User's Manual

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Building Trains (continued)
Advanced operating techniques
IT’S STILL AN ENGINE. Whenever a
locomotive is in a lash-up, you can
still individiually address it (using
its ENG ID#) to adjust lighting, open
individual couplers, trigger sounds and
tune performance.
STROBES STILL FLASH. Diesel
locomotive auxilliary lights (example:
flashing warning lights/strobe lights)
are independent of the lash-up’s
direction-specific illumination.
In other words, if a lash-up rear
locomotive’s headlight is dark, the
strobe still flashes until extinguished
by pressing 8 on the numeric keypad .
LOCOMOTIVE CABS FACE “0UT.”
When operating strobe-equipped
locomotives, make sure you build
your lash-ups with locomotive cabs
facing outward—that is, not facing
each other on lash-up-ending units.
The reason: older strobe-equipped
locomotives may not include
directional headlights. To ensure such
units’ headlights operate in lash-ups,
position the “outside” locomotives so
that their cabs face “out.”
DITCH LIGHTS. Locomotive ditch
lights (equipped engines only) operate
in the locomotive’s standard “forward”
direction only.
Note!
Note!
Note!
Note!
If any engine in the lash-up
faces backwards, press DIR
before SET
Assign the lash-up’s rear locomotive (Engine
#84 facing backwards) using the R (Rear)
button and DIR button:
Press TR
Press 07
Press 84
Press R
Press DIR
Press and release SET
Hear the horn/whistle blow
Couple the locomotives by addressing them
as ENGINES
Reset the direction of the lash-up:
Press TR
Press 7
Press AUX1
Press 0
Now all engines respond together when you
address them as Train #7 (or #07).
If an engine is out of sync after a TR reset,
read “Lash-up problem solving” on page 23
Example