Lionel Railroad Speeder User manual

Lionel
Railroad Speeder
Owner’s Manual
71-8468-250
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Congratulations on your purchase of the Lionel Speeder! This motorized unit features two figures, a lighted interior, operating headlights, and a flashing strobe light.
Congratulations!
Features of the speeder
• Transformer controlled forward, neutral, and reverse operation
• Operating front and rear headlights
• Powerful, maintenance-free motor
• Traction tire
• Operating strobe light
• Interior lighting
• Two crew figures
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Table of contents
Transformer operations
Running your speeder with a Lionel transformer 4
Locking your speeder into a single operational state 5
Maintaining and servicing your speeder
Lubricating your speeder 6
Replacing your speeder’s lamps 7
Replacing the traction tire 7
Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 8

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3Move ‘em out!
Get your speeder moving. Press the DIRECTION button on your Lionel
transformer. This sequences the reverse unit to the next operating state in the
repeating sequence: forward, neutral, reverse, and neutral.
Adjust track voltage until your speeder moves at your desired speed. To increase
speed, increase track voltage. To decrease speed, reduce voltage. To stop the speeder,
turn-off track power.
See page 5 for information on locking your speeder into a single
operational state.
Place your speeder on Lionel or Lionel-compatible
O gauge track.
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2Power up your speeder with your transformer.
Your speeder 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 speeder with direct current (DC). Damage to
sensitive electronic components may occur.
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Running your speeder with a Lionel transformer
Transformer operations
Caution!

To select a single operational state for your Lionel speeder (for example, forward only), you can deactivate the reverse unit’s sequencing function with the reverse unit switch.
To lock your speeder into a particular state, cycle the speeder through forward, neutral,
reverse, neutral, and so on. Turn off track power and remove the speeder from the track when
it operates in the state that preceeds your desired state. For example, remove the speeder from
the track when it is in neutral, just before forward. Throw the switch on the underside of the
unit, place the unit back on the track, and the speeder is locked in the next operational state.
Refer to Figure 1 for the switch location.
When you no longer want single-direction operation, just slide the switch back to ON.
Your speeder’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 speeder into a single operational state
Transformer operations
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Note!
Figure 1. Switch location
FRONT
REAR
Underside
of the
Speeder
Reverse unit switch