Lionel SD 60/70 User manual

Lionel SD 60/70
Diesel Locomotive
Owner’s Manual
671-8238-250
08/99
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Table of contents
Transformer Operations
Running your SD 60/70 with a Lionel transformer 3
Locking your SD 60/70 into a single operational state 4
Using your SD 60/70 Electrocoupler in the non-command environment 4
Installing the Lionel no. 610-5906-001 sound activation button 5
Maintaining and servicing your SD 60/70
Lubricating your SD 60/70 6
Adding fluid to your Locomotive’s smoke generator
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Replacing your SD 60/70’s lamps
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TrainMaster®Command operations
Your SD 60/70’s Railsounds™system—the basics 9
Experiencing the range of your SD 60/70’s Railsounds™system 10
The Command™control environment 11
Running your SD 60/70 in the TrainMaster®Command environment 12
CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your SD 60/70 13
Tuning your SD 60/70’s performance 14
Assigning your SD 60/70 a new ID# 15
Reprogramming R2LC circuit boards to restore or change features 15
Lionel Service 16
• Two powerful flywheel equipped
can motors
• Digital TrainMaster Command™
controlled
• RailsoundsTM digital — sound system
• Tire-Traction
• Die-cast ElectroCouplers
• Iluminated headlights/rear light/
interior light/ditch lights
• CrewTalk (in command)
• TowerComm (in command)
• Diesel smoke generator
• Directional lighting
You purchased a tough, durable loco- motive—the SD 60/70 diesel locomotive
built by Lionel. From the crisp detail and
expert decoration on the outside to the brute
power under the hood, the Lionel SD 60/70
is ready for duty on your model railroad.
Experience the superiority of today’s Lionel.
Congratulations!

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3Move ‘em out!
•Get your SD 60/70 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 SD 60/70 moves at your desired speed. To increase speed,
increase track voltage. To decrease speed, reduce voltage. To stop the locomotive, cut track power.
•See table on page 4 for information on locking your SD 60/70 in a
single operating state
lace your SD 60/70 locomotives on Lionel or Lionel-
compatible O gauge track.
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2ower up your SD 60/70 with your transformer.
•our SD 60/70 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 SD 60/70 with direct current (DC). Damage to sen-
sitive electronic components may occur.
•When you first power up your track, your SD 60/70’s headlights will
illuminate. At this point, the locomotive is in neutral. This occurs when placing
the SD 60/70 on your railroad for the first time. When your train is first powered
up, the default state will be neutral and the default direction is forward. This
means whenever you power up your engine the engine will remain in neutral,
and when the power is removed and again applied, the train will move forward.
This condition holds true if the engine is being powered up for the first time or if
the engine has been powered down longer than five seconds.
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Running your Lionel SD 60/70 with a Lionel transformer
Transformer operations

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Using your SD 60/70 Electrocoupler in the
non-Command environment
To use your SD 60/70 Electrocoupler in the non-Command environment, you
must first couple a piece of rolling stock
equipped with Lionel magnetic couplers
directly to your SD 60/70’s electrocouplers.
The magnetic coupler on the rolling stock
will then react to the magnetic field gener-
ated by a Lionel remote-control track sec-
tion (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 con-
troller. The magnetic field pulls the disc
downward, and the coupler opens.
Your SD 60/70 electrocouplers
will NOT open manually or by
using a remote-control track
section
Magnetic coupler on the rolling stock coupled
to the rear of your SD 60/70
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Remote-control
track section
Transformer operations
To select a single operational state for your Lionel SD 60/70 (example: forward
only), you can deactivate the R2LC’s
sequencing function with the reverse unit
control switch.
Get your locomotive moving in the
desired direction, then s ow it down with-
out stopping. Set the reverse unit control
switch to PROGRAM. The SD 60/70 is now
“locked” into your chosen direction.
When you no longer want single-direction
operation, just slide the reverse unit control
switch back to RUN.
Locking your SD 60/70 into a single operational state
Smoke Unit
(see page 7 for details)
RUN
GM
SMK
NO SMK

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Transformer operations
Installing the Lionel no. 610-5906-001 sound activation button
To operate the bell and horn sounds when operating your SD 60/70 with conven-
tional transformers, you’ll need to install the
Lionel no. 610-5906-001 sound activation
button (available separately). Connect the
button(s) as shown below.
For AC transformers lacking a horn/whistle button (two no. 5906s required)
Lionel no. 610-5906-001
sound activation button for
activating the bell
Lionel no.
610-5906-001
sound activation
button
(for horn)
Lionel no. 610-5906-001
sound activation button (for bell)
Black wire
Red wire
Red wire attach to ground terminal
attach to power terminal
to your transformer
The no. 610-5906-001 sound activation button (available separately) works with
any Lionel AC transformer except no. 6-4690 Type MW. Transformers made by
other manufacturers may not be compatible with Railsounds.
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attach to ground terminal
attach to power terminal
Red wire
to your transformer
Customer’s wire
Black wire
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“Sound Activation Button”
Do not bypass button
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Lubricating your SD 60/70
Help your Lionel SD 60/70 lead a long and productive life on your railroad by
maintaining it properly.
We recommend you purchase a Lionel
Lubrication and Maintenance Kit (no. 6-
62927), available from your Lionel dealer.
Two basic rules to keep in mind: never over-
lubricate (a small amount will do), and
avoid getting grease or oil on the SD 60/70’s
wheels or your track. You’ll know your SD
60/70 requires lubrication when visual
inspection reveals dryness on the parts indi-
cated in the illustration. Remove accumu-
lated dirt and dust before lubricating, and
always lubricate any locomotive emerging
from prolonged storage.
Maintaining and servicing your SD 60/70
Oil Bearings
(sparingly)
Grease Gears
(sparingly)
Oil
Bearings
(sparingly)
Grease
Gears
(sparingly)
Body Mount
Screws
Railsounds
Volume Adjust
Screw
Body Mount
Screws
Located Under
ilot
Body Mount
Screws
Located Under
ilot
SND
NO SND
RUN
GM
SMK
NO SMK

ote! If you have upgraded your powered locomotive to Command Control, make sure
the headlight was not turned off by pressing AUX2 before replacing bulb.
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Adding fluid to your Locomotive’s smoke generator
Your Locomotive is equipped with a smoke generator that produces safe,
clean white smoke during operation.
The smoke generator requires the periodic
addition of Lionel smoke fluid in order to func-
tion. Pierce the tube end with a pin, then add
35-40 drops of fluid into the Locomotive’s
stack. Smoke production will commence
momentarily, faster if you run your Locomotive
at speed. When smoke production wanes, add
more fluid (four to eight drops).
If you prefer to have a smoke free loco-
motive, there is a switch located on the bot-
tom of the engine under the cab marked
SMK/NO SMK (see page 5 for location).
Move the switch to NO SMK and your loco-
motive will stop smoking.
When the smoke unit is on A ways keep a
small amount of smoke fluid in the
Locomotive’s smoke generator; the genera-
tor’s element can become damaged if operat-
ed without fluid. Smoke production is greater
at higher voltages and when the Locomotive
is pulling a heavy load or long consist.
Replacing your SD 60/70’s lamps
Your SD 60/70 is illuminated by several 18-volt lamps. During the course of nor-
mal operation, they may require replace-
ment.
Begin by removing the SD 60/70’s shell;
see page 6 for screw location. After removing
the six screws, carefully lift the shell away
from the frame.
Locate the wire harness containing the
expired lamp. Carefully remove the lamps
from the clear plastic lens. Next route the
wires through the retaining clips and
unplug the connector from spring housing
(Note the manner in which the wires are
routed, this makes reinstallation easier.)
Refer to the diagram on next page for the
part number of the wire harness to be
replaced. The wire harnesses are available
from your authorized Lionel Service Center
or Lionel Service. See Lionel Service section
on page 16 for more information. Reinstall
the shell.
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Replacing your SD 60/70’s lamps
Rear Bulbs SD 60/70
art #610-8238-029 Rear
Front
Front Ditch
Lights
SD 60/70
Rear Harness
Front Harness
Harness Location
in SD 60/70 Front Lights SD 60
art #610-8241-019
Front Lights SD 70
art #610-8238-019
To replace your SD-60/70’s interior lights, cut the two leads of the expired lamp and remove it
from the lamp holder in the motor shroud. Route the two leads from the new lamp up and
through the lamp holder, reversing the path taken to remove the expired lamps. Cut approximately
1/4˝ of insulation off of each lead, twist the two leads together. Wrap this connection with insulated
tape to ensure a secure connection. Before you reinstall the cab, put your SD-60/70 on the track
and power it up to verify that the connection you made is a good one. When you have verified that
your mission was a success. Reinstall the cab and get back on the track!
Interior Lights
art #610-8238-039
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Your SD 60/70’s Railsounds system—the basics
Lionel Railsounds is the most realistic model railroad sound system in the
world. Your SD-60/70 features digital sam-
ples from real-life steam locomotives for
the u timate in realism.
You may choose to install a 9-volt a ka-
ine battery in your SD-60/70. This ensures
interruption free operation of Railsounds.
The battery clip is located under the body
toward the front of the engine. Remove the
tender body, refer to the diagrem on page 6
for location of mounting screws
When you first apply track power, the SD-
60/70’s Railsounds system produces sounds
of the locomotive at rest. As the SD-60/70
moves, chuffing begins, increasing with the
locomotive’s speed.
To silence the diesel roar (horn and bell
remain unaffected), slide the Railsounds
switch on the underside of the locomotive
(see page 6), before powering up the oco-
motive.
Insta ing a 9-vo t a ka ine bat-
tery in your SD-60/70's tender.
Please remove protective cover from battery clip
Although Railsounds is powered by track voltage, the battery is required for
uninterrupted operation and shutdown sequences. Use only alkaline batteries.
Discontinue locomotive power for 10 seconds before changing the Railsounds
ON/OFF switch position.
If Railsounds “drops out” during track power interrupts (direction change),
replace the battery.
Maintaining and servicing your SD 60/70

With Railsounds, you experience the sounds of real railroading like never
before. Simply put, it’s the most sophisticat-
ed, authentic model railroad sound system
in the world.
•Four diesel-roar levels. Your SD
60/70’s speed determines the level of
diesel RPM roar—automatica y, if
you prefer: idle, half throttle, three
quarters or full-speed output.
•MultiHorn™.A different horn sound
at different speeds—a Railsounds
exclusive.
•Mechanical bell. Press BELL on your
CAB-1 or transformer to begin the effect,
again to discontinue.
•Reverse unit reset sound. Power
down your track, wait for 3-5 seconds,
and listen for the air-release sound—
that’s the SD 60/70 telling you its Lionel
Command reverse unit has just reset to
forward operation.
•Shutdown sequence. No other model
railroad sound system shuts down like
Railsounds. Turn off track power, and
after the air-release reset sound, you
have two seconds to restart your SD
60/70. If you’re done with operations,
Railsounds will commence with a realis-
tic diesel shutdown sequence about two
seconds after the air-release reset occurs.
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Experiencing the range of your SD 60/70’s Railsounds system
Notes on Railsounds
• Turn the volume knob clockwise or
counter clockwise in the location shown
on page 6 to adjust sound output.
• Listen for incidental locomotive sounds
during Railsounds operation. They’re
automatic and, of course, authentic.
• The 9-volt alkaline battery you installed
ensures continuous SD 60/70 diesel
roar.
• Longer track-power interruptions
(including locomotive derailments)
cause Railsounds to shut down after
about 7 seconds.
• For even more authentic Railsounds
effects, operate in the TrainMaster
Command environment.
Maintaining and servicing your SD 60/70