Rail King Amtrak F59PH Operation Manual - page 9
FrontCoupler:
SpeedControl:
Toturnspeedcontrolonandoff,
LockintoaDirection:
Tofirethefrontcoupler(ifyourenginehasone),quicklytaptheBellbuttononce
followedbyfourquicktapsoftheHornbutton,allowingapproximately½secondto
lapsebetweeneachquickbuttonpress. Thesoundoftheliftbarandairlinedepletionwill
play,andtheknucklewillbereleased.
M.T.H.enginesequippedwithProto-Sound2.0havespeedcontrolcapabilitiesthatallow
theenginetomaintainaconstantspeedupanddowngradesandaroundcurves,muchlike
anautomobilecruisecontrol. Youcanaddordropcarsontherun,andtheenginewill
maintainthespeedyouset.
Whiletheengi neisprogrammedtostartwiththespeedcontrolfeatureactivated,youcan
opttoturnitoff. Thismeanstheengine'sspeedwillfallasitlaborsupahillandincrease
asittravelsdownward. Itisalsoaffectedbytheadditionorreleasingofcarswhileonthe
run.Becausetheenginewillrunmoreslowlyatagiventhrottlevoltagewhenspeed
controlisonthanwhenitisoff,youshouldadjustthethrottletoalowerpowerlevelfor
operationwithspeedcontrolofftoavoidhigh-speedderailments. Whenspeedcontrolis
off,thevolumewilldroptoallowforbetterlowvoltageoperation.
puttheengineinneutral,thenquicklytapthe
transformer'sHornbuttononetimethenquicklytaptheBellbuttontwotimes,allowing
approximately½secondtolapsebetweeneachquickbuttonpress.
Repeatthe1horn,2bellscodetoreturnit
totheothercondition. Youwillwanttodothisduringtheinitialneutraluponstart-upif
youevercouplethisenginetoanotherenginethatisnotequippedwithspeedcontrolto
avoiddamagingthemotorsineitherengine. Eachtimeyoushutdowntheengine
completely,itwillautomaticallyturnspeedcontrolon.
Youcanlockyourengineintoadirection(forward,neutral,orreverse)sothatitwillnot
changedirections. Todothis,puttheengineintothedirectionyouwant(orintoneutral
tolockitintoneutral),runitataveryslowcrawl(asslowlyasitwillmovewithout
halting),andquicklybutfirmlytaptheHornbuttononcefollowedbythreequicktapsof
theBellbutton,allowingapproximately½secondtolapsebetweeneachquickbutton
press.Twohornblastswillindicatethattheenginehasmadethechange. Theenginewill
notchangedirection(includinggoingintoneutral)untilyourepeatthe1horn,3bells
codetoreturntheenginetoitsnormalcondition,eveniftheengineiskeptwithoutpower
forextendedperiodsoftime.
Twohornblastswill
indicatethattheenginehasmadethechange.
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Horn
Place
Engineinto
Neutral
Bell
Bell
=
Horn
Place
Engineinto
Desired
Direction
Horn
Bell
Bell
Bell
=
Horn
Horn
Fire
Front
Coupler
=
Horn
Horn
Bell
SpeedControl
TwoHornBlasts
RepeattoReturn
toNormalCondition
(indicateschangeismade)
DirectionLock
TwoHornBlasts
RepeattoReturn
toNormalCondition
(indicateschangeismade)
RailKingF59PHPassengerSetwithProto-Sound®2.0