Rail King Rugged Rails 2-8-0 Steam Locomotive Operator's Manual - Basic Operation

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Rugged Rails  2-8-0 Steam Engine

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. 

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.