Rail King Rugged Rails 2-8-0 Steam Locomotive Operator's Manual - Front Coupler:

Horn

Place 

Engine into 

Neutral

Bell

Bell

=

Speed Control

Two Horn Blasts

(indicates change is made)

Repeat to Return

to Normal Condition

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Rugged Rails  2-8-0 Steam Engine

Horn

Horn

Fire

Front

Coupler

=

Horn

Horn

Bell

Front Coupler:

To fire the front coupler (if your engine has one), quickly tap the Bell button once 

followed by four quick taps of the Horn button, allowing approximately ½ second 

to lapse between each quick button press.  The sound of the liftbar and air line 

depletion will play, and the knuckle will be released.

Speed Control

M.T.H. engines equipped with Proto-Sound 2.0 have speed control capabilities 

that allow the engine to maintain a constant speed up and down grades and 

around curves, much like an automobile cruise control.  You can add or drop cars 

on the run, and the engine will maintain the speed you set. 

While the engine is programmed to start with the speed control feature activated, 

you can opt to turn it off.  This means the engine's speed will fall as it labors up a 

hill and increase as it travels downward.  It is also affected by the addition or 

releasing of cars while on the run. Because the engine will run more slowly at a 

given throttle voltage when speed control is on than when it is off, you should 

adjust the throttle to a lower power level for operation with speed control off to 

avoid high-speed derailments.  When speed control is off, the volume will drop 

to allow for better low voltage operation.

To turn speed control on and off, put the engine in neutral, then quickly tap the 

transformer's Horn button one time then quickly tap the Bell button two times, 

allowing approximately ½ second to lapse between each quick button press.  Two 

horn blasts will indicate that the engine has made the change.  Repeat the 1 horn, 

2 bells code to return it to the other condition.  You will want to do this during 

the initial neutral upon start-up if you ever couple this engine to another engine 

that is not equipped with speed control to avoid damaging the motors in either 

engine.  Each time you shut down the engine completely, it will automatically 

turn speed control on.