Lionel GP-9 Owner's Manual
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CAUTION—ELECTRIC TOY
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE. AS
WITH ALL ELECTRIC PRODUCTS, PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE OBSERVED DURING
HANDLING AND USE TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK.
B&M Paul Revere
GP-9 Freight Set
Owner’s Manual
B&M Paul Revere
GP-9 Freight Set
Owner’s Manual
Featuring
Table of contents
Running your train
Running your train set 3
Coupling 3
Reverse unit procedure 4
Operating the RailSounds sound system 5
Silencing the diesel sound system 5
Installing a 9 Volt Battery in your GP9 6
Operating your Motorized Aquarium Car 7
Maintaining and servicing your set
Lubricating your locomotive 8
Replacing your locomotive’s traction tire 9
Replacing your locomotive’s lamps 9
Replacing the lamp in your aquarium car 10
Replacing the lamp in your porthole caboose 11
Lionel Limited Warranty Policy & Service 12
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™
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®
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Choo-Choo
™
, SensorTrack
™
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Running your train
Running your train set
With track power off, place your train set on the track.
Refer to the following section for information on coupling the cars.
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Power up your locomotive with your transformer.
Your locomotive is designed to operate on 5-18 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!
Coupling
W
hen coupling your cars, at least one of the mating couplers must be open as shown at the left
in Figure 1. Press down on the lock release to open the coupler, then push the cars toward
each other until they lock together.
Keep in mind that it’s easier to couple cars on a straight stretch of track.
Lock release
Note!
Figure 1. Coupler operation
Running your train
Reverse unit procedure
T
he electronic reverse unit inside your Lionel locomotive acts like the transmission in a car. When
you apply power to the track, the locomotive moves in the direction specified by the reverse
unit—or it sits in neutral, awaiting another power interruption. Power interruptions are the signal
that tells the reverse unit to sequence to the next operational state.
To interrupt power and sequence the locomotive’s reverse unit, press the direction control
button or briefly bring the throttle lever all the way back to the OFF position. The reverse unit
alternates between three states: forward, neutral, and reverse.
Also, the locomotive can be “locked” into a certain mode of operation by sliding the reverse
unit switch located on the underside of the frame (see Figure 2). To lock your locomotive into
a specific operational state, sequence the locomotive into the desired state and reduce track
power without com pletely powering down the locomotive, then slide the switch to the OFF
position. The DIRECTION but ton will then have no affect on the direction of the locomotive.
If you would like to resume forward-neutral-reverse operation, simply slide the reverse unit
switch back to the ON position.
Additionally, this reverse unit has a “power-up reset” feature. If the locomotive sits without power
for a short period of time, the reverse unit will automatically reset and start in the forward direction
when the transformer is turned on or “powered up,” regardless of the reverse unit switch position. If
the switch is in the OFF position, the locomotive will start in the forward.
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Figure 2. Switch and volume control locations
ON
OFF
DIR
Front of the locomotive
Rear of the locomotive
Reverse Unit Switch
Volume control knob (located
on the frame). Rotate the truck
to access this control.
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