toy1 posted:I took it down to the layout and gave it a whirl, it works as advertised, smoke was great,rear coupler worked, I only ran it around the layout two times, the only thing I have not figured out yet is there is a coupler button on the horn button and the bell button, I do not understand what the coupler button on the bell button is for, could not find reference for it in the manual. Also I noticed a silver rod with a Magnet on one end do not know what that is for yet.
I'm going to take a stab in the dark here. I believe that the coupler icon on the bell button would be used to open the FRONT coupler on a diesel engine.
Lionel Chief + engines have this set up:
Most likely Lionel is using the same remote/buttons for all of their engines to save $$.
Some engines won't have the front coupler operation so that part of the button is inactive.
I found a picture of the magnet/rod you speak of but can't find an explanation of it's purpose on any Lionel Manuals for Lion Chief engines.
Maybe to manually uncouple an engine???
Someone will chime in with an explanation.
Mark
