Lionel VISION Baggage Car User manual

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Lionel VISION
Baggage Car
Owner’s Manual
Lionel VISION
Baggage Car
Owner’s Manual

Thank you for your purchase of this Lionel VISION Baggage Car! Equipped with the latest technology to bring you realistic loading and unloading sequences and true-to-life freight car
sounds, your new VISION baggage car adds the dimension of sound to your passenger train
experience. This car operates in conventional mode (limited features), with a CAB-1L/CAB1 (more
features) and with a CAB2 remote (full functionality).
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Thank You!
VISION Baggage Car basics
VISION baggage car switch locations 3-4
LEGACY and Command Control Operations
LEGACY Control Operations 5
Choosing and ID for your VISION baggage car 6
Setting up your VISION baggage car with your CAB-2 remote 7-10
The LEGACY CAB-2 remote controller 11
TrainMaster Command Control (TMCC) operations 12
Creating a Train with the CAB-1 or CAB 1-L remote 13
Operating your VISION baggage car with your CAB-1 or CAB-1L remote 14
CAB-1/CAB-1L Remote Controller Commands 15
Adjusting the volume from your LEGACY remote 16
Adjusting the volume from your CAB-1 or CAB-1L remote 17
Shut down and Start up commands 18
Dialog while stopped 19
LEGACY RailSounds Sequence Control 20
Sound System Operations
Sounds while in motion 21
Rail Clatter 21
Grind 21
Bump 21
Maintenancing your VISION Baggage Car
Uncoupling your VISION Baggage Car 22
Installing scale couplers (optional) 22
Switching the interior light on and off 23
Replacing the LED 23
Lionel Limited Warranty Policy & Service 24
The following Lionel marks are used throughout this Owner’s Manual and are protected under law.
All rights reserved.
Lionel®, TMCC®, LEGACY®,TrainMaster®, RailSounds®, CrewTalk™, TowerCom™, StationSounds™,
ElectroCoupler™, CAB-1®Remote Controller, TMCC®, FreightSounds®
Table of Contents

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VISION Baggage Car basics
Power your baggage car with an alternating-current (50-60Hz AC) transformer only.
Powering your car with a direct-current (DC) transformer, or in excess of
19 volts AC, may result in damage to sensitive electronic components.
Your baggage car requires Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-54 or larger track curves.
Note!
Note!
This sound equipped VISION Baggage car has a programming switch. Refer to Figure 1. The instructions below are specific to this baggage car; note that available
features (and switches) may differ from other sound equipped cars and roll-
ing stock.
Run / Program Switch
Your baggage car is automatically assigned ID#1 when you first receive it. Assign it a new ID
different from the locomotive pulling it (refer to your locomotive manual for its startup operations).
To assign a new ID # to the baggage car in LEGACY and Command operation follow these steps:
1. Slide the Program/Run switch to the “PROG” position.
2. Place the car on the track.
3. Connect the Command Base and plug it in.
4. Power up the track to 18 Volts AC (50 or 60 Hz).
5. Press ENG on your CAB controller.
6. Enter an unique ID#. Choose any number from 1 to 98 that has not been assigned to another
engine or RailSounds car.
7. Press the SET button on your CAB controller.
8. Slide the Program/Run switch back to the RUN position.
The baggage car’s ID# has been set. Be sure to record the new ID# for your reference.
Max / Min Switch
Used to make the sound, simulating the scraping and banging of the contents of the baggage car,
less or more active. When the switch is in the MIN position, the sequences and some background
motion sounds will turn off. This allows you to put more than one sound-equipped car on the same
ID. To do this, set one car to MAX and then trigger loading/unloading. Sound effects will come
from all cars; however dialog will only come from one.
Volume Pot
To adjust the overall volume of sounds, flip the car upside down, as shown in Figure 1, insert a
small Flathead screwdriver into the Volume Pot adjustment post and turn. To increase the volume,
turn the post clockwise. To decrease the volume, turn the post counter-clockwise. Your CAB-remote
can also adjust volume; the setting of this physical control will limit the maximum volume your
baggage car can produce.
VISION Baggage car switch locations

RUN/PGRM
MAX/MIN
LIGHTS
OFF ON
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StationSounds Diner Car basics
VISION baggage car switch locations continued
Lights ON / OFF Switch
Used to turn the lights ON and OFF.
Volume Pot
Speaker
Figure 1. Switch locations
RUN/PGRM
MAX/MIN
LIGHTS
OFF ON
RUN/PGRM
MAX/MIN
LIGHTS
OFF ON
RUN/PGRM
MAX/MIN
LIGHTS
OFF ON

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LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
1. Turn off track power, and then plug in the LEGACY Base and connect it to the
track.
2. Place your baggage car on the track.
3. Increase track power (no more than 18 volts AC). If a circuit breaker trips when you
turn on the Lionel power supply, check the wheels of your baggage car to make sure they are all
securely on the track. Check to make sure the track is free of all metals that may cause a short
circuit.
4. Moving your train with the attached baggage car after powering up the track
automatically turns on the sound.
LEGACY Control operations
Your VISION baggage car is designed for operation with the Lionel LEGACY system. It will also operate on the original Lionel Trainmaster System (TMCC1) with limited features and also
on the LEGACY Cab-1L / Base-1L operating system (again with reduced features.) Using a Lionel
LEGACY set (6-14295) will allow you to access ALL the features this diner car has to offer.
Your commands are sent by the Remote Controller to the Command Base, which broadcasts a
radio frequency that is distributed through the outside rails of the track to your sound equipped diner
car. Moving your train after you power up your track will turn the sounds on.
If you send the VISION baggage car (or the Train of which is assigned) a shutdown com-
mand, this will prevent the car from making sounds simply because it is moving. In this
case, send a startup command to the train or engine address and your VISION baggage
car will begin making sound again.
Newer sound equipped cars will have the interior lighting turn on when power is first
applied without having the first address the car using a Cab remote.
Note!
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Choosing an ID for your VISION baggage car
The VISION baggage car must be given a unique Engine ID. Use the Program / Run switch and follow the instructions on Page 3. Setting it to the same LEGACY or TMCC ID as the locomotive
pulling it will result in undesired operation. Once a unique ID is set, the baggage car should be
assigned to a train along with your locomotive.
If you have more than one VISION baggage car, for best results set them all to unique ID’s. You
may also choose to set them all to the same ID. In this case, set one baggage car’s min/max switch to
the MAX position (see page 4) and all others to MIN.
It is not recommend to set the TMCC ID of the VISION baggage car to the same TMCC ID
as the locomotive, nor to assign it as a FRONT engine of the Train. Undesirable operation
will result.
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LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations

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LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
Setting up your VISION baggage car in your CAB-2 remote
For best operation, your baggage car should be set to TYPE PASS (Passenger). This will display a special set of touch screen icons specifically designed for use with this type of car.
1. Press ENG and the 1 or 2 digit TMCC ID you assigned to your baggage car
following the instructions on page 3 (Engine ID 57 has been assigned in the
illustrations on this and following pages.)
2. Press INFO (see page 11 for button location).
3. Scroll the big red knob until you see the TYPE Tab (DSL STM DSW SSW)
4. Press the small black down-facing triangle to the right of SSW. This will scroll
down through several pages of engine types.
5. The third page includes Accessory, Passenger, BreakDown B Unit and Freight
(ACC PAS BDU FRT)
6. Choose PAS. Your screen should look like this:
7. Press INFO to complete the operation.
If you have a SensorTrack, rolling the car over the track will automatically program your
CAB-2 remote with the baggage car’s information.
LEGACY version 1.6 is required for optimum operation of your VISION baggage car.
Note!
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Adding Your baggage car to a Train
Use the Train Builder and create a train including your head-end locomotive and the VISION baggage
car. If you have followed the steps on the previous page, the diner car will automatically be added as a
Train Linked device.
Perform the following steps to build your train.
1. Press the TR button and enter a 1 or 2 digit number for your new train. (2, in
this example)
2. Press the INFO button. Your screen will look like this:
LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
Setting up your VISION baggage car in your CAB-2 remote continued
3. Press BUILD.
4. Enter the TMCC ID of the locomotive that will head up this train. (2 in this
example)

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LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
Setting up your VISION baggage car in your CAB-2 remote continued
Adding Your baggage car to a Train
5. Press ADD to add a second member to the Train
6. Enter the TMCC ID of the passenger car (57 in this example).
7. Press SET and wait for the horn to sound on the head-end locomotive, a
metallic "thwack" sound to come from your VISION baggage car and the
"Ready to Run" message to appear on your CAB-2 screen.
To move your locomotive, select the Train by its ID number and use the throttle, boost, and brake to
run it. Apply your CAB-2 Train brake and hear the brakes operating on your VISION baggage car. For
more prototypical action, stopping with the train brake applied (in any amount) will keep your roll-
ing stock consist stretched-out and prevents stress on the coupler when starting. Your train simulates
this effect. If you stop without using Train Brake, you’ll hear the impact of your baggage car hitting
the coupler in front of it. And when you move the next time, you’ll hear another impact sound as the
coupler slack is taken up.

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Setting up your VISION baggage car in your CAB-2 remote continued
LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
Using Train Link
To send a command specifically to your baggage car, such as a coupler command or to trigger load-
ing/unloading, press the Train Link button (see page 11 for button location). Notice that the keypad
has changed. It should appear like the screen below.
Select one or more commands then press the Train Link button to continue controlling your train.
In order to send commands directly to your baggage car, you must press Train Link. The
remote will show the screen above. In this mode, the train itself (ie. the engine) will not
respond because you are sending commands directly to the diner car.
Note!
VISION BAGGAGE
CAR COMMANDS
If you wish to control the train press Train Link again. In this mode you will be able to adjust speed,
apply the train brake, access TowerCom and CrewTalk, blow the engine’s horn or whistle, and ring the
engine’s bell.

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Refer to your LEGACY manual for additional remote operations. Refer to your locomotive’s
manual for engine remote operations.
LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
Train Brake Slider
Baggage Car air brake equipment sounds.
Select Button <R>
Reset baggage car to initial settings (scenario 1).
Select Button
Raises the overall master volume of your
baggage car. To independently adjust the
level of the background sounds only, tap
AUX1 and then this key.
Select Button “sound”
Sound while stopped.
Select Button “dialog”
Random dialogs between the
characters.
Select Button “next”
No Action when pressed.
Select Button “light on”
Turns the light in the baggage car ON.
Select Button “light off”
Turns the light in the baggage car OFF.
Select Button
Lowers the overall master volume of your
baggage car. To independently adjust the
level of the background sounds only, tap
AUX1 and then this key.
Train Link Button
Displays buttons that send commands
to your “Train Linked” baggage car(s).
Select Button “No Sound”
Re-start sounds following a
"shutdown."
Select Button AUX 1
High metallic air release sound.
Select Button “station PA”
Background Loading and Unloading sounds.
Select Button “A” ON
Enable rail clatter sounds.
Select Button “A” OFF
Disable rail clatter sounds.
The LEGACY CAB-2 Remote Controller
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Select Bell/Whistle Slider
Deeper metallic air release sound
(down)
No sound activation (up)
Select Button “B” On
Enable wheel flange sounds.
Select Button “B” Off
Disable wheel flange grinding sounds.

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LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
TrainMaster Command Control (TMCC) operations
For best operation, your VISION baggage car should be assigned to a Train. The following sections explain how to create a Train using a (blue) CAB-1L remote. Before proceeding, be
sure you have assigned your baggage car a unique ID following the instructions on page 3 of this
manual.
CAB-1/CAB-1L Train vs. Engine Addressing
When using a CAB-1 or CAB-1L, you should primarily control your VISION baggage car via its TMCC
engine ID. Assigning your baggage car to the middle or rear position of a Train via a CAB-1-style
remote will play BRAKE sounds from both the head-end locomotive and the VISION baggage car.
However, the baggage car is not intended to play dialog when addressed by CAB-1L in a Train.
Instead, operate the head-end locomotive either as a Train or an Engine, and then directly
address your VISION baggage car as an engine to trigger the various passenger scenes.
It is not recommend to set the TMCC ID of the VISION baggage car to the same TMCC ID
as the locomotive, nor to assign it as a FRONT engine of the Train. Undesirable operation
will result.
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LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
Assign the VISION baggage car to the Train:
1. Press the TR button and press two digits (from 01-99). Use the same number
you chose when assigning the head-end locomotive.
2. Enter the one or two digit TMCC ID of the baggage car.
3. Press the SET button, which is located under the plastic cover below your
CAB-1L’s big red throttle knob. Listen for the diner car to sound its reply (a
metallic “thwack.”)
These examples show creating a train consisting of a single locomotive and single VISION
baggage car. A train may include multiple locos or baggage cars.
Note!
Creating a Train with the CAB-1 or CAB-1L remote
Assign the head-end locomotive to the Train:
1. Be sure the VISION baggage car and the locomotive are on the track, powered
up and operational.
2. Press the TR button and press two digits (from 01-99). This two-digit number
will be the ID of your new train. Be sure to include a leading zero for Train
ID’s 01-09. (Note: TMCC locomotives only support Train ID’s 1-9.)
3. Enter the one or two digit TMCC ID of the head locomotive.
4. Press the F coupler button. This identifies the locomotive as the Front of the
train.
5. Press the SET button, which is located under the plastic cover below your CAB-
1L’s big red throttle knob. Listen for the locomotive to sound its whistle.

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Operating your VISION Baggage Car with your CAB-1 or CAB-1L remote
Running the Train
Triggering baggage car scenarios
1. Press TR
2. Enter the train ID
3. Use throttle, boost and brake to move the train. The Brake button will cause
brake squealing sounds to emanate from the VISION baggage car.
1. Press ENG
2. Enter the baggage car ID
3. Press the CAB key for the feature you want to trigger (see page 15).
4. Press the TR button to return to Train operation.
LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations

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LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
CAB-1/CAB-1L Remote Controller commands
The CAB-1 Remote Controller commands are detailed below. The corresponding RailSounds sound system effects are in bold italic type. Refer to your CAB-1 or CAB-1L manual for
additional remote operations. Refer to your locomotive’s manual for engine operations.
Select Button <2>
Random departure/loading dialogs between
the characters.
Select Button <AUX 1><7> Background Loading and Unloading sounds.
Select Button <1> Volume up
Select Button <4> Volume down
Select Button <0> Reset baggage car to initial settings (stopped).
Select Bell No Sound Activation.
Select Button <5> Shutdown while stopped.
Select Button <3> Re-start sounds after a shutdown command.
Select Button <7> Background Loading and Unloading sounds.
Select Button <AUX 1><2>
Random arrival/unloading dialogs between the
characters.
Select Button <AUX 1> High metallic air release sound.
SET L M H

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LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
Adjusting the volume from your LEGACY remote
In addition to the physical volume control on the underside of your VISION baggage car (see page 4), your remote can be used to adjust the overall volume, or just the volume of the background
sounds (which include muffled bumping and banging as the car starts or changes speed, sharp
grinding metallic sounds of wheel flanges against the track, and rhythmic “ca-klunk” simulating the
sound of each axel crossing over rail joints).
Pressing the volume up or down buttons (see pages 11 or 15) adjusts the overall volume of your
baggage car. A single bell ring will be heard each time the volume is raised or lowered, except that no
ring will be heard once the volume reaches the minimum or maximum levels.
Be aware that if your Min/Max switch is in the Min position, adjusting the master volume
or blend volume from your remote will have essentially the same result.
To adjust the overall volume of the baggage car, follow the instructions above except do
not press AUX1. Only press the volume up or down buttons.
To adjust only the levels of the background sounds in LEGACY mode, such as bumping, banging,
metallic, or “ca-klunk” sounds:
1. If assigned to a Train, press Train Link, or address your baggage car directly by pressing ENG and
its ID.
2. Press AUX1 first, then press the volume up or down keys on your remote.
3. Press the Train Link button to continue controlling your train.
In this case, a metallic thwack sound will confirm the background or “blend” sound volume is being
adjusted. Again, this confirming sound will not be heard when the background/blend sound volume
reaches its minimum or maximum level.
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To adjust the overall volume of the baggage car, follow the instructions above except do
not press AUX1. Only press the volume up or down buttons.
To adjust only the levels of the background sounds in CAB-1 or CAB-1L mode, such as bumping,
banging, metallic, or “ca-klunk” sounds:
1. Press ENG and enter the diner car ID.
2. Press AUX1 first, then press the volume up or down keys on your remote.
In this case, a metallic thwack sound will confirm the background or “blend” sound volume is being
adjusted. Again, this confirming sound will not be heard when the background/blend sound volume
reaches its minimum or maximum level.
Note!
LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
Adjusting the volume from your CAB-1L, or CAB-1 remote
Be aware that if your Min/Max switch is in the Min position, adjusting the master volume
or blend volume from your remote will have essentially the same result.
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LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
Figure 3. TMCC start-up
Powering up the track and moving the car without addressing it will cause the car to
begin making background sounds.
Note!
Start-up and Shut Down commands
Figure 2. LEGACY start-up
Select the baggage car as you would the engine (see page 4) and press the buttons shown to start-up
or shut down the car.
Figure 4. LEGACY shutdown Figure 5. TMCC shutdown

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LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
Dialog while stopped
Your baggage car will play scenes while stopped. You can trigger speech from the baggage loading crew.
When a key or AUX 1/key combination is pressed, you’ll hear that character speak as well as the
background sound of passengers moving through the station. You can press additional keys without
waiting for the current scene to end.
Scene/Character
Scene/Character
Arrival/Loading
Arrival/Loading
Departure/Unloading
Departure/Unloading
Baggage Loading Crew
AUX1, 2
2
Table 1. TMCC scenario trigger keys
Table 2. LEGACY scenario trigger keys
NEXT
NEXT
Baggage Loading Crew

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LEGACY and Command Control Remote
Operations
LEGACY RailSounds Sequence Control
Your LEGACY-equipped VISION baggage car features Sequence Control. Based on the movement and speed of the head-end locomotive, Sequence Control automatically plays the FreightSounds
effects of an entire trip, from departure to destination, while you run your train. Prototypical whistle
signals, bell, and radio chatter are added automatically as you spin your throttle—no need to
memorize a sequence of button presses.
To activate the Sequence Control feature, first make sure your VISION baggage car has been assigned
to be part of a Train.
Next, press and hold the AUX1 button for three seconds. You'll hear a unique bell/whistle signal from
the head-end locomotive, indicating that Sequence Control is now enabled. Release the AUX1 key
when you hear the sound. Now, FreightSounds announcements will play automatically as you move
the train. Plus, you can still activate announcements using your remote.
To discontinue Sequence Control, you must tap AUX1, and then tap the 0 key or the RESET button.
Cycling track power off and back on also turns of Sequence Control mode.