Starting Locomotive Operation - roco BR 101 Bedienungsanleitung

Starting locomotive operation

Operating instructions: Beforeuseis advisable
to let the loco go aroundabout 30 minutesfor-
wards and 30 minutes backwards without load, to
obtain an optimal circuit and best tractive power.
The smallest radius this model should run is R2 of
the ROC O tracksystem(R2= 288,2mm).
Yourlocomotive will run smoothly on clean tracks
only.Forthis purposewe recommend usingitem
no.25093, Roco track cleaning van, or item no.
10002, Roco track cleaning rubber, for remo-
ving heavydirt.
Installation for the close-coupling: For the
installationof the close-coupling the following
two articles of the Fleischmann*-production-pro-
grammwill beneeded: i temno.9572 (the adap-
ter) and item no. 9570 (the coupling-device,
adjustablefor height) (see fig. I). Beforethe
installationpleaseremovethe body of the loco
(seefig. 2).
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Collection of current:
constructed for both,overhead currentpickupand
currentpickupfrom the tracks(please seefig. 3).
If this loco will be used on a layout with intact
overheadcables(no matter if with overheadcur-
rent pickupor currentpickupfromthe tracks)the
switch must be set either on pure current pickup
or onpurecurrentpickupfromthetracksasother-
wise - under use of a least two locos with exten-
- and a switch-position as
ded pantographs
shownin fig. 3 therewill be a risk of a short-cir-
cuit. Priorto this removelocobody(fig. 2).
Multiple train-running: seefig. 3.
This locomotive has been