Lionel DS-40T-2 User manual

Lionel

SD-40T-2

Diesel Locomotive

Owner’s Manual

72-8540-250

5/03

SYSTEM

featuring

and

You purchased a tough, durable loco-

motive—theTrainMaster Command

Control and Odyssey System-equipped

SD-40T-2 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-40T-2 is ready for duty on your

model railroad. Experience the superiority of

today’s Lionel.

Congratulations!

Features of this locomotive

• Two powerful maintenance-free motors

with momentum flywheels

• TrainMaster Command Control

equipped

• RailSounds sound system with

CrewTalk communication and

TowerCom announcements (in

Command)

• Odyssey System for speed control

• Directional lighting including front and

rear headlights and marker lights

• Two ElectroCouplers (in Command)

• Fan-driven smoke unit

• Lighted cab interior

• Tire-Traction

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™

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

Table of contents

Transformer operations

Running your locomotive with a Lionel transformer 4

Locking your locomotive into a single operational state 5

Using your locomotive’s ElectroCouplers in the non-Command environment 5

Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button 6

RailSounds operations

Your locomotive’s RailSounds sound system—the basics 7

Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s RailSounds sound system 8

Notes on the RailSounds sound system 8

Odyssey System operations

The Odyssey System 9

Odyssey System conventional (transformer) operation 9

Odyssey System Command operation 9

TrainMaster Command operations

The CommandControl environment 10

Running your locomotive in the TrainMasterCommand environment 11

CAB-1 commands for your locomotive 11

CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your locomotive 12

Tuning your locomotive’s performance 13

Assigning your locomotive a new ID# 14

Reprogramming the Command reverse unit to restore features 15

Building a lash-up 16

Maintaining and servicing your locomotive

Adding fluid to your locomotive’s smoke generator 17

Lubricating your locomotive 18

Replacing your locomotive’s LEDs 19

Replacing the traction tires 19

Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 20

3Move ‘em out!

Get your locomotive moving. Press the DIRECTION button on your CAB-1

Remote Controller or Lionel transformer. This sequences the Command reverse unit

to the next operating state.

Adjust track voltage until your locomotive moves at your desired speed. To

increase speed, increase track voltage. To decrease speed, reduce voltage. To stop the

locomotive, turn-off track power.

Place your locomotive on Lionel or Lionel-compatible

O-31 or larger track.

2Power up your locomotive with your transformer.

Your locomotive 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 locomotive with direct current (DC). Damage to

sensitive electronic components may occur.

When you first power up your track, the locomotive will wait

between three and eight seconds as it “listens” for digital language from the

TrainMaster Command Base (available separately). When it has determined that it’s

on a conventional (non-Command) railroad, the locomotive’s headlight will

illuminate and RailSounds will fire up. At this point, the locomotive is in neutral.

(This occurs when placing the locomotive on your railroad for the first time.

Thereafter, it will start in forward following every five-second power interruption.)

Running your locomotive with a Lionel transformer

Transformer operations

Caution!

Note!

To select a single operational state for your

Lionel locomotive (for example, forward

only), you can deactivate the Command reverse

unit’s sequencing function with the Command

reverse unit switch.

Get your locomotive moving in the desired

direction, then slow it down without stopping.

Set the Command reverse unit switch to PGM.

Refer to Figure 1 for the location of the switch.

The locomotive 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.

Using your locomotive’s ElectroCouplers in the non-Command

environment

To uncouple rolling stock from your

locomotive’s ElectroCouplers in the

non-Command environment, you must rely

on a piece of rolling stock equipped with

Lionel magnetic couplers coupled directly to

your locomotive’s 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; and

6-12020 for FasTrack layouts). Place your

rolling stock’s coupler “trigger disc” over

the central coil of a Remote-Control Track

section and press UNCOUPLE on the

controller. As illustrated in Figure 2, the

magnetic field pulls the disc downward, and

the coupler opens.

See page 11 to learn how to release the

couplers in the Command Control

environment.

Your locomotive’s ElectroCouplers will NOT open manually or by using a

Remote-Control Track section.

Magnetic coupler on the rolling stock

coupled to your locomotive

Remote-Control

Track section

Figure 2. Trigger disc operation

Locking your locomotive into a single operational state

Transformer operations

Your locomotive’s reverse unit will “reset” to forward after any power interruption

lasting five seconds or longer, regardless of the original locked-out direction.

Note!

Figure 1. Switch locations

SND NO SND

NO SMKSMKRUN PRG

RailSounds

switch

Turn truck

for switches

RUN

PGM

SMK

NO SMK SND

NO SND

Smoke unit

switch

(see page 17

for details)

Command

reverse unit

switch

Transformer operations

Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button

POWER

SUPPLY

POWER

SUPPLY

For AC transformers with a bell button

For AC transformers lacking a bell and 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 the horn Lionel no. 610-5906-001

SoundActivation Button for

the bell

Black 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 activate 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) if your

transformer is not equipped to activate these

features. 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

Note!

Your locomotive’s RailSounds system—the basics

Please remove the protective cover from the battery harness.

Although the RailSounds sound system is powered by track voltage, the battery

is required for uninterrupted operation and shutdown sequences. Use only

alkaline batteries.

Discontinue locomotive power for ten seconds before changing the RailSounds

(SND/NO SND) switch position.

If the RailSounds sound system “drops out” during track power interruptions

(for example, during a direction change), replace the battery.

RailSounds operations

The Lionel RailSounds sound system is

the most realistic model railroad sound

system in the world. Your locomotive

features digital samples from real-life diesel

locomotives for the ultimate in realism.

You may choose to install a nine-volt

alkaline battery in your locomotive. This

ensures interruption-free operation of the

RailSounds sound system. As illustrated in

Figure 3, the battery harness is located

under the radiator vents. Gently lift up and

unsnap the radiator vent panel to access the

battery harness and volume control knob.

Snap the battery harness onto the battery,

then slide the battery into the holder and

replace the radiator vent panel.

When you first apply track power, the

locomotive’s sound system produces sounds

of the locomotive at rest. As the locomotive

moves, the RPM’s increase with the

locomotive’s speed.

To silence the diesel roar (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. Use the volume

control knob to adjust the volume. Refer to

Figure 3.

Figure 3. Battery installation and volume control knob location

Volume

control

knob

Battery

holder

Battery

harness

RailSounds operations

With the RailSounds sound system, you

experience the sounds of real

railroading like never before. Simply put,

it’s the most sophisticated, authentic model

railroad sound system in the world.

• Four diesel-roar levels. Your

locomotive’s speed automatically

determines the level of diesel RPM roar.

If you prefer, you may set the level to

idle, half throttle, three quarters, or full-

speed output using your CAB-1 Remote

Controller.

• MultiHorn. A different horn sound at

different speeds—a RailSounds sound

system exclusive.

•Mechanical bell. Press BELL on your

CAB-1 Remote Control or transformer to

begin the effect, again to discontinue.

• Reverse unit reset sound. Power

down your track, wait for three to five

seconds, and listen for the air-release

sound—that’s the locomotive telling you

that its Lionel Command reverse unit has

just reset to forward operation.

• Shutdown sequence. No other model

railroad sound system shuts down like

the RailSounds sound system. Turn off

track power, and after the air-release

reset sound, you have two seconds to

restart your locomotive. If you’re done

with operations, the RailSounds sound

system will commence with a realistic

diesel shutdown sequence about two

seconds after the air-release reset occurs.

(Battery installation required.)

Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s RailSounds sound

system

Notes on the RailSounds sound system

• Turn the volume knob clockwise or

counter-clockwise in the location shown

in Figure 3 on page 7 to adjust sound

output.

• Listen for incidental locomotive sounds

during RailSounds operation. They’re

automatic and, of course, authentic.

• The nine-volt alkaline battery you

installed ensures continuous locomotive

diesel sounds.

• Longer track-power interruptions

(including locomotive derailments)

cause the RailSounds sound system to

shut down after about seven seconds.

• For even more authentic RailSounds

effects, operate in the TrainMaster

Command Control environment. See

page 10-13 for more information.

Setting Speed Control

1. Run the engine at the desired speed for approximately five seconds.

2. Press and hold the horn button.

3. While holding the horn button, increase the track voltage by at least three volts (at

least a quarter turn).

4. At this point, speed control is set.

The speed of the locomotive will increase slightly before returning to the set speed.

Turning Off Speed Control:

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.

3. Release the horn button.

4. Cycle the engine to forward or reverse. The engine is now out of speed control mode.

In conventional operation, the smoke unit and lights are connected directly to

track power. Do not exceed 14-16 volts for extended periods. Doing so will cause

damage to the locomotive.

Odyssey System operations

Odyssey System conventional (transformer) operation

The Odyssey System

The Odyssey System is a “cruise control”

for your engine. Once the speed is set

(see below), your engine will maintain a

constant speed, no matter what loads the

locomotive pulls or what grades you have on

your layout. This digitally-controlled system

also allows for extremely slow movement

that will amaze any “scale” enthusiast.

While in the Command Control

environment, the speed control

feature of the Odyssey System is always on.

When turning the throttle, the speed of the

locomotive will respond to each signal from

the Command Base. For example, Address

the locomotive and slowly turn the throttle.

The first light flash corresponds to the first

speed step. This is the slowest speed of the

locomotive.

Odyssey System Command operation

Caution!

Note!

TrainMaster Command operations

The Command Control environment

TrainMaster Command Control is the

advanced model railroad control system

from Lionel. TrainMaster Command Control

gives you the power to operate multiple

Command-equipped locomotives on the

same track, at the same time.

To operate in Command mode, you

need a Command Base (6-12868) and

a CAB-1 Remote Controller (6-12911).

Find them both at your authorized Lionel

retailer.

Place your locomotive on Lionel or

Lionel-compatible O-31 or larger track.

2Address your locomotive using your CAB-1 Remote Controller.

• Press ENG and 1 on the numeric keypad of your CAB-1 Remote Controller.

This command is sent by your CAB-1 Remote Controller to the Command Base,

which then translates your command into digital code. That code is sent around

your railroad’s outside rails in the form of a digital “halo.” All Command-

equipped Lionel locomotives listen to this digital communication, but they do

not respond until they hear their individual ID number—in this case, “1.”

• The digital language of TrainMaster Command—and not track

power—controls the actions of Command-equipped Lionel

engines. Track power is simply like gasoline in the tank of your car—it gives

you the power to go places, but it doesn’t tell you where to go or how fast to get

there.

• All Command locomotives come factory-programmed with an ID#

of “1.” To change the ID# of your locomotive, see page 14.

3Move ‘em out!

• Throttle up or press any command button on the CAB-1 Remote

Controller. Your locomotive will respond to your every command.

1• Make sure track power is OFF before placing on the track.

• Make sure your Lionel Command Base is plugged-in and its

communications wire is connected to the COMMON post on your Lionel

transformer or the U terminal on any of your installed PowerMasters.

• Once positioned on the track, increase track voltage to FULL (no more

than 19 volts). On PowerMasters, slide the CMD/CONV switch to CMD.

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