Rail King Rugged Rails 2-8-0 Steam Locomotive Operator's Manual - Tips On Using Fys

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Rugged Rails  2-8-0 Steam Engine

Tips on Using FYS

• You can terminate FYS at any time by turning off power to the track for 15 

   seconds.

• You do not have to be in Forward to use FYS.  At the conclusion of the full 

   sequence, the train will pull away from the station in whatever direction you 

   were going when you activated the feature.

• You can use FYS even if you are double-heading with another engine. If the 

   second engine is not equipped with Proto-Sound 2.0, you must remember not 

   to leave the throttle at a high voltage level once you have stopped the engine 

   to run the FYS.  Otherwise, the engine without FYS will begin vibrating on 

   the track as its motors strain to move the train, since they cannot be 

   automatically disabled during the FYS cycle (or if an original Proto-Sound 

   engine, FYS are triggered differently and that engine's motor-disable feature 

   will not be active when you run FYS in Proto-Sound 2.0).

• FYS can be triggered from Neutral.  It will operate the same as if triggered 

  while in motion except that, at the conclusion of the FYS, the engine will 

  depart in the next direction of travel, as opposed to the direction it was 

  traveling before entering Neutral.

Proto-Coupler® Operation

This locomotive is equipped with one or more coil-wound Proto-Couplers for 

remote uncoupling action.  Because Proto-Couplers are controlled through the 

Proto-Sound 2.0 microprocessor, they do not require an uncoupling track section 

or modification to your layout to function. You can fire a coupler from neutral or 

while in motion.  Use the code shown below (and in the chart on p. 7) to fire the 

coupler(s).

Rear Coupler:

To fire the rear coupler, quickly tap the Bell button once followed by three 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.