Lionel Budd Rail Car User manual

Lionel
Budd Rail Car
Owner’s Manual
73-8428-250
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Lionel
Budd Rail Car
Lionel
Budd Rail Car
Owner’s Manual

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Congratulations!
Congratulations on the purchase of your powered Lionel Budd Rail Car. This motorized unit features interior illumination and two operating couplers.
Features:
• Transformer controlled forward, neutral and reverse operation
• Electronic reverse unit with direction lock
• Pullmor motor
• Operating headlight
• Operating coupler on rear
• Interior light
• Magne-Traction
• Traction tires
• Metal frame
• Horn and bell sounds
• Volume control
• Minimum Curve: 0-36
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Table of contents
Transformer operations
Running your locomotive with a lionel transformer 4
Locking your locomotive into forward direction only operation 5
Using your locomotive’s magnetic coupler 6
Activating the horn and bell sounds 6
Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button 7
Operating and servicing your locomotive
Lubricating your locomotive 8
Lubricating your locomotive’s Pullmor motor armature 9
Replacing your locomotive’s lamps and LEDs 10
Replacing the traction tires 11
Lionel Limited Warranty Policy and Service 12

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Running your locomotive with a Lionel transformer
Transformer operations
Caution! Do not power your locomotive with direct current (DC). Damage to sensi-
tive electronic components may occur.
Place your locomotive on Lionel or Lionel-compatible
O gauge track.
Power up your locomotive with your transformer.
Your locomotive is designed to operate on 8-18 volts alternating
current. Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating current
transformers are suitable.
3Move ‘em out!
Get your locomotive moving. Your locomotive goes through a repeating pattern of
operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. To sequence the reverse unit,
press the DIRECTION button on your transformer, or briefly bring the throttle all the way
back to the OFF position and then forward, for one to four seconds. When track power is
interrupted, the locomotive advances to the next operational state.
Adjust track voltage until your locomotive moves at your desired speed.

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RUN LO C K
Transformer operations
Figure 1. Switch locations
Electronic reverse
unit switch
FRONT
Volume control
knob
Locking your locomotive into forward-only operation
When the 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 forward direction only operation, you can deactivate the reverse unit’s
sequencing function. Follow the steps below and refer to Figure 1 for the location of the switch.
Always turn off track power before removing the locomotive from the track.
1. Turn off track power, wait three seconds, and remove the locomotive from the track. Now slide the
reverse unit switch to the LOCK position. Your locomotive is now locked into forward direction only
operation.
2. Place your locomotive back on the track. Power up the track and press the direction button
on your transformer to confirm that the locomotive is now locked into forward direction only
operation.
To restore the forward-neutral-reverse sequence, turn off power and remove your locomotive from
the track. Slide the reverse unit switch back to the RUN position. Place the locomotive back on the
track and restore track power.
Note!

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Transformer operations
Your Lionel locomotive 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 generated by a Lionel Remote-Control Track
section (available separately, 6-65149 or 6-12746 for O-27 gauge; 6-65530 for O gauge; or 6-12020
and 6-12054 for FasTrack layouts).
Place your locomotive’s coupler trigger disc over the central coil of a Remote-Control Track
section and press UNCOUPLE on the controller. As illkustrated in Figure 2, the magnetic field pulls the
disc downward, and the knuckle opens.
Using your locomotive’s magnetic coupler
Figure 2. Magnetic coupler operation
Remote-Control
Track Section
Activating the horn and bell sounds
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ctivate the horn and bell sounds using the controls on your transformer. If your transformer
is not equipped with these controls, please refer to the next section to install a Lionel Sound
Activation Button.
To adjust the volume of the horn and bell, use the volume control knob located on the underside
of the locomotive. See Figure 1 on page 5 for the location of the Volume Control Knob.

Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button
If your transformer lacks HORN and BELL buttons, you will need to install Lionel no. 610-5906-001 Sound Activation Buttons (available separately) to activate the locomotive’s horn
and bell sounds.
Connect the buttons as shown below. Be sure that all track power passes through the Sound
Activation Button(s). Do not bypass the buttons.
POWER
SUPPLY
For AC transformers lacking bell and horn/whistle buttons
Lionel no. 610-5906-001
Sound Activation Button
for activating the
horn Lionel no. 610-5906-001
Sound Activation Button for
activating the bell
Black wire
Black wire
Wire
nut
Red wire
Red wire
Existing wire
Common/Ground/U
Power/A
1 2
POWER
SUPPLY
For AC transformers lacking a bell button
Existing wire
Black wire
Red wire
Lionel no. 610-5906-001
Sound Activation Button for
activating the bell
Common/Ground/U
Power/A
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Transformer operations

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Servicing your locomotive
Lubricating your locomotive
The life and performance of your locomotive depends to a considerable extent upon proper care and lubrication of the motor and other moving parts. Since your locomotive might have been
stored on the dealer’s shelves for some time, be sure to lubricate it according to the lubrication chart
in Figure 3 before running the locomotive for the first time. Put a small dab of Lionel Lubricant at all
points marked “L”. Using the point of a pin or a thin wire, put a drop of Lionel Oil at points marked
“O”. Lubricate carefully but never to excess. A small amount of oil or lubricant, properly applied, goes
a long way. Be careful not to get any oil or lubricant on the running surfaces of the wheels or on the
rails, or your locomotive will lose traction and do not lubricate locomotive rollers.
The motor requires occasional lubrication with a few drops of light machine oil. See Figure 4 on
page 9. To get at the motor the locomotive body must first be removed by removing the screws from
the underside of the frame at both ends of the powered locomotive.
A complete Lubrication and Maintenance Kit No. 927 (6-62927) which contains all the material
and equipment necessary to keep your locomotive in top notch condition may be obtained from your
authorized Lionel dealer or service station.
When you find that the lubrication points illustrated in Figure 3 appear dry, lubricate your
locomotive after you have removed any accumulated dirt and dust. There are two basic rules to keep
in mind when you are lubricating your locomotive: use only a small amount of lubrication and avoid
getting grease or oil on your locomotive’s wheels, roller pick-ups, or the track.
Figure 3. Underside details and lubrication points
RUN LOCK
FRONT REAR
“L”
“L”
“O”
“O”
SCREW
SCREW

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Your locomotive will require occasional lubrication of its Pullmor motor armature. If you hear excess noise during operation, or if the locomotive slows down intermittently, you may need to oil
the top armature bearing.
1. Remove the locomotive’s body screws. See Figure 3 on page 8 for the screw locations. Carefully lift
the shell away from the frame.
2. Apply a small amount of Lionel oil (two drops) in the hole at the top of the motor. See Figure 4.
3. Replace the body, securing it with the two body screws.
To prevent damage to the locomotive body, do not overtighten the body screws.
Lubricating your locomotive’s Pullmor motor armature
Oil here
Servicing your locomotive
Figure 4. Pullmor motor lubrication
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Replacing your locomotive’s lamps and LEDs
The interior of your locomotive is illuminated by three 14-volt lamps. During the course of normal operations, they may require replacement, as described in the steps below.
1. Remove the locomotive’s body screws. See Figure 3 on page 8 for the screw locations. Carefully lift
the shell away from the frame.
2. To remove the lamp, gently push the lamp down and turn counter clockwise to disengage the
lamp from the socket See Figure 5 below.
3. Replace it with Lionel part no. 6000363300, available from your authorized Lionel dealer or
service station, or from Lionel Customer Service. See Instructions for Obtaining Service on
page 12 for more information.
4. Replace the body, securing it with the two body screws.
To prevent damage to the locomotive body, do not overtighten the body screws.
Servicing your locomotive
Note!
Lionel part no. 6000363300
Figure 5. Lamp replacement