User Guide
locomotive will slow down. If you stay
in SERVICE you will come to a
complete stop. Release the brakes
again and accelerate back up to
about 12 volts. This time make a
SERVICE application down to 8 volts
and move the brake switch to LAP.
The locomotive will continue to run at
the 8 volt speed. Make another brake
application down to 6 volts and return
to LAP. Note that the loco has now
settled at a lower speed. To increase
speed merely release the brakes and
accelerate to the voltage required,
then select LAP.
If you were dragging a train instead of
only a locomotive, the time needed to
accelerate or to stop will depend on
how heavy the train is. Change both
response controls to about 12 o'clock
which simulates a medium weight
train. Release the brakes and note
that it takes considerably longer for
the train to reach the selected speed.
Make a SERVICE application and also
note that slow down takes
considerably longer. If this is an
extremely heavy freight drag the
acceleration would be very gradual
and when stopping it would be like
being shoved into the next county.
Adjust both throttle and brake
response to the maximum clockwise
settings and try running your train
now. Note the wide range of operating
characteristics you are able to
simulate with the adjustments
available on your ENGINEER.
Try once more with the momentum
adjustments set to positions more in
line with your usual trains. When
demonstrating the ENGINEER at
shows we frequently use a throttle
response of about 11 o'clock and a
brake response of about 9 or 9:30.
Think of the voltmeter as a
speedometer. Set the SPEED control
at some maximum point, release the
brakes and get your train headed out
of town. Since the signals have been
clear we can run at the speed limit. As
we round a curve there is a yellow
signal telling us to slow down to
approach speed. Make a SERVICE
application with the brake switch to
bring the train speed down and then
select the LAP position. As we
approach the next signal we see a
red and must prepare to stop. Make a
series of brake applications, returning
the brake switch to LAP each time.
This will reduce speed to a low level
but will maintain continuous forward
movement. Repeat SERVICE and LAP
as often as necessary to achieve a
smooth and realistic approach and
stop. One final SERVICE application
should stop your train exactly where
you wanted it. If you missed the stop
point, try again. With practice you will
become an accomplished engineer
with your ENGINEER.
WALK AROUND OPTION
The ENGINEER is equipped with a 9
pin jack on the front where the
optional hand control for walk around
operation plugs in. The hand control
duplicates the reverse, brake and
both response controls of the
ENGINEER. The hand control has a
ten foot cord with the correct plug.
Any number of 9 pin jacks can be
located around the layout as long as
they are parallel wired to a plug back
at the ENGINEER. To use the hand
control to operate the ENGINEER:
1) Reverse switch on the
ENGINEER in FORWARD.
2) Preset PULSE adjustment.
3) Preset SPEED control.
4) Set THROTTLE
RESPONSE on the
ENGINEER to minimum.
5) BRAKE switch on the
ENGINEER in LAP.
6) BRAKE switch on hand
control should initially be in
EMERGENCY.
7) Plug the hand control into
the 9 pin panel jack and
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