Lionel Missile User manual

Lionel
Missile Launcher Locomotive
Owner’s Manual
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72-8411-250
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CAUTION: Use only the projectiles included with this product.
Do not aim the projectile and launching mechanism
at any person. Adult supervision is recommended.

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Congratulations on your purchase of the Lionel Missile Launcher Locomotive! This Locomotive is capable of firing one missile at a time in the conventional environment and
with TrainMaster Command Control.
Con ratulations!
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
The following Lionel marks may be used throughout this instruction manual and are protected under
law. All rights reserved.
Lione ®, TrainMaster®, Odyssey®, Rai Sounds®, CrewTa k™, TowerCom™, DynaChuff™,
StationSounds™, Pu mor®, E ectroCoup er™, Magne-Traction®, CAB-1®Remote Contro er,
PowerMaster®, Lione ZW®, ZW®, PowerHouse®, TMCC®, Lione vi e™, Lockon®, Wire ess Tether™,
LionMaster®, FatBoy™, American F yer®, TrainSounds™
The name FasTrack®is used with permission from Pitsco, Inc.
Use only the projectiles included with this product. Do not aim the projectile
and launching mechanism at any person. Adult supervision is recommended.
Caution!

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 ElectroCoupler 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 TrainMaster Command 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 11
Assigning your Missile Launcher Locomotive a new ID# 12
Reprogramming the Command reverse unit to restore features 13
Maintainin and servicin your Missile Launcher Locomotive
Lubricating your Missile Launcher Locomotive 14
Replacing your Missile Launcher Locomotive’s lamp and LEDs 15
Lionel Warranty/Lionel Service 16

Figure 1. COMMAND/CONVENTIONAL switch
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•Get your Missile Launcher Locomotive moving. Press the DIRECTION
button on your 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.
•ee page 5 for information on locking your Missile Launcher
Locomotive in a single operational state.
Place your Missile Launcher Locomo ive on Lionel or
Lionel-compa ible O gauge rack.
• Set the COMMAND/CONVENTIONAL switch to the CONVENTIONAL position.
Refer to Figure 1 below.
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2Power up your Missile Launcher Locomo ive wi h your
ransformer.
•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 the
locomotive has 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 five-second power interruption.)
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unning your Missile Launcher Locomotive with a Lionel
transformer
Transformer operations
Caution!
Note!
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Conventional
Command

To select a single operational state for your Lionel Missile Launcher 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 s ow 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 interruption lasting
five seconds or longer, regardless of the original locked-out direction.
Locking your Missile Launcher Locomotive into a single
operational state
Transformer operations
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Figure 2. Command reverse unit switch
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F ONT
PROGRAM RUN
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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. 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 ElectroCoupler. 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, 6-65530 for O gauge; 6-65149 or
6-12746 for O-27 gauge; and 6-12020 or 6-12054 for FasTrack 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. The magnetic field pulls the disc downward, and the coupler
opens.
Your Missile Launcher Locomotive’s ElectroCoupler will NOT open manually or by
using a Remote-Control Track section.
Magnetic coupler on t e rolling stock coupled
to your Missile Launc er Locomotive
Remote-Control Track
section
Figure 3. Trigger disc operation
Note!

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; and 6-12054 for FasTrack layouts).
The O-27 Uncoupling Track section (6-65149) and the FasTrack Uncoupling Track
section (6-12020) 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 push the lever to the left, a missile will launch.
Note!
Note!
Figure 4. Arming the Missile Launcher Locomotive
Use only the projectiles included with this product. Do not aim the projectile
and launching mechanism at any person. Adult supervision is recommended.
Caution!

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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 (6-12868) and a
CAB-1 Remote Controller (6-12911). Find them both at your authorized Lionel retailer.
Place your Missile Launcher Locomo ive on Lionel or
Lionel-compa ible O gauge rack.
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2Address your Missile Launcher Locomo ive using your
CAB-1 Remo e Con roller.
•Press ENG and 1 on the numeric keypad of your CAB-1 Remote Controller.
This command is sent by the CAB-1 Remote Controller 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 locomotives 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 12.
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•Throttle up or press any command button on the CAB-1 Remote
Controller. Your Missile Launcher Locomotive will respond to your every
command.
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•et the COMMAND/CONVENTIONAL switch to the COMMAND
position. Refer to Figure 1 on page 4.
•Make sure track power is off before placing the locomotive 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 19 volts). On PowerMasters, slide the CMD/CONV switch to CMD.

Press AUX2 to
turn your Missile
Launcher
Locomotive’s
headlights on and
off.
Activates the
numeric keypad.
Press HALT to shut
down a PowerMaster
electrical outputs on
your railroad. Stops a
Command-equipped
locomotives in
operation.
Turn the
THROTTLE
to the right to
accelerate, left to
decelerate.
CAB-1 commands for your Missile Launcher Locomotive
Press DIRECTION—
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 BOO T
for extra power. Release
BOO T 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
Beneat t is panel
Use HALT only in emergency situations.
Note!
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Use only the projectiles included with this product. Do not aim the projectile
and launching mechanism at any person. Adult supervision is recommended.
Caution!

When you press AUX1 on your CAB-1 Remote Controller, you turn the numeric keypad into ten command buttons. The keypad lets you control extra command features (until
you press any top-row button like W,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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