Lionel Hudson Jr.Steam Locomotive, Christmas Hudson JR. Owner's Manual

Hudson Jr.

Steam Locomotive

Owner’s Manual

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Hudson Jr.

Steam Locomotive

Owner’s Manual

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• Powerful maintenance-free motor with momentum flywheel

• Die-cast metal locomotive and tender body, frame, and trucks

• TrainSounds sound system

• Transformer controlled forward, neutral and reverse operation

• Operating coupler on rear of tender

• Puffing smoke unit

• Operating headlight

Features of this locomotive

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ou purchased a tough, durable legendary locomotive—the Lionel Hudson Jr. steam

locomotive. From the crisp die-cast detail and the authentic decoration outside to the
advanced technology and brute power within the boiler, your steam locomotive is ready for
duty on your model railroad.

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™, Lockon®, Wireless Tether™,
LionMaster®, FatBoy™, American Flyer®, TrainSounds™, PowerMax™, LEGACY™, PowerMax™ Plus

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
Installing the Lionel sound activation button 5
Your locomotive’s reverse unit operation 6
Using your locomotive’s magnetic coupler 7
Experiencing the range of your locomotive’s TrainSounds sound system 7
Tire-Traction 8

Maintaining and servicing your locomotive

Adding fluid to your locomotives smoke generator 9
Lubricating your locomotive 10
Notes 11
Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 12

Transformer operations

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Note!

Move ‘em out!

Place your steam locomotive on Lionel or Lionel-compatible
O gauge track.

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Running your steam locomotive with a Lionel transformer

Power up your steam locomotive with your transformer.

• Your locomotive is designed to operate on 8-16 volts alternating

current. Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current trans-

formers 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, your locomotive’s headlights will
illuminate. At this point, the locomotive is in neutral. When your train is first
powered up, the default state will be neutral and the default direction is forward.
This means whenever you power up your engine the engine will remain in
neutral, and when the power is removed and again applied, the train will move
forward. This condition holds true if the engine is being powered up for the first
time or if the engine has been powered down longer than five seconds.

• Get your locomotive moving. Press the DIR button on your transformer .to
sequence your locomotive through the repeating pattern of operations: forward,
neutral, reverse, neutal, and so on.

• See page 6 for information on locking your locomotive in a single
operating state

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Add smoke fluid to the engine or switch the smoke generator
off.

• Seepage9formoreinformation.

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