Lionel DS-40T-2 Owner's Manual

Lionel

SD-40T-2

Diesel Locomotive

Owner’s Manual

72-8540-250

5/03

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SYSTEM

featuring

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Y

ou 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
law. All rights reserved.

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.

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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

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Move ‘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.

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Power 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.)

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Running your locomotive with a Lionel transformer

Transformer operations

Caution!

Note!

T

o 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

T

o 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’sElectroCouplers 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

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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!

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

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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
Sound Activation Button for
activating the bell

Lionel no. 610-5906-001
Sound Activation Button
for the horn

Lionel no. 610-5906-001
Sound Activation Button for
the 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!

T

o 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

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