Lionel 4-6-4 Dreyfuss Hudson User manual

Lionel 4-6-4 Hudson
& 4-6-2 Pacific
Steam Locomotive
Owner’s Manual
Command And RailSounds Ready
LIONEL 72-8020-250
9/00

Congratulations!
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Due to the similarity in components and features between Lionel’s new Hudson
and Pacific engines, we have placed them
together on one instruction sheet. The care
and maintenance for both these engines is
almost the same. Where there are any
differences, we will let you know with a note.
Should you choose to upgrade your
locomotive, the upgrade is accomplished the
same way on both engines. Follow the
detailed instructions in the upgrade section
to add the Command Control, RailSounds
and ElectroCouplers features to your Hudson
or Pacific, enjoy.
• Powerful flywheel equipped can motor
• Die-cast cab and tender body
• Illuminated fire box glow
• SignalSounds whistle and bell
• Lionel electronic reversing unit
• Die-cast magnetic coupler (rear of
tender)
• Smoke generator that produces clean,
safe and realistic smoke
• Brilliant headlight and rear light on
tender (constant)
• R2LC radio unit for use with the Lionel
TrainMaster®Command™ model rail-
road control system
• RailSounds™ steam sound system—
digital samples from a real steam
locomotive
• Die-cast ElectroCoupler™
(rear of tender)
• CrewTalk™ and TowerCom™
Facts about this instruction sheet
Features found on both locomotives
Features you will have after your upgrade (optional)
You purchased a tough, durable legendary locomotive—the Lionel
Command Ready Hudson or Pacific steam
locomotive. 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 locomotive with a Lionel transformer 4
Using your locomotive’s magnetic coupler 5
Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s SignalSounds 5
Tire-Traction 6
Your locomotive’s 104 E reverse unit operation 6-7
Installing the Lionel no. 610-5906-001 sound activation button 8
Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Lubricating your locomotive 9
Replacing your locomotive’s lamps 10 -11
Adding fluid to your locomotive’s smoke generator 12
Available RailSounds and Command Control upgrades 12
Upgrades to your locomotive
RailSounds upgrade 13
Your locomotive’s RailSounds system—the basics 14
Notes on RailSounds 14
Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s RailSounds system 15
Command Control upgrade 15-16
Your steam locomotive’s digital communication antenna 16
Installing the tender ElectroCoupler™ 17
TrainMaster®Command operations
Your upgraded steam locomotive in the TrainMaster Command environment 18
Running your locomotive in the TrainMaster®Command environment 19
CAB-1 commands for your locomotive 19
RailSounds in the Command environment 20
CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your locomotive 20
Tuning your locomotive’s performance 21
Assigning your locomotive a new ID# 22
Reprogramming R2LC circuit boards to restore features 23
Lionel Service 24

Transformer operations
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Note!
Move ‘em out!
Place your steam locomotive on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O gauge track.
•With track power OFF, connect the locomotive tether between the engine 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 receptical 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 8-16 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, your locomotive’s headlights will
illuminate. At this point, the locomotive is in neutral. When your train is first
powered up, the default state will be neutral and the default direction is forward.
This means whenever you power up your engine the engine will remain in neu-
tral, and when the power is removed and again applied, the train will move for-
ward. This condition holds true if the engine is being powered up for the first time
or if the engine has been powered down longer than five seconds.
• Get your locomotive moving. Press the DIR button on your CAB-1 remote or
Lionel transformer. This sequences the Lionel 104 E reverse unit to the next oper-
ating state. The 104 E unit alternates between three states: forward, neutral 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.
• See page 6 for information on locking your locomotive in a single operating
state.
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Transformer operations
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The rear of your Lionel locomotive’s tender is equipped with an operating
magnetic knuckle
coupler, a
revolutionary design
first introduced by
Lionel in 1945.
Lionel magnetic
couplers react to the
magnetic field gener-
ated by a Lionel
remote-control track
section (available
separately).
Place your
locomotive’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 knuckle opens. One operating
technique favored by
Lionel railroaders is the
“moving uncouple.”
Press the Uncouple
button as the
locomotive passes over
a remote-control
section. The magnetic
field will open the
coupler; the consist
remains behind as the
locomotive moves on.
But be careful—the
speed of a newly
uncoupled and moving locomotive can
increase dramatically.
Position your locomotive’s trigger disc over the
remote-control section, then press “uncouple.”
The coupler opens.
With SignalSounds, you experience the sounds of real railroading like never
before. Simply put, it delivers realistic and
authentic sounds to your model railroad.
Turn the volume set screw clockwise or
counter clockwise to adjust sound output
(located on the bottom of the tender frame
in the middle and marked with a + and -).
• Steam Whistle. Press whistle to pro-
duce an authentic steam whistle blast.
• Mechanical Bell. Press BELL on your
CAB-1 or transformer to begin the effect;
again to discontinue.
Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s SignalSounds system
Using your locomotive’s magnetic coupler

Your locomotive’s 104 E Reverse unit
The new E-Series Reversing Unit controls
the direction of the engine. When the revers-
ing unit senses an interruption in track
power, it will cycle into the next direction in
the sequence. The sequence is neutral, for-
ward, neutral, reverse.... Track power inter-
ruptions are created using the direction con-
trol on your transformer or CAB-1, or by
turning the throttle to zero.
When power is first applied (or after a 5
second power interruption), the engine will
power up in neutral, always before forward. A
single press of the direction button will set
your engine in forward motion. This will help
eliminate unexpected start ups, derailments,
and crashes. Listed in the table on page 7 is
the direction sequence that your 104 E unit
will follow under the given conditions.
As always, a lockout switch is included to
deactivate the 104 E’s sequencing function
(for switch location see page 7). A new fea-
ture is that now you will have a neutral
available even when the reversing unit is
“off.” In addition, you no longer have to
slow the engine by hand to turn off the
reversing unit while the train is moving.
Simply stop the engine, and throw the
switch. The 104 E unit will be locked into its
last moving direction, plus neutral. Even
simpler, just put the switch in the “PROG”
position and keep power off for 5 seconds.
When you start, you will be locked in neu-
tral/forward. Otherwise, your “reverse” lock
will become a “forward” lock after any 5
second power interruption.
Transformer operations
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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 trac-
tion tires (part # 6SP-8082-065) to replace
the installed traction tires when they wear
out. Simply unscrew the drive rod nut from
the wheel and 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 nut
back up and you are ready to pull that long
freight back to the yard.

Your locomotive’s 104 E Reverse unit
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Summary Table of Engine Directions
Condition Direction Change Cycle
Case #1: First power up, or without power longer than 5 sec.
E unit off (switch in PROG position) N, F, N, F, etc.
E unit on (switch in RUN position) N, F, N, R, etc.
Case #2: Engine without power for less than 2.5 seconds
E unit off (switch in PROG position) N, Last-Dir, N, Last-Dir, etc.
E unit on (switch in RUN position) N, F, N, R, etc.
With your 104 E Reversing unit, positioning the switch in the PROG position locks your engine
into its last moving direction plus neutral. Positioning the switch in the RUN position resumes
normal sequencing operation.
RUN PROG Program/run switch
Smoke on/off switch
OFF ON
Rear of
locomotive
Transformer operations
NOTE: Due to limitations of the electronic components, it is hard to predict how each engine
will function when power is interrupted between 2.5 seconds and 5 seconds. Engines will func-
tion either as in case #1 or case #2. This solely depends on the tolerances of the installed elec-
tronics and is not affected or caused by your power supply.

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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
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
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 SignalSounds.
Note!
To operate the bell and whistle sounds when operating your steam 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.
Customer’s wire
Note! All track power must feed
through the “Sound
Activation Button”.
Do not bypass button.
Transformer operations

Maintaining your locomotive
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Help your Lionel steam locomotive lead a long and productive life on your
railroad by maintaining it properly. We rec-
ommend you purchase a Lionel Lubrication
and Maintenance Kit (no. 6-62927), avail-
able from your Lionel dealer. Two basic rules
to keep in mind: never over-lubricate (a
small amount will do), and avoid getting
grease or oil on the steam locomotive’s
wheels, contact rollers or your track.
You’ll know your steam locomotive
requires lubrication when visual inspection
reveals dryness on the parts indicated in the
illustration. Remove accumulated dirt and
dust before lubricating, and always lubricate
any locomotive emerging from prolonged
storage. Also, lightly lubricate the steam
locomotive’s side rods after each 10 hours of
operation.
Lubricating your steam locomotive
Do not lubricate your locomotive’s elec-
tric motor. It has been pretested and all the
necessary moving parts have been suffi-
ciently lubricated for life at the factory and
should run smoothly for many years to
come. If you have any difficulty in the oper-
ation of your engine see the Warranty and
service section at the end of the instruction
sheet for more information.
Lubricate
axle ends
with
Lionel oil
sparingly
Lubricate axle
ends with
Lionel oil
sparingly
Cab screws
Lubricate axle ends with
Lionel oil sparingly
NOTE: Trailing truck
from Pacific locomotive
Lubricate with Lionel grease
sparingly
Lubricate with Lionel grease
sparingly
Lubricate with Lionel oil
sparingly
Lubricate
rod ends,
both sides
with Lionel
oil sparingly
Cab screws
Hudson Locomotive

Maintaining your locomotive
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Replacing your steam locomotive’s lamps
Lionel part
No. 600-2314-300
Lionel part
No. 610-8082-019
Screw
base bulb
Hudson/Pacific Headlight Assembly
Your steam locomotive is illuminated by two lamps, one is located directly
behind the boilerface, the other is behind the
motor for the firebox glow. During the
course of normal operation, the lamps may
require replacement.
Carefully remove the four cab screws (see
page 9 for location). Carefully lift the shell
away from the frame. Take care with the vari-
ous wiring assemblies connected to the shell.
Find the assembly containing the expired
lamp. The front lamp of the Hudson or
Pacific is removed by unscrewing. Replace it
with Lionel part No. 600-2314-300. The new
revised Hudson/Pacific chassis both use the
same headlamp, and socket/smoke unit
assembly. The firebox lamp is replaced by lift-
ing the bulb up out of the mounting sockets.
Replace it with Lionel part No. 610-8082-019.
Both lamps are available from your
Authorized Lionel Service Center or Lionel
Service. See the Lionel Service section on page
24 for more information. Reinstall the cab
and the four screws taking care to not pinch
any wires during reassembly.