Maintaining Your Locomotive's Handrail Antenna; Servicing Your Locomotive's Lamps - GE VISION Line ES44AC Owner's Manual

Maintaining and servicing your locomotive

Maintaining your locomotive's handrail antenna

T
he handrails on your locomotive are the antennas that receive the digital
communication from the Command Base. For optimum reception, the handrails
have been insulated from the die-cast body. Please handle the locomotive carefully
to avoid handrail damage. The handrails should not touch the locomotive's body.
If your locomotive appears to have problems receiving communications from the
Command Base, be sure that the ends of the handrails are insulated from the body
with either an insulating washer or handrail stanchion.

Servicing your locomotive's lamps

Before having the headlamp in your locomotive changed, be sure to check
Note!
that the AUX2 command was not used to turn the headlamp off.
Y
our locomotive is illuminated by several LEDs (light emitting diodes) and are not
user-serviceable. They can be replaced by your authorized Lionel Service Center, if
it is ever required. You should never attempt this yourself due to the complexity of
this VISION Line locomotive.
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