Lionel Railroad Tugboat User manual

Lionel
Railroad Tugboat
Owner’s Manual
71-4172-250
6/02

Congratulations on your purchase of the Lionel Railroad Tugboat! This highly
detailed accessory features interior lighting,
realistic steam whistle sounds, and an
operating smoke unit. With a removable
base and powered through an accessory
power supply or by four AA batteries, the
tugboat is perfect for use on your layout or
for shelf display.
Your Tugboat is to be
displayed on your layout,
tabletop, or shelf. Do not
attempt to float it in water.
Congratulations
2
Setting up the Tugboat’s mast, antenna, and smoke stack 3
Installing the lifeboat 4
Removing the base 4
Powering the Tugboat 5-6
Connecting the controller 7
Adding smoke fluid 8
Operating your Tugboat 9
Replacing the lamps 10-11
Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 12
Table of contents
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As illustrated in Figure 1, carefully stand up the mast, then slide it through the
hole in the back of the upper deck until the
mast rests in the hole in the lower deck. Be
sure to position each “knots” above each
ring on the mast. Using tweezers or a pair of
pliers gently slip the knots over the rings.
Press the antenna into the roof of the
pilothouse. Refer to Figure 1.
Match the tabs on the bottom of the
smoke stack with the notches in the deck,
then lower the stack into the opening. Refer
to Figure 7 on page 8. Note that each tab fits
into only one of the notches. Rotate the
stack clockwise to secure it in place.
Setting up the Tugboat’s mast, antenna, and smoke stack
3
Figure 1. Mast positioning
Upper deck
Lower deck
Pilothouse
Antenna

Your tugboat has been secured to a durable molded base. You may choose
to leave the boat on this water wake, or you
may remove the base. Simply remove the
two base screws as illustrated in Figure 3
and lift the Tugboat off.
Removing the base
Slide the two wire davits through the holes in the top deck and into the
holes in the lower deck. Lower the
lifeboat into the cradle, inserting the
lifeboat posts into the holes below. Refer
to Figure 2.
Be sure that the lifeboat post
with the tab is towards the
front of the tugboat.
Installing the lifeboat
4
Figure 3. Base screws
Base screw
Base screw
Figure 2. Lifeboat installation
Note!

The Railroad Tugboat was designed to operate best at 12-18 volts (AC). There
are two ways to supply power to this
accessory. First, you may connect the
accessory to a separate power supply or to a
Lionel Lock-On. Simply attach one wire to
each of the AC POWER terminals and
connect them to the power supply or
Lock-On. Refer to Figure 4 for the location
of these terminals.
Powering the tugboat
5
A
U
A
U
POWER
SUPPLY
UA
SMOKE
AC POWER
WHISTLE
Figure 4. AC POWER connections
Bottom of tugboat

Powering the tugboat (continued)
6
To power you tugboat with batteries,
remove the screw from the deck of the boat
as shown in Figure 5. Lift away the hatch to
locate the battery holder. Install the four
batteries and replace the hatch, securing it
with the deck screw.
The smoke unit will not operate
when the tugboat is powered by
batteries.
Figure 5. Battery installation
Note!

The controller is used to operate the sound unit and to blow the whistle. The
four controller wires are connected to four
thumbscrew terminals on the underside of
the Tugboat. Attach the controller as
illustrated in Figure 6.
To make these connections,
loosen the thumbscrew terminals
to expose a hole in the terminal
post. Place the bare end of the
wire into the post, then tighten
the thumbscrew back down to
secure the wire. Be sure that the
exposed wire is in contact with
the terminal post. Repeat the
process with the remaining wire
and the second terminal post.
Connecting the controller
7
Note!
WHISTLE
SMOKE
AC POWER
WHISTLE
ON OFF
SMOKE
Figure 6. Controller connections
Black
Red
Yellow
Blue
ON OFF
SMOKE
WHISTLE

8
Before you operate the Tugboat, add four to eight drops of fluid to the smoke
generator. To add smoke fluid, carefully
rotate the stack about an eighth of a turn,
then lift it away. Add the fluid into the hole
in the circuit board as illustrated in Figure 7.
Adding smoke fluid
Figure 7. Adding smoke fluid
Tab
Tab
Notch
Notch
Deck

Throw the switch (disguised as the Tugboat’s bitt) at the back of the
Tugboat to the right for transformer or
Lock-On power. Throw the switch to the left
for battery power. The lights inside the
Tugboat will illuminate. See Figure 8 for the
location of the switch.
Press WHISTLE on the controller to blow
the whistle. AC Power users, slide the SMOKE
UNIT switch to ON, and watch as smoke
pours from the stack. The smoke feature will
not operate on battery power. The controller
is illustrated in Figure 6 on page 7.
Operating your Tugboat
9
Figure 8. Switch location
Bitt
Battery power
AC
power
supply
OFF

10
Two lamps illuminate the interior of your Tugboat. During the course of normal
operation, you may find that they require
replacement.
The first lamp is located near the battery
holder. Remove the screw from the deck of the
boat as shown in Figure 9. Lift away the hatch
to locate the lamp to the rear of the battery
holder. Gently unscrew the lamp and replace it
with Lionel part no. 610-4172-300, available
from your Authorized Lionel Service Center or
from Lionel Service. Reposition the hatch,
securing it with the deck screw.
The second lamp is located directly
below the pilothouse. To access this lamp,
locate the latch beneath the pilothouse
stairs and swing it away from the structure
as illustrated in Figure 10 on page 11. Lift
the pilothouse away from the Tugboat,
making sure that the two front tabs clear the
Tugboat deck. Unscrew the lamp and replace
it with Lionel part no. 610-4172-300, then
replace the pilothouse.
Replacing the lamps
Figure 9. Rear lamp replacement