Lionel F3 - Using Your Locomotives Electrocoupler in the Non-Command Environment

Transformer operations
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Using your locomotive’s ElectroCoupler in the
non-Command environment
T
o uncouple rolling stock from your non-powered A-unit’s rear ElectroCoupler in the non-
Command environment, you must rely on a piece of rolling stock equipped with Lionel
magnetic couplers coupled directly to your A-unit’s ElectroCoupler. As illustrated in Figure 1,
the magnetic coupler on the rolling stock will then react to the magnetic field generated by a
Lionel Remote-Control or Uncoupling Track section (available separately, 6-65530 for
O gauge; 6-65149 or 6-12746 for O-27 gauge; and 6-12020 for FasTrack layouts).
To release the magnetic coupler, place your rolling stock’s coupler “trigger disc” over the
central coil of a Remote-Control or Uncoupling Track section and press UNCOUPLE on the
controller. The magnetic field pulls the disc downward, and the coupler opens.
Your A-unit’s ElectroCoupler will NOT open manually or by using a
Remote-Control Track section.
Magnetic coupler on the rolling stock coupled
to your locomotive
Remote-Control
Track section
Figure 1. Trigger disc operation
Note!