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Rail King NW-2 Operating Instrutions

Summary of NW-2

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    R k ail ing b y m t h e lectr ic t r ains ® railking nw-2 diesel engine operating instrutions thank you for purchasing the railking® production of general motors’ nw-2 diesel engine. The engine’s durable abs body and die-cast trucks are traditionally sized for operation on any o-27 gauge track. The ...

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    2 railking nw-2 operating manual railking table of contents quick start - basic operation 3 protosounds® operating instructions 4 protosound® dcru® reverse unit operation(all 3-rail models) 5 horn operation 5 bell operation 5 protocoupler™ operation 6 squeaking brake sounds 7 tips on using squeaking...

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    3 railking nw-2 operating manual railking quick start - basic operation the railking nw-2 contains state-of-the art electronics with several built- in automatic features for incredibly realistic operation. Despite these advanced features, the nw-2 is easy to operate with any compatible standard ac t...

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    4 railking nw-2 operating manual railking protosounds® operating instructions the mth protosound® digital sound and train control system provides the operator with unprecedented realistic operation on your model railroad. In addition to actual diesel engine, cd-equivalent 16-bit digital sounds, you ...

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    5 railking nw-2 operating manual railking approximately 2.2 seconds during which you will hear the engine’s startup sounds begin. In order for protosounds® to properly initiate the system check, do not advance the transformer throttle past 10 volts when you first enter reset, wait for the diesel sta...

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    6 railking nw-2 operating manual railking pushing the button. If you don’t have a separate bell button, the bell can be controlled through your transformer’s whistle button whenever the engine is in neutral. The bell will never ring continuously in reset (remember neutral is the state between forwar...

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    7 railking nw-2 operating manual railking when the knuckle fires open you will hear the buzzing of the coil energizing and the sound of the air lines coming apart. It can best be described as a cha-chushhh sound. The coupler doesn’t’t have to be fired in neutral. Once the coupler is armed it can be ...

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    8 railking nw-2 operating manual railking time the voltage is reduced from high to low. Some practice may be required to synchronize the playing of the brake sounds with the movement of the engine. It is not uncommon for the engine to stop before the brake sound is completed. Operators will find tha...

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    9 railking nw-2 operating manual railking freight yard sounds (fys) protosounds® comes equipped with operator controlled freight yard sounds, hereby referred to as fys. This easy to use feature plays digitally reproduced freight yard sounds whenever your engine stops on your layout and is parked in ...

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    10 railking nw-2 operating manual railking release the bell button. ( note: because the air release sound is hard to hear, we recommend that you count out a full three seconds before releasing the bell button.) the bell will continue to chime, so if you want to turn off the bell ringing, simply pres...

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    11 railking nw-2 operating manual railking activating and triggering freight yard sounds before fys can be heard the feature must be activated first. Activation is accomplished by holding down the bell button for three or more seconds as described in the activating and triggering the squeaking brake...

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    12 railking nw-2 operating manual railking b. After entering neutral, protosounds® will immediately play an air release sound followed approximately 2 seconds later by a cab chatter arrival message. The arrival message announces what yard the engine has arrived in (the yard is described as either ya...

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    13 railking nw-2 operating manual railking message, the freight yard sounds change as the forklift sounds turn off and the freight car doors begin shutting. Event 5: (forward) the operator now interrupts the transformer throttle again to enter the next reverse unit phase; forward. Fys confirms to th...

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    14 railking nw-2 operating manual railking tip #4: you can utilize fys even if you are double-heading with another engine regardless of whether the second engine is equipped with an fys programmed protosound® module. If the second engine isn’t equipped with fys, the only thing to remember is that yo...

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    15 railking nw-2 operating manual railking self-recharging battery backup system protosounds® state-of-the-art design includes a self-recharging battery backup system for improved performance at any speed. The self-recharging battery backup system is automatically turned on or off whenever track pow...

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    16 railking nw-2 operating manual railking protosound® volume adjustment your protosound® system has two types of volume adjustment. A manual turn knob on the bottom of the chassis (see fig. 4 below) allows you to control all the sounds in the system and a remote control “reset" option (option # 6),...

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    17 railking nw-2 operating manual railking using “reset" to program protosounds® as mentioned earlier, there are several programmable options in each protosound® equipped engine that can be remotely set from any compatible standard ac transformer equipped with a whistle button. For a list of compati...

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    18 railking nw-2 operating manual railking times the throttle is advanced by playing back the number of “clinks" and “clanks" to confirm the feature you’ve selected. Setting the engine volume of all the sounds that come with each protosound® equipped locomotive, the one most often turned down is tha...

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    19 railking nw-2 operating manual railking programming for a separate bell button controller to operate protosounds® with a separate bell button controller, like the lionel® no. 5906 bell button, you will need to wire up the controller to your transformer and track as shown in fig. 5. Once the butto...

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    20 railking nw-2 operating manual railking feature 45. (see the section using reset to program protosounds® on page 17). Once in feature 45, press the whistle button and wait for the module to sound a bell ding(s). Continue pressing the whistle button until the module plays back one ding for option ...

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    21 railking nw-2 operating manual railking now, whenever you are in neutral, you can blow the horn with the transformer whistle button. To reset protosounds® to its original factory setting of no horn in neutral, repeat the above procedure but keep pressing the whistle button in feature 25 until pro...

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    22 railking nw-2 operating manual railking programming for protocoupler operation protosounds® comes with a reset feature that allows the operator to remotely turn off the protocoupler™ functions. This is especially useful when double or triple-heading protosound® equipped engines since every engine...

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    23 railking nw-2 operating manual railking that the fys features have been turned off). Simply turn the transformer throttle off and then on again to lock in the new setting. To reset protosounds® to its original factory setting of squeaking brakes and fys on, repeat the above procedure but keep pre...

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    24 railking nw-2 operating manual railking resetting all protosound® options to factory defaults protosounds® is equipped with a reset feature (feature 18) that resets all programmable options back to their original factory settings. This is a useful feature if you find your engine not operating the...

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    25 railking nw-2 operating manual railking reverse unit lock-out operation protosounds® unique design eliminates the need for a lock-out switch on the locomotive by allowing the customer to lock the engine into any directional state (forward, neutral or reverse) from the transformer. This will allow...

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    26 railking nw-2 operating manual railking note : when locking the engine in the forward or reverse positions, the whistle button will blow the horn. But when locking the engine into the neutral position, the whistle button may turn on or off sounds of the bell, coupler arming or coupler firing depe...

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    27 railking nw-2 operating manual railking oil & lubrication instructions in order for the engine to perform correctly and quietly, it is important that the chassis be lubricated before operation. Lubrication should include all truck block bushings and pickup rollers to prevent them from squeaking. ...

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    28 railking nw-2 operating manual railking the truck block and lightly coat the motor worm gear and bronze drive gear (in the truck block) with grease. Reassemble the truck and motor, being careful not to pinch the pickup and ground wires between the truck block and motor mount. Repeat the procedure...

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    29 railking nw-2 operating manual railking over the wheel. If a twist occurs, the tire will have to be removed and reinstalled or a noticeable wobble in your engine will occur when operating the locomotive. In addition, it is important to make sure that the tire is fully seated inside the groove. An...

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    30 railking nw-2 operating manual railking trouble shooting protosound® problems although protosound® has been designed and engineered for ease of use, some questions may arise during initial operation. The following table should answer most questions. If you find that your problem can’t be resolved...

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    31 railking nw-2 operating manual railking coupler problems remedy the protocoupler won’t let the engine uncouple on the “fly”. The power required to fire the coupler open when the engine is on the “fly” may be greater than the protosound system is capable of providing. As a result, you may experien...

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    32 railking nw-2 operating manual railking battery problems remedy i get no sounds when the engine shifts between the direction states. The battery may be dead or needs charging. See the battery backup section for more information. After i turn off my transformer, my engine continues to make sounds ...

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    33 railking nw-2 operating manual railking fys problems remedy the fys feature does not begin even after stopping the engine and hearing the brake sounds. The power was not turned back on once the engine enter the neutral state thus disabling fys.The transformer throttle was interrupted too quickly ...

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    34 railking nw-2 operating manual railking protosound reset feature chart the following chart lists the available features found in your protosound® equipped locomotive. The default settings for each feature as well as the operation sequence of the feature are listed in separate columns. You can res...

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    35 railking nw-2 operating manual railking transformer wiring chart protosounds® is designed to work with any standard ac transformer that uses a “pure sine-wave" format. The chart below lists the many lionel® compatible transformers, such as the lionel kw or zw models. In addition, the chart detail...

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    Railking o-27 operation while the railking nw-2 diesel is more than capable of operating on o- 27 curves and switches, you may find that certain light freight cars are prone to derailing when being pulled or pushed by the railking nw-2 through o-27 switches. Should this occur, we suggest adding weig...