Roco 71412 Electric Locomotive User Manual
- June 4, 2024
- Roco
Table of Contents
Roco 71412 Electric Locomotive
Decoder interface
Starting locomotive operation
Unwrap model: Take out the model cautiously with foil (fig. 1).
Operating instructions: Before use is advisab-le to let the loco go
around about 30 minutes for-wards an 30 minutes backwards without load, to
obtain an optomal circuit and best tractive power. The smallest radius this
model should run is R2 of the ROCO track system (R2 = 358 mm).
Your locomotive will run smoothly on clean tracks only. For this purpose we
recommend using item no. 46400, Roco track cleaning van, or item no. 10002,
Roco track cleaning rubber, for remo-ving heavy dirt.
Maintenance of the model
To enjoy your model for a long time, it is neces-ary to service it regulary
(i.e. after it has been in ope-ration for approximately 30 hours). 
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Cleaning of wheel contacts: Wheel cont-acts easily get dirty on tracks which are not enti-rely clean. Use a small brush to remove dirt from spots marked in fig. 5.
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Lubrication: Apply tiny oil drops to spots marked in fig. 7. Prior to lubrication dismantle lo-comotive (fig. 3). We recommend using item no. 10906, Roco oiler. For lubrication the gearparts (e.g. cogwheels, worm) we whould recommended our Roco special grease (item no. 10905). Attention: Please do not oil these parts when using our grease.
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Fittings: Operation is possible with different couplings (fig. 2). We recommend using the Roco close coupling.In the enclosed accessory bag you will find small kits to be fitted on your locomotive. Please mount them cautiously.
Attention! Use glue only if indicated (fig. 2). -
Running in digital mode:
Remove the jumper from the interface.
Finally put the plug of the chip into the interface as shown in fig. 6. -
A.C. pick up: see fig. 9
This model is not equipped for real overhead operation! -
Change of traction tyre: Remove the bo-gie blind. Take out wheel set and remove trac-tion tyre using a pin or a fine screwdriver (fig. 4). When pressing on the new traction tyre please avoid twisting it.
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Motor Changing: First remove loco body (fig. 3), and then the motor (fig. 8).
Assembly: During assembly please take care of correct position of contacts.