Rail King 4-6-2 Pacific Steam Locomotive Operator's Manual - Basic Operation

RailKing 4-6-2 Steam Engine

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Basic Operation

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. 

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. 

Cycle Phases

Neutral

Neutral

Forward

Reverse

Activating Features