Lionel Interurban (M.U.) Car User manual

Lionel
Interurban (M.U.) Car
Owner’s Manual
71-8352-250
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featuring
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You purchased a tough, durable loco- motive—the Interurban Car built by
Lionel. From the crisp detail and expert
decoration on the outside, to the brute
power under the hood, the Lionel Interurban
Car is ready for duty on your model railroad.
Experience the superiority of today’s Lionel.
Congratulations!
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®
Features of the Interurban Car
• Two powerful can motors
• Digital TrainMaster Command
Control system
• RailSounds digital sound system
with CrewTalk communication
and TowerCom announcement
(in Command)
• Tire-Traction
• Die-cast ElectroCouplers (in
Command)
• Directional lighting

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Table of contents
Transformer operations
Running your Interurban Car with a Lionel transformer 4
Locking your Interurban Car into a single operational state 5
Using your Interurban Car’s ElectroCouplers in the non-Command environment 6
Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button 7
RailSounds operations
Your Interurban Car’s RailSoundssystem—the basics 8
Experiencing the range of your Interurban Car’s RailSounds system 9
Notes on RailSounds 9
TrainMaster Command operations
The CommandControl environment 10
Running your Interurban Car in the TrainMasterCommand environment 11
CAB-1 commands for your Interurban Car 11
CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your Interurban Car 12
Tuning your Interurban Car’s performance 13
Assigning your Interurban Car a new ID# 14
Reprogramming the Command reverse unit to restore features 15
Catenary operation 15
Maintaining and servicing your Interurban Car
Lubricating your Interurban Car 16
Replacing the Traction Tires 17
Replacing your Interurban Car’s lamps 18
Notes 19
Lionel Service 20

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3Move ‘em out!
•Get your Interurban Car moving. Press the DIRECTION button on your
CAB-1 remote or Lionel transformer. This sequences the Command reverse unit to
the next operating state.
•Adjust track voltage until your Interurban Car moves at your desired speed.
To increase speed, increase track voltage. To decrease speed, reduce voltage. To
stop the locomotive, turn-off track power.
•See page 5 for information on locking your Interurban Car in a
single operational state.
Place your Interurban Car on Lionel or Lionel-compatible
O gauge track.
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2Power up your Interurban Car with your transformer.
•Your Interurban Car is designed to operate on 8-18 volts alternat-
ing current. Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current
transformers are suitable.
Do not power your Interurban Car with direct current (DC). Damage to
sensitive electronic components may occur.
When you first power up your track, the Interurban Car will wait
between 3 and 8 seconds as it “listens” for digital language from the
TrainMaster Command Base (available separately). When it’s determined that it’s
on a conventional (non-Command) railroad, the Interurban Car’s headlight will
illuminate and RailSounds will fire up. At this point, the Interurban Car is in
neutral. (This occurs when placing the Interurban Car on your railroad for the first
time. Thereafter, it will start in forward following every three-second power
interruption.)
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Running your Interurban Car with a Lionel transformer
Transformer operations
Caution!
Note!

To select a single operational state for your Lionel Interurban Car (example:
forward only), you can deactivate the
reverse unit’s sequencing function with the
reverse unit switch.
Get your 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 Interurban Car 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 five
second or longer power interrup-
tion, regardless of the original
locked-out direction.
Locking your Interurban Car into a single operational state
Transformer operations
Figure 1. Switch locations
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Note!
OFF ON
PGM RUN
Command reverse unit switch
RailSounds switch
Volume
Control Knob

Transformer operations
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Using your Interurban Car’s ElectroCouplers in the
non-Command environment
To uncouple rolling stock from your Interurban Car’s ElectroCouplers in the
non-Command environment, you must rely
on a piece of rolling stock equipped with
Lionel magnetic couplers coupled directly to
your Interurban Car’s 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). Place
your rolling stock’s coupler “trigger disc”
over the central coil of a Remote-Control
Track section and press UNCOUPLE on the
controller. The magnetic field pulls the disc
downward, and the coupler opens.
Your Interurban Car’s
ElectroCouplers will NOT open
manually or by using a
Remote-Control Track section.
Magnetic coupler on the rolling stock coupled
to your Interurban Car
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 with a horn/whistle button
For AC transformers lacking a horn/whistle button
Existing wire
Black wire
Red wire
Lionel no. 610-5906-001
SoundActivation Button for
activating the bell
Lionel no.
610-5906-001
SoundActivation
Button for whistle Lionel no. 610-5906-001
SoundActivation Button for bell
Black wire
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 RailSounds.
Note!
To activate the bell and horn sounds when operating your locomotive with conven-
tional transformers, you’ll need to install a
Lionel no. 610-5906-001 Sound Activation
Button (available separately). Connect the
button(s) as shown below.
All track power must feed through
the Sound Activation Button. Do
not bypass the button.
Note!
Existing wire
Common/Ground/U
Power/A
Common/Ground/U
Power/A
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Note!
Note!
Note!
Your Interurban Car’s RailSounds system—the basics
Lionel RailSounds is the most realistic model railroad sound system in the
world. Your Interurban Car features digital
samples from an authentic Interurban Car
for the ultimate in realism.
Begin by installing a 9-volt alkaline
battery in your Interurban Car. This ensures
interruption-free operation of RailSounds.
Remove the six screws on the underside of
the frame and lift the body straight up (see
page 16). Connect the 9-volt battery to the
battery clip on the circuit board. Replace the
body and reinsert the screws.
Apply track power, and the Interurban
Car’s RailSounds system delivers an authen-
tic start-up sequence, followed by sounds of
the Interurban at idle. As the Interurban
Car’s speed increases, the fan blower sounds
move through six levels. The sounds return
to idle only after the Interurban has come
to a complete halt. To silence the fan blower
sounds (horn and bell remain unaffected),
slide the RailSounds switch to its OFF
position before powering up the
locomotive. See page 5 for the switch
location and positioning. To return to the
fan blower sounds, return the switch to the
ON position.
Although RailSounds is powered by track voltage, the battery is required for
uninterrupted operation and shutdown sequences. Use only alkaline batteries.
Discontinue power for 10 seconds before changing the RailSounds ON/OFF
switch position.
If the RailSounds sound system “drops out” during track power interruptions
(for example, during a direction change), replace the battery.
RailSounds operations
Figure 3. Battery installation
Install a 9-volt alkaline battery in
your Interurban Car unit. Remove
the body, and connect the battery to
the circuit board. Then reinstall the
body on the frame.

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RailSounds operations
With RailSounds, you experience the sounds of real railroading like never
before. Simply put, it’s the most sophisti-
cated, authentic model railroad sound
system in the world.
• Six fan blower sound levels. Your
Interurban Car’s speed determines the
volume and intensity of the fan blower
sounds.
• MultiHorn. A different horn sound at
different speeds—a RailSounds
exclusive.
•Ringing bell. Press BELL on your
CAB-1 Remote Controller or transformer
to hear the sound of the train operator
ringing the bell.
• Reverse unit reset sound. Power
down your track, wait for 3-5 seconds,
and listen for the air-release sound—
that’s the Interurban Car telling you that
its Lionel Command reverse unit has just
reset to forward operation.
• Shutdown sequence. No other model
railroad sound system shuts down like
RailSounds. Turn off track power, and,
after the air-release reset sound, you
have two seconds to restart your
Interurban Car. If you’re done with oper-
ations, RailSounds will commence with
a realistic shutdown sequence about two
seconds after the air-release reset occurs.
(Battery installation required.)
Experiencing the range of your Interurban Car’s RailSounds system
Notes on RailSounds
• Turn the volume knob clockwise or
counter clockwise in the location shown
on page 5 to adjust sound output.
• Listen for incidental locomotive sounds
during RailSounds operation. They’re
automatic and, of course, authentic.
• The 9-volt alkaline battery you installed
ensures continuous fan blower sounds.
• Longer track-power interruptions
(including locomotive derailments)
cause RailSounds to shut down after
about seven seconds.
• For even more authentic RailSounds
effects, operate in the TrainMaster
Command Control environment.

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TrainMaster Command operations
The Command Control environment
TrainMaster Command Control is the advanced model railroad control system
from Lionel. TrainMaster Command Control
gives you the power to operate multiple
Command-equipped locomotives on the
same track, at the same time.
To operate in Command mode, you
need a Command Base and a CAB-1
remote. Find them both at your authorized
Lionel retailer.
Place your Interurban Car on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O gauge track.
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2Address your Interurban Car using CAB-1.
• Press ENG and 1 on the numeric keypad of your CAB-1 remote. This
command is sent by CAB-1 to the Command Base, which then translates
your command into digital code. That code is sent around your railroad’s
outside rails in the form of a digital “halo.” All Command-equipped Lionel
engines listen to this digital communication, but they do not respond until
they hear their individual ID number—in this case, “1.”
• The digital language of TrainMaster Command—and not track
power—controls the actions of Command-equipped Lionel
engines. Track power is simply like gasoline in the tank of your car—it
gives you the power to go places, but it doesn’t tell you where to go or how
fast to get there.
• All Command locomotives come factory-programmed with an
ID# of “1.” To change the ID# of your Interurban Car, see page 14.
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3Move ‘em out!
• Throttle up or press any command button on the CAB-1. Your Interurban
Car will respond to your every command. Read on.
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1• Make sure track power is OFF before placing on the track.
• Make sure your Lionel Command Base is plugged-in and its
communications wire is connected to the COMMON post on your Lionel
transformer or the U terminal on any of your installed PowerMasters.
• Once positioned on the track, increase track voltage to FULL (no
more than 20 volts). On PowerMasters, slide the CMD/CONV switch to CMD.