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Hi Folks

I've just received my first MTH 2-rail locomotive, an EMD F40PH in Amtrak Phase IV as #409.  I've been unable to find a manual for it on the MTH Trains website, so I'm hoping someone here can answer my silly questions about it!

What documentation I have found warns about running it without smoke oil unless you turn the smoke control down to minimum and talks of a DCS/DCC switch that needs to be set for proper DCC operation.  

I've seen the DCS/DCC switch described as being between the front trucks (which doesn't make much sense and I'm in trouble if I can see it)...  Another place described it as on the side of the fuel tank - again I can find nothing there... Older F40PH manuals which I could find seemed to indicate that the back three fans should lift up from the back but without being more violent than I wish to be on a brand new model, I can't get it to lift.

So can someone clarify for me please:

1.  Where are the controls?

2.  How should I get at them?

3.  What are the defaults?  Will it work "out of the box" if I put on a DCC track and don't add smoke oil?

Thank you very much for any help and info you can provide.

Regards, Bevis.

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ENGINEER-JOE:  Thank you so much for the picture.  Makes me feel a lot more confident to pull on the fan assembly!

HUDSON-J1E:  Not sure if I can actually get to F12 on the controller I usually use (Lenz LH90) but thanks.  I guess I might try out the smoke one day but it's not a big thing for me.  Finally having an O-scale 2-rail Amtrak F40PH is!  I also have an Atlas O Dash 8-32BWH in Phase IV and six of the Horizon coaches, so I can now make a pair of decent Amtrak day trains...

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