Lionel Union Pacific ALCo PA, ALCo PA A-A Diesel Locomotive Set Owner's Manual

Lionel

Union Pacific ALCo PA

Passenger Set

Owner’s Manual

73-1712-250

8/03

®

SYSTEM

featuring

and

C

ongratulations on your purchase of the

Lionel Union Pacific ALCo PA Passenger
Set! This impressive consist features a
TrainMaster Command Control and Odyssey
System-equipped powered PA A-unit, a non-

powered PB B-unit, a non-powered PA A­unit, a baggage car, a combination car, a
StationSounds diner, a coach, two offset
vista dome cars, and an observation car.

Congratulations!

Features of the locomotive set

•Two powerful maintenance-free motors

•TrainMaster Command Control system

• RailSounds sound system with CrewTalk

communication and TowerCom
announcements (in Command)

• Odyssey System for speed control

• Directional lighting including operating

headlights

• Operating Mars light

• Die-cast ElectroCouplers (in Command)

•Tire-Traction

• Diesel smoke generator (in both A-units)

• Interior lighting

Features of the aluminum passenger cars

• StationSounds in diner

• Die-cast metal sprung trucks and

operating couplers with hidden
uncoupling tab

• Separately applied metal details

including roof vents and grab handles

• Detailed end vestibules

• Metal frames

• Extruded aluminum bodies

• Authentically detailed interiors

• Passenger figures

• Interior lighting with ON/OFF control

• Lighted drumhead on observation car

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

®

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

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Table of contents

Transformer operations

Running your locomotive set with a Lionel transformer 4
Locking your locomotive set into a single operational state 5
Using your locomotive set’s ElectroCouplers in the non-Command environment 6
Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button 7

RailSounds sound system operations

Your locomotive set’s RailSounds sound system—the basics 8
Experiencing the range of your locomotive set’s RailSounds sound system 9
Notes on the RailSounds sound system 9

Odyssey Systems operations

The Odyssey System 10
Odyssey System conventional (transformer) operation 10
Odyssey System Command Control operation 10

TrainMaster Command operations

The Command Control environment 11
Running your powered locomotive in the TrainMaster Command Control environment 12
CAB-1 Remote Controller commands for your locomotive set 12
CAB-1 Remote Controller numeric keypad commands for your locomotive set 13
Tuning your locomotive set’s performance 14
Assigning your locomotive set a new ID# 15
Building a lash-up 16
Reprogramming the Command reverse unit to restore features 17

Maintaining and servicing your locomotive set

Adding fluid to your locomotive’s smoke generator 18
Lubricating your locomotive set 19-20
Replacing the traction tires 21
Servicing your locomotive set’s lamps 22

StationSounds operations

Conventional operation of StationSounds 23
Command Control operation of StationSounds 24
StationSounds command table 25
Sample scripts 26-28
CAB-1 Remote Controller numeric keypad commands for your StationSounds Car 29
Assigning your StationSounds Car a new ID# 30
Reprogramming the circuit boards to restore features 31

Operating and Maintaining your Passenger Cars

Coupling your Aluminum Passenger Cars 32
Switching the interior lights on and off 33-35
Replacing the lamps 36-46
Notes 47
Lionel Service 48

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3

3

Move ‘em out!

Get your locomotive set moving. Press the DIRECTION button on your
Lionel transformer. This sequences the Command reverse unit in the powered
locomotive to the next operating state.

Adjust track voltage until your powered 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 set on Lionel or Lionel-compatible
O-42 or larger track.

Be sure that the non-powered A-unit faces the rear of the train.

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2

Power up your locomotive set with your transformer.

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

sensitive electronic components may occur.

When you first power up your track, the powered locomotive will
wait between three and eight seconds as it “listens” for digital language

from the TrainMaster Command Base (available separately). When the powered
locomotive has determined that it’s on a conventional (non-Command) railroad,
the headlight will illuminate and the RailSounds sound system will fire up. At this
point, the powered locomotive is in neutral. (This occurs when placing the
locomotive set on your railroad for the first time. Thereafter, it will start in forward
following every five-second power interruption.)

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1

Running your locomotive set with a Lionel transformer

Transformer operations

Caution!

Note!

RUN
PRGM

NO SMK

SMK

SND
NO SND

RUN
PRGM

NO SMK

SMK

T

o select a single operational state for

your powered locomotive (for example,

forward only), you can deactivate the
Command reverse unit’s sequencing
function with the Command reverse unit
switch.

Get your powered locomotive moving in
the desired direction, then slow it down
without stopping. Set the Command reverse
unit switch on the POWERED unit to PRGM.
Refer to Figure 1 for the location of the

switch. The locomotive set 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.

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.

Locking your locomotive set into a single operational state

Transformer operations

Figure 1. Switch locations

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Note!

FRONTFRONT

Powered Unit Non-Powered Unit

Command
reverse unit
switch

Command
reverse unit
switch

Smoke unit
switch (see
page 18 for
details)

Smoke unit
switch (see
page 18 for
details)

RailSounds
sound
system
switch

Transformer operations

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

T

o uncouple rolling stock from your
locomotive set’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 set’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.

Your locomotive set’s
ElectroCouplers will NOT open
manually or by using a
Remote-Control Track section.

Magnetic coupler on the rolling stock coupled
to your locomotive set

Note!

Remote-Control
Track section

Figure 2. Trigger disc operation

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Transformer operations

Installing a Lionel Sound Activation Button

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POWER
SUPPLY

POWER
SUPPLY

For AC transformers lacking a bell button

For AC transformers lacking bell and horn/whistle buttons

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 activating the
whistle

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

Black wire

Wire
nut

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 the RailSounds sound system.

Note!

T

o activate the bell and whistle sounds

when operating your locomotive with
conventional transformers, you may need to
install Lionel no. 610-5906-001 Sound
Activation Buttons (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 Buttons. Do
not bypass the buttons.

Note!

Existing wire

Common/Ground/U

Power/A

Common/Ground/U

Power/A

Battery
harness

Battery
holder

Note!

Note!

Note!

Note!

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 power for ten seconds before changing the RailSounds sound
system switch position.

If the RailSounds sound system “drops out” during track power interruptions
(for example, during a direction change), replace the battery.

RailSounds sound system operations

Figure 3. Battery installation and volume control knob location

Your locomotive set’s RailSounds sound system—the basics

T

he Lionel RailSounds sound system is

the most realistic model railroad sound
system in the world. Your powered
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 the powered locomotive
set. This ensures interruption-free operation
of the RailSounds sound system. The battery
harness is located at the rear of the engine
beneath the rear hatch. Gently lift up and
unsnap the rear hatch as shown in Figure 3
below to access the battery harness. Snap the
battery harness onto the battery terminals,

then slide the battery into the holder and
replace the hatch. The volume control knob
is located behind the door on the “nose” of
the locomotive. Refer to Figure 3.

When you first apply track power, the
locomotive set’s sound system produces
sounds of the locomotive at idle. As the
locomotive set moves, the RPM sounds begin
increasing with the locomotive’s speed.

To silence the diesel roar (horn and bell
remain unaffected), slide the RailSounds
sound system

switch on the underside of the
locomotive to NO SND (see Figure 1 on
page 5) before powering up the
locomotive.

Volume
control knob

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Powered unit

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RailSounds sound system operations

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

Notes on the RailSounds sound system

• Turn the volume knob clockwise or
counter clockwise. As illustrated in
Figure 3 on page 8, the volume control
knob is located behind the door on the
“nose” of the locomotive.

• Listen for incidental locomotive sounds
during RailSounds sound system
operation. They’re automatic and, of
course, authentic.

• The nine-volt alkaline battery you
installed ensures continuous diesel roar
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
sound system effects, operate in the
TrainMaster Command Control
environment. See pages 11-14 for more
information.

W

ith 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 set’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 full­speed 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 Controller 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 set telling
you the 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 set. 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.

A nine-volt alkaline battery
installation is required for
RailSounds sound system
shutdown operation.

Note!

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Setting Speed Control

1. Run the powered locomotive 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. Release the horn button.

5. 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 powered locomotive is in neutral, turn your controller up to the maximum
power (no more than 19 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 locomotive to forward or reverse. The locomotive 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

T

he 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.

W

hile 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 flash of the red light on the
Command Base corresponds to the first
speed step. This is the slowest speed of the
locomotive.

Odyssey System Command Control operation

Caution!

Note!

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TrainMaster Command operations

The Command Control environment

T

rainMaster Command Control is the

advanced model railroad control system
from Lionel that 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 (6-12911)
and a CAB-1 Remote Controller
(6-12868). Find them both at your

authorized Lionel retailer.

Place your locomotive set on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O-42 or larger track.

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2

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

• To operate your locomotives together as a lash-up, press TR and 9 on
your CAB-1 Remote Controller. Be sure that the powered unit is in the lead. Refer
to page 16 for information about TrainMaster Command Control lash-ups.

• To operate your engines individually, address the powered A-unit by
pressing ENG and 1 on your CAB-1 Remote Controller. Address the non-powered
A-unit by pressing ENG and 2 on your CAB-1 Remote Controller.

• The digital language of TrainMaster Command Control—not track

power—controls the actions of Command-equipped Lionel
locomotives. 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.

Your powered A-unit was assigned ENG 1, and your non-powered
A-unit was assigned ENG 2 at the factory. They have already been
programmed as a lash-up, TR 9. You may change these settings at any
time with the help from the following sections in this manual.

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3

Move ‘em out!

• Throttle up or press any command button on the CAB-1 Remote
Controller. Your locomotive set will respond to your every command.

1

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.

Note!

Front coupler releases.

Coupler release

sounds.

Running your powered locomotive in the TrainMaster Command
Control environment

TrainMaster Command operations

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our Command-equipped powered locomotive

comes factory-programmed with an ID# of “1.”
To operate your powered locomotive without the non­powered unit, set PowerMasters to CMD or set all
power supplies on full (no more than 19 volts). Press
ENG and 1 on your CAB-1 Remote Controller. Turn
the throttle or press any command button; your
powered locomotive is ready for Command Control
operations.

To operate the both units in a lash-up, see
page 16.

Address Locomotive #1

PowerMasters set to CMD or
traditional power supplies ON FULL
(no more than 19 volts)

Press ENG

Press 1 (the ID#)

Throttle up/press any command
button

Example

Note!

Press AUX2 to turn
your locomotive set’s
headlights on and off.

Activates the numeric
keypad. Air release

sounds.

Press HALT to shut down

all PowerMaster electrical

output on your railroad.
Stops all Command-equipped
Lionels in operation.

Turn the THROTTLE

to the right to

accelerate, left to

decelerate.

CAB-1 Remote Controller commands for your locomotive set

Press WSTL/HRN to
activate the horn, release

it to discontinue. MultiHorn

diesel horn sound.

Press DIRECTION—the

locomotive decelerates to
a complete stop; turn the throttle
up, and the locomotive will
accelerate in the new, opposite
direction. There is no neutral state.

Diesel air-release sound.

Press BELL once to
activate the bell, again

to discontinue. Diesel

mechanical bell sound.

Press and hold BOOST

for extra power. Release
BOOST and return to the
locomotive set’s previous speed.

Press and hold BRAKE to

slow down or stop. Release
BRAKE and return to the previous
speed. Squealing brake sounds.

Rear coupler releases.

Coupler release

sounds.

AUX 2

AUX 1

Use HALT only in emergency situations.

Note!

SET L M H

Beneath this panel

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RailSounds sound system effects are in bold italic. (Only the powered A-unit
features sounds.)

W

hen you press AUX1 on your CAB-1 Remote Controller, you

turn the numeric keypad into ten command buttons. The
keypad lets you control extra command features (until you press any
top-row button like SW, ACC, RTE, TR,orENG). The CAB-1
Remote Controller keypad overlay included with this locomotive set
will help you learn the extra features specific to these units.

RailSounds sound system effects are in bold italic.

CAB-1 Remote Controller numeric keypad commands for your
locomotive set

TrainMaster Command operations

DIESEL

ENGINE
RESET

VOLUME

SMOKE

RPM

S

SHUT

CREW

TALK

TOWER

COM

DOWN

OFF ON

➠

➠

➠

➠

START-UP

0

Stops and resets the locomotive set.
Resets the locomotive set’s direction to
FORWARD. Resets the RailSounds sound
system to automatic RPM operation.

Horn blows, and the headlight
will flicker. RPMs return to
automatic.

1

Raises the volume of the RailSounds
sound system. Sound volume

increases.

2

CrewTalk communication is the
sound of unintelligible walkie-talkie
communication.

3

Raises the RailSounds sound system
RPM level. Starts-up the RailSounds
sound system. RPMs increase.

Start-up sequence commences.

4

Lowers the volume of the RailSounds
sound system. Sound volume

decreases.

5

Activates the RailSounds sound system
shutdown sequence. Just like the real
thing, your locomotive set’s RPMs must
be at idle for shutdown to occur. Press
6 repeatedly to lower RPMs until they
won’t descend further. Your locomotive
is now at idle. Press 5 to initiate the
shutdown sequence, following the

CrewTalk communication sounds.

CrewTalk communication,
Diesel shutdown commences.

Remember, the horn, bell, and RPMs
will not sound until you restart the
RailSounds sound system.

6

Lowers the RailSounds sound system
RPM level. RPMs decrease.

7

TowerCom announcements are
audible announcements that include
the locomotive’s road number and/or
name. Pressing 7 the first time after
pressing AUX1 triggers a “hold for
clearance” announcement. Press 7
again, and a “clear for departure”
message plays. There is a four second
delay in this function.

8

Turns smoke off.

Air release sounds.

9

Turns on the smoke generator. Press and
hold 9 (ten seconds maximum) to
initiate Smoke Boost — this superheats
the smoke generator and enhances
smoke output when you start running
your diesel engine. See notes on filling
or turning off the smoke generator on
page 18. Air release sounds.

AUX1, 8 and 9 work only if the smoke unit switch is in the ON position.

Note!

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14

Tuning your locomotive set’s performance

MOMENTUM

TrainMaster Command Control’s
momentum feature simulates the labored
performance of a locomotive pulling a
heavy load. Press L, M, or H (located under
your CAB-1 Remote Controller’s removable
panel) for light, medium, or heavy
momentum. The locomotive set’s Command
reverse unit remembers this setting until
you change it. For quick locomotive
response, choose L.

BRAKING AND BOOSTING

There’s more to starting and stopping
than just turning the CAB-1 Remote
Controller throttle. Use the BOOST and
BRAKE command buttons—they give you
incremental control of speed and are the
superior way to handle grades, gradual
stops-and-starts, and more. Plus, using
BRAKE in the Command environment gives
you a bonus RailSounds sound system
effect—the ultra-realistic sound of
squealing brakes.

SOUND QUALITY

To achieve your preferred RailSounds
sound system master volume level, we
recommend that you adjust your locomotive
set volume control knob (see Figure 3 on
page 8 for the location). Turn the

adjustment knob left or right to reach the
desired volume level.

For quick remote-control of volume below
the master setting—for example, muting—
use the CAB-1 Remote Controller numeric
keypad’s volume control. Press AUX1 and
then 4 on the numeric keypad to lower the
overall RailSounds sound system output.

HIGH VOLTAGE SETTING

Press SET, and the headlight will flash.
Get your locomotive moving to the
maximum speed you want it to run, then
press BOOST. Use this to keep your
locomotive from derailing at excessive
speeds. Turn off the high voltage setting by
pressing SET, then BOOST, holding each
for one second.

STALL

Make your locomotive set feel more
responsive by setting a “stall” voltage. Get
your locomotive moving, then press SET;
the locomotive set will stop. Turn the
throttle clockwise to get the locomotive
moving, then decrease speed until the
locomotive just stops. Press SET again; the
Command reverse unit remembers the stall
setting until you change it. To clear the stall
setting, press SET twice, holding it for one
second each time.

These settings will be lost when you assign a new engine ID number.

Note!

TrainMaster Command operations

TrainMaster Command operations

Assign a new ID# to your
Command-equipped locomotive

Set the Command reverse unit switch
to PRGM

Command Base plugged in
Place the locomotive on track
PowerMasters set to CMD or traditional

power supplies ON FULL (no more than
19 volts)

Turn track power on (PowerMasters):

Press TR

Enter the PowerMaster’s
ID#

Press BOOST

Program the locomotive with a new ID#:

Press ENG

Press a number you choose
(the ID#)

Press SET

Set the Command reverse unit switch to
RUN

Your locomotive remembers its ID#
forever; change it any

time with these

steps

Example

We recommend that you choose an easy to
remember ID# for your engine. Some possi­bilities are part of the engine road number,
your age, or any two digit number that is not
used by another engine. Write the number on a
small piece of tape and put this on the bottom
of the fuel tank to aid in remembering.

W

hile your powered and non-powered

A-units have been factory­programmed as a lash-up, both units must
have their own ID#’s. This allows you to
open the appropriate ElectroCouplers and
set the appropriate directional lighting. The
powered unit has been assigned ID# 1; the
non-powered unit has been assigned ID# 2.

To change these individual ID#’s, switch
the Command reverse unit switch to PRGM
on either the powered unit OR the non­powered unit. Do not attempt to assign both
ID#’s together. Refer to Figure 1 on page 5
for the switch location. Plug in the
Command Base, set the unit on the track,
then power up. Using your CAB-1 Remote
Controller, press ENG, enter your ID#
(between 1 and 99), then press the SET
button located under the removable panel
on the CAB-1 Remote Controller.

The Command reverse unit will confirm
the new ID#. The horn will sound, or the
headlight will flash (if the RailSounds
sound system is off). Slide the reverse unit
switch back to RUN.

If you change the ID# of either
the powered or non-powered
locomotives, you must build a
new lash-up to control both units
together.

Assigning your locomotive set a new ID#

Note!

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