Lionel GP30 Owner's Manual
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Lionel Conventional
GP30 Diesel Locomotive
Owner’s Manual
Lionel Conventional
GP30 Diesel Locomotive
Owner’s Manual
Locomotive features
Congratulations!
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ongratulations on your purchase of the conventional Lionel diesel locomotive. This power-
ful locomotive features transformer-controlled forward-neutral-reverse-neutral operation and
numerous scale details, as well as the conventional RailSounds sound system. This locomotive is
ready for duty on your layout!
• Transformer controlled forward, neutral, and reverse operation
• Conventional RailSounds sound system with horn and bell
• Die-cast metal trucks
• Operating headlight
• Operating front and rear couplers
• Powerful maintenance-free motors with momentum flywheel
• Traction tires
• Engineer figure
• Minimum curve: O-31
The following Lionel marks are used throughout this Owner’s Manual and are protected under
law. All rights reserved.
Lionel
®
, LEGACY™, FasTrack™, TrainMaster®, Odyssey®, RailSounds®, CrewTalk™, TowerCom™,
DynaChuff
™
, StationSounds™, Pullmor®, ElectroCoupler™, Magne-Traction®, CAB-1® Remote
Controller, American Flyer
®
, Lionel ZW®, ZW®, MagniVision®, TMCC®, Lionelville®, Wireless
Tether
™
, Powerhouse™, LionMaster®, Conventional Classics™, Postwar Celebration Series™,
TruRail
™
, PH-1 Powerhouse®, Powermaster®, Powerstation-Powerhouse®, Accessory Motor
Controller
™
, AMC™, Accessory Switch Controller™, ASC™, Action Recorder Controller™, ARC™, Track
Power Controller 300
™
, TPC 300™, Track Power Controller 400™, TPC 400™, Block Power
Controller
™
, BPC™, Operating Track Controller™, OTC™, FatBoy™, Lionel Lines®, Joshua Lionel
Cowen Series
™
, Lockon®, TrainSounds™, MultiHorn™, MultiWhistle™, Choo-Choo
™
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Table of contents
Running your locomotive
Running your locomotive 4
Coupling 5
Reverse unit procedure 6
Conventional RailSounds operations
Operating the conventional RailSounds sound system 7
Installing a Lionel sound activation button 8
Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Lubricating your locomotive 9
Replacing your locomotive’s LEDs 10
Replacing your locomotive’s traction tires 10
Notes 11
Lionel Limited Warranty Policy & Service 12
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Running your locomotive
Running your locomotive
With track power off, place your locomotive on the track.
Refer to page 5 for information on coupling the cars.
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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) transformers.
The locomotive was designed for use with alternating-current (AC)
transformers only.
Move ‘em out!
Get your locomotive moving. Your locomotive goes through a repeating pattern of
operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. To sequence the reverse unit, press
the DIRECTION button on your transformer, or briefly bring the throttle all the way back
to the OFF position and then forward, for one to four seconds. When track power is interrupted, the locomotive advances to the next operational state.
Adjust track voltage until your locomotive moves at your desired speed.
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Note!
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