Lionel 6-29366 User manual

Lionel
“Oil Can” TankTrain
Owner’s Manual
73-1718-250
2/04
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Congratulations on your purchase of the Lionel “Oil Can” TankTrain! This set features two powered SD-40T-2 diesel locomotives and eight TankTrain tank cars, including a B-end
(rear) unit with an End-of-Train Device. Just like the real thing, each car features hose fittings
to receive the hoses that connect the cars.
Congratulations!
Features of the locomotives
• Two powerful maintenance-free motors
with momentum flywheels
• TrainMaster Command Control
equipped
• RailSounds sound system with
CrewTalk communication and
TowerCom announcements (in
Command)
• Odyssey System for speed control
• Directional lighting including front and
rear headlights and marker lights
• Two ElectroCouplers (in Command)
• Fan-driven smoke unit
• Lighted cab interior
• Tire-Traction
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®
The name FasTrack®is used with permission from Pitsco, Inc.

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Table of contents
Transformer operations
Running your locomotives with a Lionel transformer 4
Locking your locomotives into a single operational state 5
Using your locomotives’ ElectroCouplers in the non-Command environment 5
Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button 6
RailSounds operations
Your locomotives’ RailSounds sound system—the basics 7
Experiencing the range of your locomotives’ RailSounds sound system 8
Notes on the RailSounds sound system 8
Odyssey System operations
The Odyssey System 9
Odyssey System conventional (transformer) operation 9
Odyssey System Command operation 10
TrainMaster Command operations
The Command Control environment 11
Running your locomotives in the TrainMaster Command Control environment 12
CAB-1 Remote Controller commands for your locomotives 12
CAB-1 Remote Controller numeric keypad commands for your locomotives 13
Tuning your locomotives’ performance 14
Assigning your locomotives a new ID# 15
Reprogramming the Command reverse unit to restore features 16
Building a lash-up 17
Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Adding fluid to your locomotives’ smoke generator 18
Lubricating your locomotives 19
Replacing your locomotives’ LEDs 20
Replacing the traction tires 20
Operating your TankTrain tank cars
Servicing the LED on the End-of-Train Device 21
Coupling the cars 21
Attaching the hoses 22
Attaching the optional rubber hoses 23
Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 24

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3Move ‘em out!
Get your locomotives moving. Press the DIRECTION button on your Lionel
transformer. This sequences the Command reverse unit to the next operating state.
Adjust track voltage until your locomotives move at your desired speed. To
increase speed, increase track voltage. To decrease speed, reduce voltage. To stop the
locomotives, turn-off track power.
Place your locomotives on Lionel or Lionel-compatible
O-31 or larger track.
Both units should face the front of the train.
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2Power up your locomotives with your transformer.
Your locomotives are designed to operate on 8-18 volts alternating
current. Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current
transformers are suitable.
Do not power your locomotives with direct current (DC). Damage to
sensitive electronic components may occur.
When you first power up your track, the locomotives will wait
between three and eight seconds as they “listen” for digital language from
the TrainMaster Command Base (available separately). When they have determined
that they are on a conventional (non-Command) railroad, the locomotives’
headlights will illuminate and the RailSounds sound system will fire up. At this
point, the locomotives are in neutral. (This occurs when placing the locomotives on
your railroad for the first time. Thereafter, it will start in forward following every
five-second power interruption.)
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Running your locomotives with a Lionel transformer
Transformer operations
Caution!
Note!

To select a single operational state for your Lionel locomotives (for example, forward
only), you can deactivate the Command reverse
unit’s sequencing function with the Command
reverse unit switch.
Get the locomotive moving in the desired
direction, then slow it down without stopping.
Set the Command reverse unit switch to PGM.
Refer to Figure 1 for the location of the switch.
The locomotive is now “locked” into your
chosen direction. Repeat these steps for the
other locomotive.
When you no longer want single-direction
operation, just slide the Command reverse unit switch back to RUN.
Using your locomotives’ ElectroCouplers in the non-Command
environment
To uncouple rolling stock from your locomotives’ ElectroCouplers in the non-
Command environment, you must rely on a
piece of rolling stock equipped with Lionel
magnetic couplers coupled directly to the
ElectroCouplers. The magnetic coupler on the
rolling stock will then react to the magnetic
field generated by a Lionel Remote-Control
Track section (available separately, 6-65530
for O gauge; 6-65149 or 6-12746 for O-27
gauge; and 6-12020 for FasTrack layouts).
Place your rolling stock’s coupler “trigger disc”
over the central coil of a Remote-Control Track section and press UNCOUPLE on the
controller. As illustrated in Figure 2, the magnetic field pulls the disc downward, and the
coupler opens.
See page 12 to learn how to release the couplers in the Command Control environment.
Your locomotives’ ElectroCouplers will NOT open manually or by using a
Remote-Control Track section.
Magnetic coupler on the rolling stock
coupled to your locomotive
Remote-Control
Track section
Figure 2. Trigger disc operation
Locking your locomotives into a single operational state
Transformer operations
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Your locomotive’s reverse unit will “reset” to forward after any power interruption
lasting five seconds or longer, regardless of the original locked-out direction.
Note!
Note!
Figure 1. Switch locations
SND NO SND
NO SMKSMKRUN PRG
RailSounds
sound
system
switch
Odyssey
system
switch
Turn truck for switches
RUN
PGM
SMK
NO SMK
SND
NO SND
ODY
NO ODY
Smoke unit
switch
(see page 18
for details)
Command
reverse unit
switch