Lionel Missile Launch Set User manual

Lionel
Missile Launch Set
Owner’s Manual
®
featuring
72-1788-250
4/02
CAUTION: Use only with Lionel-approved missiles.
Spring mechanisms require Adult supervision.
Ages 14 and Up.

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Congratulations on your purchase of the Lionel Missile Launch Set! This classic
set is lead by the #44 Missile Launcher
Locomotive, now capable of firing one
missile at a time with TrainMaster
Command Control! A #6823 Flatcar with
missiles and cradles, a #3419 Helicopter
Launch Car, a #6844 Flatcar with missiles,
and a #6814 Stretcher Caboose follow the
locomotive to support the action. The
Missile Launch Set also features an exciting
target—the #943 Exploding Ammunition
Dump.
Congratulations!
The following Lionel marks may be used throughout this instruction manual and are protected under law. All rights
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Lionel®, TrainMaster®, Odyssey®, RailSounds™, CrewTalk™, TowerCom™, DynaChuff™, StationSounds™,
Pullmor®, ElectroCoupler™, Magne-Traction®, CAB-1 Remote Controller®, Powermaster®, Lionel ZW®, ZW®
Missile Launcher Locomotive features
•TrainMaster Command Control
equipped
•Powerful Pullmor motor
•ElectroCoupler at the rear of the
locomotive
•Magne-Traction track gripping
system
•Operating headlights
•Operating red light on roof
•Four firing missiles
Rolling stock features
•Removable missiles on the missile
flatcars
•Die-cast metal sprung trucks
•Launching helicopter on the #3419
Helicopter Launch Car (Remote-
Control Track section required,
available separately)

Table of contents
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Transformer operations
Running your Missile Launcher Locomotive with a Lionel transformer 4
Locking your Missile Launcher Locomotive into a single operational state 5
Using your Missile Launcher Locomotive’s ElectroCouplers in the
non-Command environment 6
Firing your locomotive’s missiles in the non-Command environment 7
TrainMaster Command operations
The CommandControl environment 8
Running your Missile Launcher Locomotive in the TrainMasterCommand environment 9
CAB-1 commands for your Missile Launcher Locomotive 9
CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your Missile Launcher Locomotive 10
Tuning your Missile Launcher Locomotive’s performance 10
Assigning your Missile Launcher Locomotive a new ID# 11
Reprogramming the Command reverse unit to restore features 12
Maintaining and servicing your Missile Launcher Locomotive
Lubricating your Missile Launcher Locomotive 13
Replacing your Missile Launcher Locomotive’s LEDs and Lamp 14
Operating the rolling stock
Securing the missiles to the flatcars 15
Launching the helicopter 16
Operating the exploding ammunition dump
Assembling and operating the ammunition dump 17-18
Notes 19
Lionel Service 20

Figure 1. COMMAND/CONVENTIONAL switch
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3Move ‘em out!
•Get your Missile Launcher Locomotive moving. Press the DIR button on
your CAB-1 remote or Lionel transformer. This sequences the Lionel reverse unit
to the next operating state.
•Adjust track voltage until your Missile Launcher 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.
•See page 5 for information on locking your Missile Launcher
Locomotive in a single operational state.
Place your Missile Launcher Locomotive on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O gauge track.
• Set the COMMAND/CONVENTIONAL switch to the CONVENTIONAL position.
Refer to Figure 1 below.
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2Power up your Missile Launcher Locomotive with your
transformer.
•Your Missile Launcher 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 Missile Launcher Locomotive with direct current
(DC). Damage to sensitive electronic components may occur.
When you first power up your track, the Missile Launcher
Locomotive 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 Missile
Launcher Locomotive’s headlights will illuminate. At this point, the Missile
Launcher Locomotive is in neutral. (This occurs when placing the Missile Launcher
Locomotive 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 Missile Launcher Locomotive with a Lionel
transformer
Transformer operations
Caution!
Note!
REAR
Conventional
Command

To select a single operational state for your Lionel Missile Launcher
Locomotive (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. Slide the figure toward the rear of
the locomotive as illustrated in Figure 2.
The Missile Launcher Locomotive is now
“locked” into your chosen direction.
When you no longer want single-direction
operation, just slide the figure toward the
front of the locomotive.
Your locomotive’s reverse unit will
“reset” to forward after any five
second or longer power
interruption, regardless of the
original locked-out direction.
Locking your Missile Launcher Locomotive into a single
operational state
Transformer operations
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Note!
Figure 2. Reverse unit switch
REAR
FRONT
PROGRAM RUN

Transformer operations
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Using your Missile Launcher Locomotive’s ElectroCoupler in the
non-Command environment
Your Missile Launcher Locomotive is equipped with one ElectroCoupler
located at the rear of the locomotive. To
uncouple rolling stock from your Missile
Launcher 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 Missile Launcher
Locomotive’s ElectroCouplers. As illustrated
in Figure 3, the magnetic coupler on the
rolling stock will then react to the magnetic
field generated by a Lionel Remote-Control
Track section (available separately). 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 Missile Launcher
Locomotive’s ElectroCouplers
will NOT open manually or by
using a Remote-Control Track
section.
Magnetic coupler on the rolling stock coupled
to your Missile Launcher Locomotive
Note!
Remote-ControlTrack
section
Figure 3. Trigger disc operation

Transformer operations
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Firing your locomotive’s missiles in the non-Command environment
Your locomotive is armed with four plastic missiles. In the non-Command environment, the missiles are fired one at a time using a Remote-Control Track section (available
separately, 6-65530 for O gauge, 6-12746 for O-27 gauge).
The O-27 Uncoupling Track (6-65149) will not operate the missile launching function.
1. Pull back the metal firing arms and place the four missiles on the locomotive’s launching
platform. Be sure that the missiles lie flat on the platform. Refer to Figure 4.
2. Position the rear truck on the Remote-Control Track section so that the contact shoe rests
on the extra control rails.
3. Press UNLOAD on the Remote-Control Track section controller. One missile will launch
each time the button is pressed.
You can also launch the missiles with the lever at the rear of the locomotive. Each time
you pull the lever to the left, a missile will launch.
Note!
Note!
Figure 4. Arming the Missile Launcher Locomotive

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TrainMaster Command operations
The Command Control environment
Lionel 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 Missile Launcher Locomotive on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O gauge track.
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2Address your Missile Launcher Locomotive using the CAB-1.
• Press ENG and 1 on the numeric keypad of your CAB-1 remote. This
command is sent by the 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 Missile Launcher Locomotive, see page 11.
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3Move ‘em out!
• Throttle up or press any command button on the CAB-1. Your Missile Launcher
Locomotive will respond to your every command. Read on.
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1• Set the COMMAND/CONVENTIONAL switch to the COMMAND
position. Refer to Figure 1 on page 4.
• 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.

Running your Missile Launcher Locomotive in the TrainMaster
Command environment
Press AUX2 to turn
your Missile
Launcher
Locomotive’s
headlights on and
off.
Activates the
keypad.
Press HALT to shut
down all PowerMaster
electrical outputs on
your railroad. Stops all
Command-equipped
locomotives in
operation.
Turn the
THROTTLE
to the right to
accelerate, left to
decelerate.
Your Command-equipped Missile Launcher Locomotive comes
factory-programmed with an ID# of
“1.” To get your Missile Launcher
Locomotive in action, set PowerMasters
to CMD or set all power supplies on full
(no more than 20 volts). Press ENG
and “1” on your CAB-1. Turn the
throttle or press any command button;
your Missile Launcher Locomotive is
ready for Command operations.
Address Locomotive #1
PowerMasters set to CMD or traditional
power supplies ON FULL (no more than 20
volts)
Press ENG
Press 1 (the ID#)
Throttle up/press any command button
Example
CAB-1 commands for your Missile Launcher Locomotive
Press DIR—the
locomotive decelerates to
a complete stop; turn the
throttle up, and the locomotive will
accelerate in the new, opposite
direction. There is no neutral state.
Press and hold BOOST for
extra power. Release
BOOST and return to the
Missile Launcher Locomotive’s
previous speed.
Press and hold BRAKE to
slow down or stop.
Release BRAKE and
return to the previous speed.
Press and hold to fire
the missiles.
Rear coupler
releases.
TrainMaster Command operations
SET L M H
Beneath this panel
Use HALT only in emergency situations.
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Tuning your Missile Launcher Locomotive’s performance
MOMENTUM
TrainMaster Command’s momentum
feature simulates the labored performance
of a locomotive pulling a heavy load. Press
L, M, or H (located under CAB-1’s removable
panel) for light, medium, or heavy
momentum. The Missile Launcher
Locomotive’s Command reverse unit
remembers this setting until you change it.
For quick locomotive response, choose L.
BRAKING AND BOOSTING
There’s more to starting and stopping
than just turning the CAB-1 throttle. Use the
BOOST and BRAKE command buttons—
they give you incremental control of speed
and are the superior way to handle grades,
gradual stops-and-starts, and more.
HIGH VOLTAGE SETTING
Press SET, and the headlights will flash.
Get your locomotive moving to the
maximum speed you want it to run, then
press BOOST. Use this to keep your
locomotive from derailing at excessive
speeds. Turn off the high voltage setting by
pressing SET, then BOOST, holding each for
one second.
STALL
Make your Missile Launcher Locomotive
feel more responsive by setting a “stall”
voltage. Get your locomotive moving, then
press SET; the Missile Launcher Locomotive
will stop. Turn the throttle clockwise to get
the locomotive moving, then decrease speed
until the locomotive just stops. Press SET
again; the Command reverse unit
remembers the stall setting until you
change it. To clear the stall setting, press
SET twice, holding it for one second each
time.
These settings will be lost when you assign a new engine ID number.
Note!
When you press AUX1 on your CAB-1, you turn the numeric keypad into 10
command buttons. The keypad lets you
control extra command features (until you
press any top-row button like SW, ACC, RTE,
TR, or ENG).
Be sure to press AUX1 before
entering a number on the keypad.
0Stops and resets the Missile Launcher Locomotive. Resets the Missile
Launcher Locomotive’s direction to
FORWARD.
8Turns off the roof light.
9Turns on the roof light.
CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your Missile Launcher
locomotive
TrainMaster Command operations
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Note!