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Lionel 1946 smoke pellets?

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Posted by PhilaKnight on Monday, May 31, 2010 10:31 PM

See you learn something everyday. I have two bottles of smoke pellets. One the pills are intact and one is just a bottle of white powder. I don't use them I just keep them around for nostalgia reasons.

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Posted by rtraincollector on Sunday, May 30, 2010 7:25 PM

quoted from ctt article

Fortunately, no 196 pellets have survived, because they naturally decay and disintegrate over time, leaving only a trace of dust in the bottom of the pellet bottle. This benevolent phenomenon provides a strong case for belief in Divine Providence. As I recall, the smoke produced by the 1946 pellets wasn't all that spectacular anyway - about the same as that emanating from the later heater coils units. I have a 1946 Turbine with the bulb intact, which I've been feeding the regulation SP pellets with reasonably good (and a lot safer) results.

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Lionel 1946 smoke pellets?
Posted by Lionel 773 hudson on Sunday, May 30, 2010 5:35 PM
Hi, is there a way to tell the explosive 1946 smoke pellets from later ones that are not dangerous?Thanks!

 

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