Lionel Freedom User manual

Lionel
Freedom Train Set
Owner’s Manual
72-1791-250
8/03
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SYSTEM
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Congratulations on your purchase of the Lionel Freedom Train! This set features
a TrainMaster Command Control and
Odyssey System-equipped ALCo PA
locomotive and four fully detailed
Heavyweight Passenger Cars.
Congratulations!
Features of the locomotive
•Two powerful maintenance-free motors
•TrainMaster Command Control system
•RailSounds sound system with CrewTalk
communication and TowerCom
announcements (in Command)
•Odyssey System for speed control
•Directional lighting including operating
headlights
•Die-cast ElectroCoupler (in Command)
•Tire-Traction
•Diesel smoke generator
•Interior lighting
Features of the Heavyweight Passenger Cars
•Die-cast metal trucks and operating
couplers
•Metal frames
•Detailed interiors with painted figures
•Lighted interiors
•Illuminated drumhead on Observation
Car
•Opening doors
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 locomotive with a Lionel transformer 4
Locking your locomotive into a single operational state 5
Using your locomotive’s ElectroCoupler in the non-Command environment 6
Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button 7
RailSounds sound system operations
Your locomotive’s RailSounds sound system—the basics 8
Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s RailSounds sound system 9
Notes on the RailSounds sound system 10
Odyssey Systems operations
The Odyssey System 11
Odyssey System conventional (transformer) operation 11
Odyssey System Command operation 11
TrainMaster Command operations
The Command Control environment 12
Running your locomotive in the TrainMaster Command Control environment 13
CAB-1 Remote Controller commands for your locomotive 13
CAB-1 Remote Controller numeric keypad commands for your locomotive 14
Tuning your locomotive’s performance 15
Assigning your locomotive a new ID# 16
Reprogramming the Command reverse unit to restore features 17
Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Adding fluid to your locomotive’s smoke generator 18
Lubricating your locomotive 19
Replacing the traction tires 20
Servicing your locomotive’s lamps 21
Heavyweight Car operations and lamp replacement
Coupling your Heavyweight Passenger Cars 22
Turning on the lights in your Heavyweight Passenger Cars 23
Replacing the drumhead lamp 24
Replacing the lamps in your Heavyweight Passenger Cars 24-26
Notes 27
Lionel Service 28

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3Move ‘em out!
Get your locomotive 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 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.
Place your locomotive on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O-54 or larger track.
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2Power 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.
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 the locomotive has
determined that it’s on a conventional (non-Command) railroad, the locomotive’s
headlight will illuminate and the RailSounds sound system 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 following every
five-second power interruption.)
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Running your locomotive with a Lionel transformer
Transformer operations
Caution!
Note!

SMK
NO SMK SND
NO SND
RUN
PRGM
To select a single operational state for your locomotive (for example, forward
only), you can deactivate the Command
reverse unit’s sequencing function with the
Command reverse unit switch.
Get your locomotive moving in the desired
direction, then slow it down without
stopping. Set the Command reverse unit
switch on the unit to PRGM. Refer to
Figure 1 for the location of the switch. The
locomotive is now “locked” into your chosen
direction.
When you no longer want single-direction
operation, just slide the Command reverse
unit switch back to RUN.
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.
Locking your locomotive into a single operational state
Transformer operations
Figure 1. Switch locations
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Note!
FRONT
Command
reverse unit
switch
Smoke unit
switch
(see page 18
for details)
RailSounds
switch

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Transformer operations
Using your locomotive’s ElectroCoupler in the
non-Command environment
To uncouple rolling stock from your locomotive’s ElectroCoupler in the non-
Command environment, you must rely on a
piece of rolling stock equipped with Lionel
magnetic couplers coupled directly to your
locomotive’s ElectroCoupler. 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; 6-12020 for
FastTrack 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 13 to learn how to release the
coupler in Command Control.
Your locomotive’s ElectroCoupler
will NOT open manually or by
using a Remote-Control Track
section.
Magnetic coupler on the rolling stock coupled
to your locomotive
Note!
Remote-Control
Track section
Figure 2. Trigger disc operation

Transformer operations
Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button
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POWER
SUPPLY
POWER
SUPPLY
For AC transformers lacking a bell button
For AC transformers lacking bell and horn/whistle buttons
Existing wire
Black wire
Red wire
Lionel no. 610-5906-001
Sound Activation Button for
activating the bell
Lionel no. 610-5906-001
Sound Activation Button
for activating the
whistle
Lionel no. 610-5906-001
Sound Activation Button for
activating the bell
Black wire
Wire
nut
Red wire
Red wire
The no. 610-5906-001 button works with any Lionel AC transformer except
no. 6-4690 Type MW. Transformers made by other manufacturers may not be
compatible with the RailSounds sound system.
Note!
To activate the bell and whistle sounds when operating your locomotive with
conventional transformers, you may need to
install Lionel no. 610-5906-001 Sound
Activation Buttons (available separately) if
your transformer is not equipped to activate
these features. Connect the button(s) as
shown below.
All track power must feed through
the Sound Activation Buttons. Do
not bypass the buttons.
Note!
Existing wire
Common/Ground/U
Power/A
Common/Ground/U
Power/A
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Battery
harness
Battery
holder
Note!
Note!
Note!
Note!
Please remove the protective cover from the battery harness.
Although the RailSounds sound system is powered by track voltage, the battery
is required for uninterrupted operation and shutdown sequences. Use only
alkaline batteries.
Discontinue power for ten seconds before changing the RailSounds sound
system switch position.
If the RailSounds sound system “drops out” during track power interruptions
(for example, during a direction change), replace the battery.
RailSounds sound system operations
Figure 3. Battery installation and volume control knob location
Your locomotive’s RailSounds sound system—the basics
The Lionel RailSounds sound system is the most realistic model railroad sound
system in the world. Your locomotive features
digital samples from real-life diesel
locomotives for the ultimate in realism.
You may choose to install a nine-volt
alkaline battery in the locomotive. This
ensures interruption-free operation of the
RailSounds sound system. As illustrated in
Figure 3, the battery harness is located at the
rear of the engine beneath the rear hatch.
Gently lift up and unsnap the rear hatch as
shown in Figure 3 below to access the battery
harness. Snap the battery harness onto the
battery terminals, then slide the battery into
the holder and replace the hatch.
When you first apply track power, the
locomotive’s sound system produces sounds of
the locomotive at idle. As the locomotive set
moves, the RPM sounds begin increasing with
the locomotive’s speed. The volume control
knob is located behind the door on the“nose”
of the locomotive.
To silence the diesel roar (horn and bell
remain unaffected), slide the RailSounds
sound system switch on the underside of the
locomotive to NO SND (see Figure 1 on page
5) before powering up the locomotive. Use
the volume control knob to adjust the volume
level. As illustrated in Figure 3, the volume
control knob is located behind the door on the
locomotive’s “nose.”
Volume
control knob
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RailSounds sound system operations
Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s RailSounds sound
system
With the RailSounds sound system, you experience the sounds of real
railroading like never before. Simply put,
it’s the most sophisticated, authentic model
railroad sound system in the world.
• Four diesel-roar levels. Your
locomotive’s speed automatically
determines the level of diesel RPM roar.
If you prefer, you may set the level to
idle, half throttle, three quarters or full-
speed output using your CAB-1 Remote
Controller.
• MultiHorn. A different horn sound at
different speeds—a RailSounds sound
system exclusive.
•Mechanical bell. Press BELL on your
CAB-1 Remote Controller or transformer
to begin the effect, again to discontinue.
• Reverse unit reset sound. Power
down your track, wait for three to five
seconds, and listen for the air-release
sound—that’s the locomotive telling
you the Lionel Command reverse unit
has just reset to forward operation.
• Shutdown sequence. No other model
railroad sound system shuts down like
the RailSounds sound system. 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, the RailSounds sound
system will commence with a realistic
diesel shutdown sequence about two
seconds after the air-release reset occurs.
A nine-volt alkaline battery
installation is required for
RailSounds shutdown
operation.
Note!

RailSounds sound system operations
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Notes on the RailSounds sound system
• Turn the volume knob clockwise or
counter clockwise to adjust the volume. As
illustrated in
Figure 3 on page 8, the volume control
knob is located behind the door on the
“nose” of the locomotive.
• Listen for incidental locomotive sounds
during RailSounds sound system
operation. They’re automatic and, of
course, authentic.
• The nine-volt alkaline battery you
installed ensures continuous diesel roar
sounds.
• Longer track-power interruptions
(including locomotive derailments)
cause the RailSounds sound system to
shut down after about seven seconds.
• For even more authentic RailSounds
sound system effects, operate in the
TrainMaster Command Control
environment. See pages 12-15 for more
information.