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
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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
Caution!
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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
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A
U
A
U
POWER
SUPPLY
UA
SMOKE
AC POWER
WHISTLE
Figure 4. AC POWER connections
Bottom of tugboat