Lionel Lackawanna Pocono Berkshire User manual

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CAUTION—ELECTRIC TOY
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE. AS
WITH ALL ELECTRIC PRODUCTS, PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE OBSERVED DURING
HANDLING AND USE TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Lackawanna Pocono
Berkshire Freight Set
Owner’s Manual
Lackawanna Pocono
Berkshire Freight Set
Owner’s Manual
Featuring

Table of contents
Running your train
Running your train set 3
Coupling 4
Reverse unit procedure 5
Operating the RailSounds sound system 6
Adjusting the volume 6
Silencing the diesel sound system 7
Installing a 9 Volt Battery in your Berkshire 7
Adding smoke fluid to your locomotive's smoke generator 8
Maintaining and servicing your set
Lubricating your locomotive 9
Replacing your locomotive’s traction tire 10
Replacing your locomotive’s lamps 10
Replacing the lamp in your extended vision caboose 11
Lionel Limited Warranty Policy & Service 12
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Running your train
Running your train set
With track power off, place your train set on the track.
Refer to page 4 for information on coupling the cars.
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Power up your locomotive with your transformer.
Your locomotive is designed to operate on 5-18 volts alternating cur-
rent. Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current transformers
are suitable.
Do not power your locomotive with direct current (DC) transformers.
The locomotive was designed for use with alternating current (AC)
transformers only.
Move ‘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. Each press of the DIRECTION
button or interruption in track power causes the locomotive to advance to the next
operational state.
Adjust track voltage until your locomotive moves at your desired speed.
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Connect the drawbar between the locomotive and tender.
See Figure 1.
If the smoke unit switch is in the ON position, add smoke fluid to your
locomotive’s stack to prevent damage to the smoke unit. Refer to
page 9 for additional information.
Note!
Figure 1. Drawbar connection
Caution!

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Running your train
Coupling
When coupling your cars, at least one of the mating couplers must be open as shown at the left in Figure 2. Press down on the lock release to open the coupler, then push the cars toward
each other until they lock together.
Keep in mind that it’s easier to couple cars on a straight stretch of track.
Lock release
Figure 2. Coupler operation
Note!

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Running your train
Reverse unit procedure
The electronic reverse unit inside your Lionel locomotive acts like the trans-
mission in a car. When you apply power
to the track, the locomotive moves in the
direction specified by the reverse unit—or
it sits in neutral, awaiting another power
interruption. Power interruptions are
the signal that tells the reverse unit to
sequence to the next operational state.
To interrupt power and sequence the
locomotive’s reverse unit, press the direction
control button or briefly bring the throttle
lever all the way back to the OFF position.
The reverse unit alternates between three
states: forward, neutral, and reverse.
Also, the locomotive can be “locked” into
a certain mode of operation by sliding the reverse unit switch located in the cab of the locomotive
(see Figure 2). To lock your locomotive into a specific operational state, sequence the locomotive
into the desired state and reduce track power without completely powering down the locomotive,
then slide the switch to the OFF position. The DIRECTION button will then have no affect on the
direction of the locomotive. If you would like to resume forward-neutral-reverse operation, sim-
ply slide the reverse unit switch back to the ON position.
Additionally, this reverse unit has a “power-up reset” feature. If the locomotive sits without
power for a short period of time, the reverse unit will automatically reset and start in the forward
direction when the transformer is turned on or “powered up,” regardless of the reverse unit
switch position. If the switch is in the OFF position, the locomotive will start in the forward direc-
tion and be “locked” there.
Figure 3. Switch locations
ON
SMOKE
OFF ON
REVERSE
OFF
Reverse unit
switch
Smoke ON/
OFF switch
Rear of
locomotive