Lionel 73-1747-250 User manual

Lionel
Pennsylvania Ballast Train
O ner’s Manual
Lionel
Pennsylvania Ballast Train
O ner’s Manual
73-1747-250
3/06
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Congratulations!
Congratulations on your purchase of the Lionel Pennsylvania Ballast Train! This set features a BB1 electric locomotive, an operating ballast dump car, and a work caboose.
Features of the locomotive
• TrainMaster Command Control equipped—able to run in Command
Control Mode or in Conventional Transformer Control Mode
• Odyssey System for speed control with O /OFF switch
• Refined Conventional Transformer Control Mode with lower starting
speeds and improved Odyssey System controls
• Powerful maintenance-free motor with momentum flywheel
• Directional headlights including illuminated number boards
• Directional lighting including markers
• Front and rear ElectroCouplers
• Illuminated front cab interior
• Minimum Curve: O-31 minimum, O-36 recommended
The following Lionel marks may be used throughout this instruction manual and are protected under law.
All rights reserved.
Lione ®, TrainMaster®, Odyssey®, Rai Sounds®, CrewTa k™, TowerCom™, DynaChuff™,
StationSounds™, Pu mor®, E ectroCoup er™, Magne-Traction®, CAB-1®Remote Contro er,
PowerMaster®, Lione ZW®, ZW®, PowerHouse®, TMCC®, Lione vi e™, Lockon®, Wire ess Tether™,
LionMaster®, FatBoy™, American F yer®, TrainSounds™
The name FasTrack®is used with permission from Pitsco, Inc.

Table of contents
Quick Start
Conventional 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 locomotive into a single direction 7
Uncoupling your locomotive in the conventional environment 8
Odyssey System operations
Odyssey System operations 9
Odyssey System conventional (transformer) operation 9
Odyssey System Command Control operation 10
TrainMaster Command Control operations
TrainMaster Command Control operations 11
Operating your train set in the Command Control environment 11
CAB-1 Remote Controller commands 12
Tuning your locomotive’s performance 13
Assigning your locomotive a new ID# 14
Reprogramming your locomotives to restore features 15
Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Lubricating your locomotive 16
Servicing your locomotive’s lamps 17
Servicing the traction tires 18
Maintaining your locomotives’ pantograph antennas 18
Operating the ballast dump car 19
Replacing the work caboose lamp 19
Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 20
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Quick Start
Conventional transformer operations
1. Place your train set on Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-31 minimum or
larger track. O-36 track is recommended.
2. Power your train set 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 TrainMaster Command Control
environment.
4. Move ‘em out! Press the DIRECTIO button on your controller, then
throttle up.
TrainMaster Command Control operations
To operate your locomotive 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). 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 minimum or
larger track. O-36 track is recommended.
3. Increase track voltage to full power or 19 volts AC.
Do not power your locomotive set with a direct-current (DC) transformer. Damage to
sensitive electronic components may occur.
4. Press E G and 1 to address your locomotive set 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 locomotive cycles through a repeating pattern of
operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. To advance to the next operation, press
the DIRECTIO 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.
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 locomotives. Refer to pages 11-15 to see
how to operate your locomotives 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 minimum or
larger track. O-36 track is recommended.
2. Power your train set at 8-19 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 locomotive determines whether it is in
a conventional environment or a TrainMaster Command Control
environment.
When the locomotive has determined that a TrainMaster Command Base is not connected to
the track, the powered locomotive’s headlight will illuminate. You are ready for operation in
the conventional environment.
4. Move ‘em out!
Press the DIRECTIO 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.
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Caution!
Note!

Conventional 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 DIRECTIO 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 under the rooftop hatch on the
powered locomotive. 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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RUN
PROG
ODESSEY
ON OFF
BACK UP LIGHT
ON OFF
REAR MARKER
LIGHT
ON OFF
REAR COUPLER
ON OFF
RUN
PROG
ODESSEY
ON OFF
BACK UP LIGHT
ON OFF
REAR MARKER
LIGHT
ON OFF
REAR COUPLER
ON OFF
Figure 1. Switch locations

Conventional transformer operations
Uncoupling your locomotive in the conventional environment
Your locomotive features front and rear ElectroCouplers that are 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.
eep 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 and 6-12054 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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The Odyssey System is automatically active when you operate your locomotive in conventional (non-Command Control) mode, as long as the Odyssey switch is in the ON
position (see Figure 1 on page 7). This means that your locomotive will maintain a constant
speed, compensating for grades, loads, and turns. Simply use your transformer’s throttle to
adjust the speed of your locomotive. If you would like to deactivate the speed control feature,
slide the Odyssey switch to the OFF position while the locomotive is not in motion.
In conventional operation, the lights in the locomotive are connected directly to
track power. Do not exceed 16 volts for extended periods. Doing so will reduce the
life of your lamps.
Because of the way that speed control operates in conventional mode, you will notice
a slight delay between adjusting your transformer throttle and the change in the
speed of your locomotive. If you desire instantaneous response to throttle changes,
turn off the Odyssey System.
Odyssey System operations
Odyssey ystem conventional (transformer) operation
The Odyssey ystem
The Odyssey System is “cruise control” for your powered locomotive. Once the speed is set (see below), your locomotive will maintain a constant speed, no matter what loads the
locomotive pulls or what grades you have on your layout. This digitally-controlled system also
allows for extremely slow movement that will amaze any “scale” enthusiast.
Caution!
Note!

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Odyssey System operations
Odyssey ystem Command Control operation
When the Odyssey System is activated, changes in the speed of the locomotive will correspond to each signal from the Command Base. For example, when you address the
locomotive and slowly turn the throttle knob, the first flash of the light on the Command Base
corresponds to the first speed step, which is the slowest speed of the locomotive. The locomotive
will maintain that speed until you increase or decrease the throttle.
In the TrainMaster Command Control environment, you can use your CAB-1 Remote
Controller to turn the Odyssey System on or off. The position of the Odyssey System switch (see
Figure 1 on page 7) is the Odyssey System default setting when you power up the locomotive.
You can override the default setting with the following commands. The override settings will be
cleared and the default setting will be restored when you power down the locomotive.
Do not wait longer than two or three seconds between pushing the buttons in each sequence.
If the command is not accepted, repeat the sequence.
The locomotive must be in “neutral” when you enable or disable the Odyssey System.
Turn off the Odyssey System.
Turn on the Odyssey System.
Note!