User's Manual

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Operating your train set
Triggering announcements with your LionChief remote control
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our locomotive plays a variety of announcements that are designed to match the way you play
with the locomotive. You can trigger an announcement that corresponds to each part of the
journey.
When the locomotive is… The announcements states…
At a stop “All aboard! This is the Polar Express!”
In motion “Tickets! Tickets. please!”
Coupling
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hen coupling your cars, at least one of the mating couplers must be open as shown at the left
in Figure 7. 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 section of track.
Lock release
Figure 7. Coupler operation
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