Lionel Big Boy User manual

71-1104-250

10/07

Featuring

Lionel

Big Boy Locomotive

and Tender

Owner’s Manual

Lionel

Big Boy Locomotive

and Tender

Owner’s Manual

Congratulations!

Congratulations on your purchase of the Lionel Big Boy locomotive and tender! On the

outside, this locomotive features numerous prototypical details and expert decoration

in your favorite livery. Inside the body, this locomotive is equipped with some of the most

advanced sounds and controls in model railroading. This powerful locomotive is ready for

duty on your layout.

Features of this locomotive

• LEGACY Control System equipped—able to run in the TrainMaster

Command Control mode, in the conventional environment with only a

standard transformer, or with the new LEGACY Control System

• Odyssey II speed control with ON/OFF switch

• Refined Conventional Transformer Control Mode with lower starting

speeds, improved smoke output

• LEGACY RailSounds sound system with quilling whistle

• FatBoy speaker for the ultimate in sound reproduction

• High-torque Pittman®motor with momentum flywheel

• Wireless Tether connection between locomotive and tender

• Illuminated headlight and backup lights on locomotive

• Illuminated marker lights on tender

• Illuminated classification lights on locomotive

• ElectroCoupler on rear of tender

• Variable ashpan glow

• Flickering firebox in cab

• Puffing synchronized fan-driven smoke unit with adjustable smoke output

• Minimum curve: O-72

The following Lionel marks may be used throughout this instruction manual and are protected under

Lionel®, TrainMaster®, Odyssey®, RailSounds®, CrewTalk™, TowerCom™, DynaChuff™,

StationSounds™, Pullmor®, ElectroCoupler™, Magne-Traction®, CAB-1®Remote Controller,

PowerMaster®, Lionel ZW®, ZW®, PowerHouse®, TMCC®, Lionelville™, Lockon®, Wireless Tether™,

LionMaster®, FatBoy™, American Flyer®, TrainSounds™, PowerMax™, LEGACY™

The name FasTrack®is used with permission from Pitsco, Inc.

Table of contents

Quick Start

Transformer operations 4

TrainMaster Command Control operations 4

LEGACY Control operations 4

Conventional transformer operations

Conventional transformer operations 5

Operating your locomotive in the conventional environment 6

Locking your locomotive into a single direction 7

Coupling your locomotive in the conventional environment 8

LEGACY RailSounds sound system operations

LEGACY RailSounds sound system operations 9

Installing the battery 10-11

Using the LEGACY RailSounds sound system in the conventional environment 12

Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button for conventional operation 13

Activating the CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements

in the conventional environment 14

Using the LEGACY RailSounds sound system in the TrainMaster Command Control environment 15

Odyssey II Speed Control system operations

Odyssey II Speed Control system operations 16

Odyssey II Speed Control system conventional transformer environment operation 16

Odyssey II Speed Control system operation 16

TrainMaster Command Control operations

TrainMaster Command Control operations with CAB-1 Remote Controller 17

Operating your locomotive in the Command Control environment 17

CAB-1 Remote Controller commands 18

CAB-1 Remote Controller numeric keypad commands 19

Tuning your locomotive’s chuff intensity and performance 20-21

Assigning your locomotive a new ID# 22

Reprogramming your locomotive to restore features 23

LEGACY Control Systems operations

Quick Start 24-28

Maintaining and servicing your locomotive

Adding fluid to your locomotive’s smoke generator 29

Adjusting the smoke output 29

Lubricating your locomotive 30

Maintaining your locomotive’s handrail antenna 31

Servicing your locomotive’s lamps 31

Tire-Traction 32

Installing “Flangeless” tender wheel assemblies 32

Installing the O gauge front coupler 32-33

Removable coal load detail 33

Valve handwheel assembly 34

Notes 35

Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 36

Quick Start

Do not power your locomotive with a direct-current (DC) transformer. Damage

to sensitive electronic components may occur.

Transformer operations

1. Place your locomotive on Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-72 or larger

track.

2. Power your locomotive at 8-18 volts with your alternating-current (AC)

transformer.

3. Wait three to eight seconds until the headlight stops flickering.

4. Move ‘em out! Press the DIRECTION button on your transformer, then

throttle up.

TrainMaster Command Control operations

To operate your locomotive in the TrainMaster Command Control environment, you need a

Command Base (available separately, 6-12911) and a CAB-1 Remote Controller (available

separately, 6-12868). Both products are offered together in the TrainMaster Command Set (6-12969).

1. Turn off track power and plug in the Command Base.

2. Place your locomotive on Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-72 or larger track.

3. Increase track voltage to full power (no more than 19 volts AC).

4. Press ENG and 1 to address your locomotive with your CAB-1 Remote

Controller.

5. Throttle up and move ‘em out.

LEGACY Control operations

For the finest operating experience, your Big Boy locomotive is fully compatible with the

new LEGACY Control System.

To operate in LEGACY mode, you need a LEGACY Command Base and LEGACY Remote

Controller. Both products are offered together in the LEGACY Command Set, 6-14295.

1. Turn off track power and plug in the LEGACY Base.

2. Place your locomotive on Lionel or Lionel-compatible O-72 or larger

track.

3. Increase track power voltage to full power (no more than 19 volts AC).

4. Press ENG and 1 to address your locomotive with your LEGACY Remote

Controller.

5. Throttle up and move ‘em out.

Caution!

Conventional transformer operations

Your locomotive is capable of operating in the conventional environment, controlled by

nothing more than a standard Lionel alternating-current (AC) transformer.

In the conventional environment, your locomotive cycles through a repeating pattern of

operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. To advance to the next operation,

press the DIRECTION button on your transformer. Alternately, you can use the throttle to

briefly turn off track power so that the locomotive advances to the next operation when power

is restored.

Once you cycle the locomotive into forward or reverse, you control your locomotive’s

speed by varying track voltage with the transformer’s throttle. To increase the speed of the

locomotive, you increase track voltage. To decrease the speed, you decrease track voltage. To

stop the locomotive and to change directions (or to enter neutral), track voltage is turned off

or interrupted.

Use the WHISTLE and BELL buttons on your transformer (or separate buttons if your

transformer is not equipped with these controls, see page 13) to activate these features.

To experience all of your locomotive’s features, we recommend operating in the LEGACY

Command Control environment. With a simple one-wire connection, you can use the CAB-2

Remote Controller to access all of the functions of your locomotive. Refer to pages 24-28 to see

how to operate your locomotive in the LEGACY Command Control environment.

Conventional transformer operations

Operating your locomotive in the conventional environment

1. With your transformer turned off, place your locomotive on Lionel or

Lionel-compatible O-72 or larger track.

2. Connect the drawbar between the locomotive and tender as illustrated in

Figure 1.

Figure 1. Drawbar connection

3. Power your locomotive at 8-18 volts with your alternating-current

transformer.

Power your locomotive with an alternating-current (AC) transformer only.

Powering your locomotive with a direct-current (DC) transformer may result in

damage to sensitive electronic components. 60 HZ AC is required. Do not power

with 50 HZ AC.

4. Wait three to eight seconds as your locomotive determines whether it

is in a conventional environment or a TrainMaster Command Control

environment. The headlight flickers as the locomotive searches for a signal from

the Command Base. When the locomotive has determined that a Command Base is not

connected to the track, the flickering will stop and the headlight will remain illuminated.

You are ready for operation in the conventional environment.

5. Move ‘em out! Press the DIRECTION button on your transformer to sequence your

locomotive through the repeating pattern of operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral,

and so on. You may also briefly turn off track power to advance the locomotive to the next

operating state. Adjust the throttle until your locomotive moves at your desired speed.

When placing your locomotive on your layout for the first time, it will start out in

neutral. Thereafter, it will start in forward after every power interruption lasting five

seconds or longer.

Use the WHISTLE and BELL buttons on your transformer to activate those features. Refer

to page 13 if your transformer is not equipped with those buttons.

Caution!

Note!

Conventional transformer operations

Locking your locomotive into a single direction

When the Command reverse unit switch (PROG/RUN) is in the RUN position, your

locomotive sequences through a repeating pattern of operations: forward, neutral,

reverse, neutral, and so on.

To “lock” your locomotive into a single direction (for example, to operate in forward

only), you can deactivate the Command reverse unit’s sequencing function. Refer to Figure 2

for the location of the Command reverse unit switch.

1. Use your transformer’s DIRECTION button or interruptions in track power to get your

locomotive moving in the desired direction.

2. Slow the locomotive down without stopping (reduce the throttle without turning off track

power).

3. Slide the Command reverse unit switch to the PROG position. At this point, the locomotive

is “locked” into your chosen direction. To restore the forward-neutral-reverse sequence,

just slide the Command reverse unit switch back to the RUN position.

PROG RUN OFF

ODYSSEY

SMOKE WORK LIGHT

OFF ON OFF ON

PROG RUN OFF

ODYSSEY

SMOKE WORK LIGHT

OFF ON OFF ON

Figure 2. Switch locations

FRONT

Conventional transformer operations

Coupling your locomotive in the conventional environment

The tender features an ElectroCoupler that is released by remote control at any

point around your layout in the TrainMaster Command Control or LEGACY Control

environment.

In the conventional environment, the ElectroCouplers will not open manually or by using

a Remote-Control Track section. To couple your locomotive in the conventional environment,

you must rely on a piece of rolling stock equipped with a magnetic coupler. Simply release the

magnetic coupler and couple the rolling stock to the locomotive, even if the ElectroCoupler is

closed.

Keep in mind that you may still make use of Lionel Remote-Control Track sections (6-

65530 for O gauge; 6-12746 and 6-65149 for O-27 gauge; and 6-12020 for FasTrack layouts)

with the magnetic couplers on the rolling stock. Place the trigger disc on the magnetic coupler

over the central coil on the Remote-Control Track section, then press UNCOUPLE on the track

section’s controller. As illustrated in Figure 3, the magnetic field pulls the disc downward,

releasing the coupler.

Figure 3. Magnetic coupler operation

Remote-Control

Track Section

LEGACY RailSounds sound system operations

Your locomotive is equipped with the Lionel LEGACY RailSounds sound system, the most

realistic model railroad sound system in the world. The LEGACY RailSounds sound system

brings the sounds of the railroad to your layout through high quality sound recordings of real

locomotives.

When you operate your locomotive in the conventional environment, you get realistic

chuffing sounds, which automatically increase through 15 levels as the speed of the

locomotive increases. You can sound the locomotive’s whistle or activate the ringing of the

bell. When you are through with operations and power down the track, your locomotive’s

LEGACY RailSounds sound system starts a realistic steam shutdown sequence (a nine-volt

battery is required for the operation of the LEGACY RailSounds sound system when the track is

powered down).

When you operate your locomotive in the TrainMaster Command Control environment, you

gain additional control of the LEGACY RailSounds sound system, including the whistle and

bell sounds. The locomotive’s chuffing sounds automatically increase, but you can also set a

particular chuff intensity level using your CAB-1 Remote Controller. In the Command Control

environment, the release of the ElectroCoupler is accompanied by a coupler release sound.

Use the BRAKE button, and listen for the sound of squealing metal. You can also trigger

CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements, which simulate the interaction between the

locomotive crew and the dispatcher. Whenever you choose to shutdown your locomotive, the

realistic shutdown sequence commences (a nine-volt battery is required for the operation of

the LEGACY RailSounds sound system when the track is powered down).

Operating your locomotive with the LEGACY Control system provides you control of all

the features mentioned above as well as access to the new quilling whistle and single hit bell

sounds.

LEGACY RailSounds sound system operations

Installing the battery

Although the LEGACY RailSounds sound system is powered through the track, we

recommend that you install a nine-volt alkaline battery in the tender to prevent the

sound system from shutting down during track power interruptions (for example, at a switch

or a dirty section of track). Follow these steps and refer to Figure 4 as you install the battery.

If the RailSounds sound system turns off during interruptions in track power, you

may need to replace the battery.

1. Remove the body screws from the underside of the tender. Refer to Figure 4 for the location

of the screws.

2. Lift the body off the frame. Be careful to avoid pulling on the wires that connect the body

to the frame.

3. Remove the protective cover from the battery harness.

4. Snap the battery harness onto the nine-volt alkaline battery’s terminals.

5. Slide the battery into the battery holder.

6. Replace the body on the frame and secure it with the body mounting screws. Be careful to

avoid pinching wires between the body and the frame.

Note!

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