M.T.H. Premier J1e 4-6-4 HudsonSteam Locomotive Operator's manual - Activating Features

Premier J1e Hudson Steam Locomotive

The Throttle  knob controls how fast your train will travel.  

Turn the throttle knob up ½-way, until the engine and caboose lights shine bright.  

Put the engine into motion by pressing the Direction button on your transformer once. 

(hold it for approximately 1 second)

If the engine does not begin to move as soon as you firmly press the Direction button, 

you may not have sent enough voltage to the track to make the train move.  Turn the 

throttle up a bit higher until the train begins to move. 

Activating Features

Throttle -  To increase or decrease track voltage, and therefore train speed, turn the 

throttle control knob. Turning clockwise  will increase voltage and speed, while turning 

counterclockwise will decrease voltage and speed.  The engine will maintain the speed 

you set after you release the throttle until you turn it again to change the voltage and 

speed.

Bell - To sound the bell, in an engine equipped with a bell firmly press and release the 

Bell button. To turn the bell off, press and release the Bell button again.  The bell will 

continue to ring from the time you turn it on until you press and release the button again 

to turn it off. 

Horn/Whistle - To sound the whistle, firmly press the Horn/Whistle button. The whistle 

will sound for as long as you continue to depress the button.  It will stop when you 

release the button.  

Direction -  Your train is programmed to start in 

neutral.  The train will always cycle neutral-forward-

neutral-reverse with each press and release of the 

direction button.  The engine is programmed to restart 

in neutral each time the track voltage is turned off for 

25 seconds or more.

Basic Operation

Proto-Sound 2.0

Volume Adjustment 

Knob

Manual Volume Control  

To adjust the volume of all sounds 

made by this engine, turn the master 

volume control knob located under the 

left water hatch on the tender deck 

clockwise to increase the volume and 

counter-clockwise to decrease the 

volume. 

Figure 10:  Manually Adjusting the Volume

Cycle Phases

Neutral

Neutral

Forward

Reverse

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