Lionel Veranda User manual

Lionel
Union Pacific
“Veranda” Turbine
and Auxiliary Tender
Owner’s Manual
71-8149-250
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Congratulations on your purchase of the Lionel Union Pacific “Veranda”
Turbine! This durable, die-cast metal
locomotive features two Pittman®motors
and is equipped with TrainMaster Command
Control, the RailSounds sound system, and
the Odyssey System for speed control. The
auxiliary tender is also equipped with
TrainMaster Command Control for
operation of its two ElectroCouplers and
back-up light.
Congratulations!
The following Lionel marks may be used throughout this instruction manual and are protected under law. All rights
reserved.
Lionel®, TrainMaster®, Odyssey®, RailSounds™, CrewTalk™, TowerCom™, DynaChuff™, StationSounds™,
Pullmor®, ElectroCoupler™, Magne-Traction®, CAB-1 Remote Controller®, Powermaster®, Lionel ZW®, ZW®
Features of the auxiliary tender
• ElectroCouplers at the front and rear of
the tender • Illuminated back-up light
Features of the Veranda locomotive
• TrainMaster Command Control equipped
• RailSounds sound system with
TowerCom announcements and
CrewTalk communication (in Command)
• Odyssey System for speed control
• Dual high-torque Pittman®motors
• ElectroCouplers at the front and rear of
the locomotive
• Operating headlight, hazard light,
directional lighting, and illuminated
marker lights
• Lighted interior
• Dual fan-driven smoke units

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Table of contents
Transformer operations
Running your Veranda with a Lionel transformer 4
Locking your Veranda into a single operational state 5
Using your Veranda’s ElectroCouplers in the non-Command environment 6
Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button 7
Odyssey System operations
The Odyssey System 8
Odyssey System conventional (transformer) operation 8
Odyssey System Command operation 9
RailSounds operations
Your Veranda’s RailSoundssystem—the basics 10
Experiencing the range of your Veranda’s RailSounds system 11
Notes on RailSounds 11
TrainMaster Command operations
The CommandControl environment 12
Running your Veranda in the TrainMasterCommand environment 13
CAB-1 commands for your Veranda 13
CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your Veranda 14
Tuning your Veranda’s performance 15
Assigning your Veranda a new ID# 16
Building a lash-up 17
Reprogramming the Command reverse unit to restore features 18
Maintaining and servicing your Veranda
Lubricating your Veranda 19
Operating your Veranda’s smoke generators 20
Command Control smoke unit commands 20
Replacing the Traction Tires 21
Replacing your locomotive’s lamps 22-23
Caring for your locomotive and tender antennas 23
Lionel Service 24

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3Move ‘em out!
•Get your Veranda moving. Press the DIRECTION button on your CAB-1
remote or Lionel transformer. This sequences the Command reverse unit to the
next operating state.
•When your locomotive begins to move, the Mars light will illuminate and
the red hazard light will turn off on the front of your locomotive. The Mars light
is on only when the locomotive is in motion. The hazard light is on only when
the locomotive is in neutral.
•Adjust track voltage until the Veranda moves at your desired speed. To
increase speed, increase track voltage. To decrease speed, reduce voltage. To stop
the locomotive, turn off track power.
•See page 5 for information on locking your Veranda in a single
operational state.
Place your Veranda locomotive on Lionel or Lionel-
compatible O gauge track with a diameter of 72” or larger.
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2Power up your Veranda with your transformer.
•The red hazard light will illuminate at the front of your
locomotive. The locomotive is in neutral.
•Your Veranda 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 Veranda with direct current (DC). Damage to
sensitive electronic components may occur.
When you first power up your track, the Veranda will wait between
three and eight seconds as it “listens” for digital language from the
TrainMaster Command Base (available separately). When it’s determined that it’s
on a conventional (non-Command) railroad, the Veranda’s headlight will
illuminate and RailSounds will fire up. At this point, the Veranda is in neutral.
(This occurs when placing the Veranda on your railroad for the first time.
Thereafter, it will start in forward following every three-second power interruption.)
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Running your Veranda with a Lionel transformer
Transformer operations
Caution!
Note!
•If you are operating your locomotive with the auxiliary tender,
place the tender on the track behind the locomotive with the back-up light at the
rear.

To select a single operational state for your Lionel Veranda (example: forward
only), you can deactivate the Command
reverse unit’s sequencing function with the
Command reverse unit switch.
Get your locomotive moving in your
desired direction, then slow it down
without stopping. Set the Command reverse
unit switch to PROG. Refer to Figure 1 for
the location of the switch. The Veranda is
now “locked” into your chosen direction.
When you no longer want single-direction
operation, just slide the Command reverse
unit switch back to RUN.
Your locomotive’s reverse unit will
“reset” to forward after any five
second or longer power
interruption, regardless of the
original locked-out direction.
Locking your Veranda into a single operational state
Transformer operations
Figure 1. Switch locations on the locomotive
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Note!
Volume control knob
Command
reverse
unit switch RUN
PROG
Odyssey
switch
ON
OFF
Rear
smoke
unit
switch
ON
OFF
Front
smoke
unit
switch
ON
OFF
RailSounds
switch
FRONT
REAR
SND
NO SND

Transformer operations
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Using your Veranda’s ElectroCouplers in the
non-Command environment
To uncouple rolling stock from your ElectroCouplers on the Veranda or the
tender in the non-Command environment,
you must rely on a piece of rolling stock
equipped with Lionel magnetic couplers
coupled directly to your ElectroCouplers. 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). 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.
The ElectroCouplers will NOT open manually or by using a
Remote-Control Track section.
Magnetic coupler on the rolling stock
coupled to yourVeranda
Note!
Remote-Control
Track section
Figure 2. Trigger disc operation

Transformer operations
Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button
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POWER
SUPPLY
POWER
SUPPLY
For AC transformers with a horn/whistle button
For AC transformers lacking a horn/whistle button
Existing wire
Black wire
Red wire
Lionel no. 610-5906-001
SoundActivation Button for
activating the bell
Lionel no. 610-5906-001
SoundActivation Button
for whistle Lionel no. 610-5906-001
SoundActivation Button for bell
Black wire
Red wire
Red wire
The no. 610-5906-001 button works with any Lionel AC transformer except
no. 6-4690 Type MW. Transformers made by other manufacturers may not be
compatible with RailSounds.
Note!
To operate the bell and horn sounds when operating your locomotive with
conventional transformers, you’ll need to
install a Lionel no. 610-5906-001 Sound
Activation Button (available separately).
Connect the button(s) as shown below.
All track power must feed through
the Sound Activation Button. Do
not bypass the button.
Note!
Existing wire
Common/Ground/U
Power/A
Common/Ground/U
Power/A
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Setting Speed Control
1. Run the engine at the desired speed for approximately five seconds. Be sure the Odyssey
switch is in the ON position. See page 5 for the switch locations.
2. Press and hold the horn button.
3. While holding the horn button, increase the track voltage by at least three volts (at least
1/4 turn).
4. At this point, speed control is set.
Engine speed will increase slightly before returning to the set speed.
Turning off Speed Control using your transformer:
1. While the engine is in neutral, turn your controller up to the maximum power (no more
than 20 volts), wait one second, then press and hold the horn button.
2. While holding the horn button, slowly reduce track voltage to one-fourth of full power. The
marker lights will turn off. Keep reducing the throttle and the marker light will turn on.
3. Release the horn button.
4. Cycle the engine to forward/reverse. The engine is now out of speed control mode.
In conventional operation, the lights in both the engine and tender are
connected directly to track power. Do not exceed 14-16 volts for extended
periods. Doing so will reduce the life of your lamps.
If you experience problems with speed control, turn off track power, place the
locomotive on the track with the Odyssey switch OFF, and throttle up. This will clear
the speed settings. You must slide the switch back to the ON position to set another
speed setting.
Odyssey System operations
Odyssey System conventional (transformer) operation
The Odyssey System
The Odyssey System is a “cruise control” for your engine. This digitally-
controlled system allows for extremely slow
movement that will amaze any “scale”
enthusiast. Because your Veranda’s wheels
roll freely, you may notice an increase in
speed as the locomotive travels down the
grade, depending on the load and the
steepness of the grade. You may also notice
a slight reduction in speed as the locomotive
ascends the grade.
Caution!
Note!
Note!

Odyssey System operations
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Use your CAB-1 remote to turn the Odyssey System speed control on or off.
The marker lights will flash twice after each
sequence has been entered. The Odyssey
switch position (see page 5) is the
Odyssey system default setting when
you power up the locomotive. You
may override the default with the following
commands. The override settings will be
cleared and the default settings will be
restored when the locomotive is powered
down.
Odyssey System Command operation
Turns off Odyssey System speed control
Marker lights blink twice
Turns on Odyssey System speed control
Marker lights blink twice
Do not wait longer than two-three seconds between pushing the buttons in each sequence. If
the command is not accepted, repeat the sequence.
The locomotive must be in “neutral” while enabling or disabling the Odyssey
System speed control.
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Note!
Note!
Note!
Note!
Your Veranda’s RailSounds system—the basics
Lionel RailSounds is the most realistic model railroad sound system in the
world. Your Veranda features diesels sounds
at low speeds and turbine sounds as the
speed increases.
As illustrated in Figure 3, you may choose
to install a 9-volt alkaline battery in your
Veranda. This ensures interruption-free
operation of RailSounds. Remove the six
body screws illustrated in Figure 5 on
page 19. The battery clip is located inside
the body toward the rear of the locomotive.
Attach the battery harness, slide the battery
into the holder, and replace the body.
When you first apply track power, the
Veranda’s RailSounds system produces
sounds of the locomotive at rest. As the
Veranda moves, the RPM’s increase with the
locomotive’s speed.
To silence the sounds (the horn and bell
remain unaffected), slide the RailSounds
switch on the underside of the locomotive to
NO SND (refer to Figure 1 on page 5) before
powering up the locomotive.
Please remove the protective cover from the 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
SND/NO SND switch position.
If RailSounds “drops out” during track power interruptions (for example,
during a direction change), replace the battery.
RailSounds operations
Figure 3. Battery installation