Lionel 4-6-4 Dreyfuss Hudson User manual

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4-6-4 Dreyfuss Hudson
Steam Locomotive & Tender
Owner’s Manual
SYSTEM
featuring
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Features
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• Powerful Pittman motor
• Command reverse unit for use with the Lionel
TrainMaster Command Control system
• Smoke generator that produces
clean, safe, realistic smoke
• Die-cast ElectroCoupler
(rear of tender)
• Wireless Tether
• Odyssey System Speed Control
• Lighted cab interior
• RailSounds digital sound system
• Brilliant headlight
• CrewTalk (in Command)
• TowerCom (in Command)
• Tire-Traction
You own one of the finest and most sophisticated model trains ever built—
the Lionel 4-6-4 Dreyfuss Hudson, featuring
TrainMaster Command Control and the
Odyssey System. With its hand-applied scale
details and advanced technology, your loco-
motive is ready for duty on your model rail-
road layout. Experience the superiority of
today’s Lionel.
Congratulations!
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®

Table of contents
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Transformer operations
Running your steam locomotive with a Lionel transformer 4
Locking your locomotive into a single operational state 5
Your locomotive’s Odyssey System speed control 6
Using your tender-mounted ElectroCoupler in the non-Command environment 7
Your locomotive’s RailSounds system—the basics 8
Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s RailSounds system 9
Notes on RailSounds 10
Installing the Lionel Sound Activation Button 11
TrainMaster Command operations
Your locomotive in the TrainMaster Command environment 12
Addressing your locomotive in the TrainMaster Command environment 13
CAB-1 commands for your locomotive 13
RailSounds in the Command environment 14
CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your locomotive 15
Tuning your locomotive’s performance 16
Your locomotive’s Odyssey System in the Command Control environment 16
Assigning your locomotive a new ID# 17
Reprogramming the Command reverse unit to restore features 18
Maintaining your locomotive’s handrail antenna 18
Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Lubricating your locomotive 19-20
Servicing your locomotive’s lamps 21
Tire-Traction 22
Adding fluid to the smoke generator 22
Installing the O gauge front coupler 23
Lionel Service 24

Transformer operations
Running your locomotive with a Lionel transformer
Place your locomotive on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O-54 or larger track.
• With track power OFF, connect the drawbar between locomotive and tender.
That’s all you have to do with Lionel’s new Wireless Tether, an infrared communi-
cation system that eliminates the plugs and wires of the past. Refer to Figure 1.
Your locomotive is designed to operate on track with a minimum diameter of 54”.
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Power up your locomotive with your transformer.
•Your locomotive is designed to operate on 8-18 volts (AC). Virtually
all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current transformers are acceptable.
• 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 three and eight 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
illuminate and RailSounds will fire up. At this point, the locomotive is in neutral.
(This occurs when placing the locomotive on your railroad for the first time.
Thereafter, it will start in forward after every three second power interruption.)
Caution!
Move ‘em out!
•Get your locomotive moving. Press the DIR button (the button that momen-
tarily interrupts track power) on your Lionel transformer. This sequences the Lionel
Command reverse unit to the next operating state. This 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, turn off track power.
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Figure 1. Drawbar connection
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Note!

WORK LIGHTS
Transformer operations
To select a single operational state for your Lionel locomotive (example: for-
ward only), you can deactivate the
Command reverse unit’s sequencing func-
tion with the PROG/RUN switch, located on
the right hand side, under the locomotive’s
cab. Refer to Figure 2 below.
Get your locomotive moving in the desired
direction, then slow it down without stop-
ping. Set the PROG/RUN switch to PROG.
The locomotive is now “locked” into your
chosen direction.
When you no longer want single-direction
operation, just slide the PROG/RUN switch
back to RUN.
Your locomotive’s Command
reverse unit will reset to forward
after any five second or longer power inter-
ruption, regardless of the direction that you
locked in.
Locking your locomotive into a single operational state
Program/Run Switch
Worklight
Switch
Smoke Unit Switch
(see page 18 for details)
Note!
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Rear
Figure 2. Switch locations

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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 and heavy loads, always maintaining
a specific speed setting. To turn on the
speed control, get your locomotive mov-
ing at the desired speed, in forward or
reverse. Let it run at the desired speed for at
least 5 seconds. Press and hold the
horn/whistle button on your transformer for
2-3 seconds as you increase the throttle by at
least 3 volts. Your locomotive will accelerate
briefly and will then return to your set speed.
You can then 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 as the voltage decreases 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 features 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
locomotive into neutral for at least 5 seconds,
then increase the track voltage to full power
with the throttle on your transformer. This
will give you more “room” to lower the volt-
age. Press the horn/whistle button on your
transformer for 2-3seconds while lowering the
throttle voltage to 1/4 of full power, or at least
three volts. The speed control deactivates
when it sees a 3 volt change with the
horn/whistle button pressed, regardless of
initial voltage level. Do not turn the throttle
off, or speed control may not deactivate.
Note! Speed control settings are retained in memory even if power is turned off.
They will remain present until deactivated.

Transformer operations
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Using your tender-mounted ElectroCoupler
in the non-Command environment
Your tender is equipped with an ElectroCoupler, designed to operate by
remote control with TrainMaster Command
Control. This coupler will not operate manu-
ally or by using a section of uncoupling
track. To use your locomotive tender’s
ElectroCoupler in the non-Command envi-
ronment, you must rely on a piece of rolling
stock equipped with Lionel magnetic cou-
plers. Couple this car directly to your loco-
motive tender’s rear ElectroCoupler. When
using a section of Remote-Control track
(available separately, part no. 6-65530),
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 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
Figure 3. Operating the rolling stock’s magnetic coupler

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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 bat-
tery in the tender. This ensures interruption-
free operation of RailSounds. The battery clip
is located in the tender. To remove the tender
body, refer to Figure 5 on page 10 for the
location of the six mounting screws.
When you first apply track power, the loco-
motive’s RailSounds system produces the
sounds of the locomotive at rest. As the loco-
motive 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 Figure 5 on page 10 for the location), to
the OFF position before powering up the
locomotive. The whistle is activated by using
the lever or button on your transformer or
CAB-1. The volume control knob is located
on the underside of the tender near the front
truck (see Figure 5 on page 10). Use this
control to adjust the volume level.
Installing a 9-volt alkaline battery in
your locomotive’s tender.
Please remove protective cover from battery clip before installing the battery.
Although RailSounds is powered by track voltage, a 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 interruptions or direction
changes, replace the battery.
Figure 4. Battery installation
Transformer operations

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Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s RailSounds system
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 real steam loco-
motive. 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.
• 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
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.
An alkaline battery must be
installed for the shutdown
sequence to function.
Note!

Transformer operations
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Notes on RailSounds
• Use the volume control knob, 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 interruptions.
• 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 13-14 for details.
Tender
Body
Screw
Tender Body
Screw
Tender Body
Screw
Tender
Body
Screw
Tender Body
Screw
Tender Body
Screw
Rear
Volume
Control
RailSounds
ON/OFF
Switch
Front
Figure 5. RailSounds switch location and volume control