplers
• Powerful Pullmor motor
• agne-Traction track gripping system
• Traction tires
• Die-cast metal trucks
• Stamped metal frame
• Illuminated and detailed cab interior
• Lighted number boards
• Engineer and brakeman figures
ROLLING STOCK FEATURES:
• Die-cast metal trucks and operating couplers
• #6812 track maintenance car includes two figures
• #3512 fireman and ladder car includes two metal ladders, three vertical
nozzles, and oscillating fireman
• #6736 quad hopper includes die-cast metal sprung trucks and removable coal
load
• #6828 Harnischfeger construction crane car includes removable crane with
manually operating boom and winch
• #6827 Harnischfeger power shovel car includes removable power shovel with
manually operating boom and shovel
• #6427 Lionel Lines porthole caboose features metal frame and interior lighting
The following Lionel marks may be used throughout this instruction manual and are protected under law.
All rights reserved.
Lionel®, TrainMaster®, Odyssey®, RailSounds®, CrewTal ™, TowerCom™, DynaChuff™,
StationSounds™, Pullmor®, ElectroCoupler™, Magne-Traction®, CAB-1®Remote Controller,
PowerMaster®, Lionel ZW®, ZW®, PowerHouse®, TMCC®, Lionelville™, Loc on®, Wireless Tether™,
LionMaster®, FatBoy™, American Flyer®, TrainSounds™
The name FasTrac ®is used with permission from Pitsco, Inc.

Table of contents
Quick Start
Conventional transformer operations 4
TrainMaster Command Control operations 4
Conventiona transformer operations
Conventional operations 5
Operating your locomotive in the conventional environment 6
Locking your locomotive into a single direction 7
Uncoupling your locomotive in the conventional environment 8
Rai Sounds 5.0 sound system operations
RailSounds 5.0 sound system operations 9
nstalling the battery 10
Using the RailSounds 5.0 sound system in the conventional environment 11
Activating the CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements
in the conventional environment 12
nstalling a Lionel Sound Activation Button for conventional operation 13
Using the RailSounds 5.0 sound system in the TrainMaster Command Control environment 14
Activating the CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements
in the Command Control environment 15
RailSounds 5.0 sound system dialog on a round trip 16
TrainMaster Command Contro operations
TrainMaster Command Control operations 17
Operating your locomotive in the Command Control environment 17
CAB-1 Remote Controller commands 18
CAB-1 Remote Controller numeric keypad commands 19
Tuning your locomotive’s performance 20-21
Assigning your locomotive a new D# 22
Building a lash-up 23
Reprogramming your locomotive to restore features 24
Maintaining and servicing your set
Lubricating your locomotive 25
Replacing your EP-5’s lamps 26
Lubricating your EP-5’s Pullmor motor armature 26
nstalling the pantographs on your EP-5 27
Servicing the traction tires 28
Operating the track maintenance car 28
Operating the Fire Car 29
Replacing the Fire Car lamp 30
Replacing the lamp in your Porthole Caboose 31
Assembling the Harnischfeger Excavator 32
Assembling the Harnischfeger Construction Crane 33
Securing the vehicles to the flatcar 34
Notes 35
Limited Warrenty/Lionel Service 36

Quick Start
Conventional transformer operations
1. Place your train set on Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-31 or larger track.
2. Power your locomotive at 8-19 volts with your alternating current (AC)
transformer.
Do not power your locomotive with a direct-current (DC) transformer. Damage to
sensitive electronic components may occur.
3. Wait three to eight seconds as your locomotive determines whether it is in
a conventional environment or a Train aster Command Control
environment.
4. ove ‘em out! Press the DIRECTION button on your controller, then
throttle up.
Train aster Command Control operations
To operate your locomotive in the Command Control environment, you need a Command Base (available separately, 6-12911) and a CAB-1 Remote Controller (available separately,
6-12868). These products are available together in the TrainMaster Command Set (6-12969).
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 or 19 volts AC.
Do not power your locomotive with a direct-current (DC) transformer. Damage to
sensitive electronic components may occur.
4. Press ENG and 1 to address your locomotive with your CAB-1 Remote
Controller.
5. Throttle up and move ‘em out.
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Note!
Note!

Conventiona transformer operations
Conventional operations
Your locomotive is capable of operating in the conventional environment with nothing more than a standard Lionel alternating-current (AC) transformer.
n the conventional environment, your 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 advances to the next operation when power is
restored.
Once you cycle the 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,
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, see page 13) to activate these features.
To experience all of your locomotive’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. Refer to pages 17-24 to see
how to operate your locomotive in the TrainMaster Command Control environment.
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Conventiona transformer operations
Operating your locomotive in the conventional environment
1. Place your train set on Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-31 or larger track.
2. Power your locomotive at 8-19 volts with your alternating current (AC)
transformer.
Power your locomotive with an alternating-current (AC) transformer only.
Powering your locomotive with a direct-current (DC) transformer may result in
damage to sensitive electronic components.
3. Wait three to eight seconds as your locomotive determines whether it is in
a conventional environment or a Train aster Command Control
environment.
When the locomotive has determined that a TrainMaster Command Base is not connected to
the track, the locomotive’s headlight will illuminate and the RailSounds sound system will
start. You are ready for operation in the conventional environment.
4. ove ‘em out!
Press the DIRECTION button on your transformer to sequence your locomotive 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 to the next operating state. Adjust
the throttle until your locomotive moves at your desired speed.
When placing your locomotive 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 13 if your transformer is not equipped with those buttons. Adjust the volume using the
volume control knob located on the underside of the frame. Refer to Figure 1 on page 7.
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Caution!
Note!

Conventiona transformer operations
Locking your locomotive into a single direction
When the Command reverse unit switch is in the RUN position, your locomotive sequences through a repeating pattern of operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on.
To “lock” your 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
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 to the PROG position. At this point, the locomotive is
“locked” into your chosen direction.
To restore the forward-neutral-reverse sequence, turn off track power and slide the
Command reverse unit switch back to the RUN position.
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Figure 1. Switch locations
Volume adjustment knob
FRONT
REAR RailSounds sound system
switch
Command reverse unit
switch

Conventiona transformer operations
Uncoupling your locomotive in the conventional environment
Your locomotive features two ElectroCouplers that are released by remote control at any point around your layout in the TrainMaster Command Control environment.
n 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
rack Section

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Rai Sounds 5.0 sound system operations
RailSounds sound system operations
Your locomotive is equipped with the Lionel RailSounds 5.0 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 sound recordings of real locomotives.
When you operate your locomotive in the conventional environment, you get the realistic
sounds of the electric motor, which automatically rev up as the speed of the locomotive
increases. You can sound the locomotive’s horn or activate the ringing of the mechanical bell.
CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements are triggered with the horn button on your
controller. When you are through with operations and power down the track, your locomotive’s
RailSounds sound system starts a realistic shutdown sequence (a nine-volt alkaline battery is
required, see page 10).
When you operate your locomotive in the TrainMaster Command Control environment, you
get full control of the RailSounds 5.0 sound system. n addition to the horn and bell sounds, the
locomotive’s RPM sounds automatically rev up, and you can also set a particular RPM level
using your CAB-1 Remote Controller. n 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 dialog and TowerCom
announcements, which simulate the interaction between the locomotive crew and the
dispatcher. Whenever you choose to shutdown your locomotive, the realistic shutdown sequence
commences (a nine-volt alkaline battery is required if track power is turned off, see page 10).

Rai Sounds 5.0 sound system operations
Installing the battery
Although the RailSounds sound system is powered through the track, we recommend that you install a nine-volt alkaline battery 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.
f the RailSounds sound system turns off during interruptions in track power, you
may need to replace the battery.
1. Remove the body screws from the underside of the locomotive and lift away the body. Refer
to Figure 3 for the screw locations.
2. Snap the battery onto the battery terminal on the circuit board.
3. Replace the body, securing it with the body screws.
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Note!
Figure 3. Battery installation
Inside the locomotive
Body attach screws FRONT OF EP-5
Figure #1
Switches at front
Middle of EP-5
Figure #2
Battery
terminal