Lionel Big Boy User manual

71-1104-250
10/07
Featuring
Lionel
Big Boy Locomotive
and Tender
Owner’s Manual
Lionel
Big Boy Locomotive
and Tender
Owner’s Manual

Congratulations!
Congratulations on your purchase of the Lionel Big Boy locomotive and tender! On the outside, this locomotive features numerous prototypical details and expert decoration
in your favorite livery. Inside the body, this locomotive is equipped with some of the most
advanced sounds and controls in model railroading. This powerful locomotive is ready for
duty on your layout.
Features of this locomotive
• LEGACY Control System equipped—able to run in the TrainMaster
Command Control mode, in the conventional environment with only a
standard transformer, or with the new LEGACY Control System
• Odyssey II speed control with ON/OFF switch
• Refined Conventional Transformer Control Mode with lower starting
speeds, improved smoke output
• LEGACY RailSounds sound system with quilling whistle
• FatBoy speaker for the ultimate in sound reproduction
• High-torque Pittman®motor with momentum flywheel
• Wireless Tether connection between locomotive and tender
• Illuminated headlight and backup lights on locomotive
• Illuminated marker lights on tender
• Illuminated classification lights on locomotive
• ElectroCoupler on rear of tender
• Variable ashpan glow
• Flickering firebox in cab
• Puffing synchronized fan-driven smoke unit with adjustable smoke output
• Minimum curve: O-72
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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®, Wireless Tether™,
LionMaster®, FatBoy™, American Flyer®, TrainSounds™, PowerMax™, LEGACY™
The name FasTrack®is used with permission from Pitsco, Inc.

Table of contents
Quick Start
Transformer operations 4
TrainMaster Command Control operations 4
LEGACY Control operations 4
Conventional transformer operations
Conventional transformer operations 5
Operating your locomotive in the conventional environment 6
Locking your locomotive into a single direction 7
Coupling your locomotive in the conventional environment 8
LEGACY RailSounds sound system operations
LEGACY RailSounds sound system operations 9
Installing the battery 10-11
Using the LEGACY RailSounds sound system in the conventional environment 12
Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button for conventional operation 13
Activating the CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements
in the conventional environment 14
Using the LEGACY RailSounds sound system in the TrainMaster Command Control environment 15
Odyssey II Speed Control system operations
Odyssey II Speed Control system operations 16
Odyssey II Speed Control system conventional transformer environment operation 16
Odyssey II Speed Control system operation 16
TrainMaster Command Control operations
TrainMaster Command Control operations with CAB-1 Remote Controller 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 chuff intensity and performance 20-21
Assigning your locomotive a new ID# 22
Reprogramming your locomotive to restore features 23
LEGACY Control Systems operations
Quick Start 24-28
Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Adding fluid to your locomotive’s smoke generator 29
Adjusting the smoke output 29
Lubricating your locomotive 30
Maintaining your locomotive’s handrail antenna 31
Servicing your locomotive’s lamps 31
Tire-Traction 32
Installing “Flangeless” tender wheel assemblies 32
Installing the O gauge front coupler 32-33
Removable coal load detail 33
Valve handwheel assembly 34
Notes 35
Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 36
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Quick Start
Do not power your locomotive with a direct-current (DC) transformer. Damage
to sensitive electronic components may occur.
Transformer operations
1. Place your locomotive on Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-72 or larger
track.
2. Power your locomotive at 8-18 volts with your alternating-current (AC)
transformer.
3. Wait three to eight seconds until the headlight stops flickering.
4. Move ‘em out! Press the DIRECTION button on your transformer, then
throttle up.
TrainMaster Command Control operations
To operate your locomotive in the TrainMaster Command Control environment, you need a Command Base (available separately, 6-12911) and a CAB-1 Remote Controller (available
separately, 6-12868). Both products are offered together in the TrainMaster Command Set (6-12969).
1. Turn off track power and plug in the Command Base.
2. Place your locomotive on Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-72 or larger track.
3. Increase track voltage to full power (no more than 19 volts AC).
4. Press ENG and 1 to address your locomotive with your CAB-1 Remote
Controller.
5. Throttle up and move ‘em out.
LEGACY Control operations
For the finest operating experience, your Big Boy locomotive is fully compatible with the new LEGACY Control System.
To operate in LEGACY mode, you need a LEGACY Command Base and LEGACY Remote
Controller. Both products are offered together in the LEGACY Command Set, 6-14295.
1. Turn off track power and plug in the LEGACY Base.
2. Place your locomotive on Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-72 or larger
track.
3. Increase track power voltage to full power (no more than 19 volts AC).
4. Press ENG and 1 to address your locomotive with your LEGACY Remote
Controller.
5. Throttle up and move ‘em out.
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Caution!

Conventional transformer operations
Conventional transformer operations
Your locomotive is capable of operating in the conventional environment, controlled by 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 DIRECTION button on your transformer. Alternately, you can 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 WHISTLE 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 LEGACY
Command Control environment. With a simple one-wire connection, you can use the CAB-2
Remote Controller to access all of the functions of your locomotive. Refer to pages 24-28 to see
how to operate your locomotive in the LEGACY Command Control environment.
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Conventional transformer operations
Operating your locomotive in the conventional environment
1. With your transformer turned off, place your locomotive on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O-72 or larger track.
2. Connect the drawbar between the locomotive and tender as illustrated in
Figure 1.
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Figure 1. Drawbar connection
3. Power your locomotive at 8-18 volts with your alternating-current
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. 60 HZ AC is required. Do not power
with 50 HZ AC.
4. Wait three to eight seconds as your locomotive determines whether it
is in a conventional environment or a TrainMaster Command Control
environment. The headlight flickers as the locomotive searches for a signal from
the Command Base. When the locomotive has determined that a Command Base is not
connected to the track, the flickering will stop and the headlight will remain illuminated.
You are ready for operation in the conventional environment.
5. Move ‘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 WHISTLE and BELL buttons on your transformer to activate those features. Refer
to page 13 if your transformer is not equipped with those buttons.
Caution!
Note!

Conventional transformer operations
Locking your locomotive into a single direction
When the Command reverse unit switch (PROG/RUN) 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 2
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.
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,
just slide the Command reverse unit switch back to the RUN position.
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PROG RUN OFF
ODYSSEY
SMOKE WORK LIGHT
ON
OFF ON OFF ON
PROG RUN OFF
ODYSSEY
SMOKE WORK LIGHT
ON
OFF ON OFF ON
Figure 2. Switch locations
FRONT

Conventional transformer operations
Coupling your locomotive in the conventional environment
The tender features an ElectroCoupler that is released by remote control at any point around your layout in the TrainMaster Command Control or LEGACY 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.
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 3, the magnetic field pulls the disc downward,
releasing the coupler.
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Figure 3. Magnetic coupler operation
Remote-Control
Track Section

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LEGACY RailSounds sound system operations
LEGACY RailSounds sound system operations
Your locomotive is equipped with the Lionel LEGACY RailSounds sound system, the most realistic model railroad sound system in the world. The LEGACY 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 realistic
chuffing sounds, which automatically increase through 15 levels as the speed of the
locomotive increases. You can sound the locomotive’s whistle or activate the ringing of the
bell. When you are through with operations and power down the track, your locomotive’s
LEGACY RailSounds sound system starts a realistic steam shutdown sequence (a nine-volt
battery is required for the operation of the LEGACY RailSounds sound system when the track is
powered down).
When you operate your locomotive in the TrainMaster Command Control environment, you
gain additional control of the LEGACY RailSounds sound system, including the whistle and
bell sounds. The locomotive’s chuffing sounds automatically increase, but you can also set a
particular chuff intensity level using your CAB-1 Remote Controller. In the Command Control
environment, the release of the ElectroCoupler 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 battery is required for the operation of
the LEGACY RailSounds sound system when the track is powered down).
Operating your locomotive with the LEGACY Control system provides you control of all
the features mentioned above as well as access to the new quilling whistle and single hit bell
sounds.

LEGACY RailSounds sound system operations
Installing the battery
Although the LEGACY RailSounds sound system is powered through the track, we recommend that you install a nine-volt alkaline battery in the tender 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 4 as you install the battery.
If 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 tender. Refer to Figure 4 for the location
of the screws.
2. Lift the body off the frame. Be careful to avoid pulling on the wires that connect the body
to the frame.
3. Remove the protective cover from the battery harness.
4. Snap the battery harness onto the nine-volt alkaline battery’s terminals.
5. Slide the battery into the battery holder.
6. Replace the body on the frame and secure it with the body mounting screws. Be careful to
avoid pinching wires between the body and the frame.
Note!
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