Postwar and smoke

[sir james I]

Same answer you got on OGR ,it is ok to use smoke fluid.

[arkady]

I have a postwar 2026 and a 2018.  Both of them had clogged smoke units (clogged with the remains of many old smoke tablets).  I carefully cleaned out the waxy crud, installed a fiberglass pad and reassembled the units.

I run them exclusively on liquid.  Both of them smoke much better than they ever did with smoke tablets.

 

[SantaFe158]

As I said on OGR, my 736 berkshire smokes Better on the fluid (JT's Mega-Steam) than it does on pellets (which I have).  I have opened the smoke unit up a few times just to check on it and the element seems to be OK still.  I have been using the fluid to conserve the pellets since they are so expensive for a little bottle.  I did replace the wadding in the smoke unit with some fiberglass insulation.  It seems to absorb the fluid better than the original stuff.

[cwburfle]

It is best not to add any additional smoke material until what you have in there is all used up. Never put anything in the smoke stack other than the smoke material.

The two most common problems with postwar Lionel smoke units are putting in too many pellets (or too much smoke fluide), and breaking the element by putting foreign objects in the smoke chamber (down the smoke stack).

Some folks will recommend switching to fluid. I prefer staying with the pellets.

[wjstix]

I know Internet Hobbies carries "Trainz Smoke Pellets" which are reproductions of the original Lionel ones, I imagine other places sell them too. I don't think Lionel has make the pellets for some time.

[pdxtrains]

Hello:

I have a postwar steamer engine 2037 (included in my 1513S set) and believe it or not, it's still smoking from residual tablet smoke.

My question is: is it safe to add drops of modern liquid smoke into these old postwar locos?  Or do I need to find tablets--and do they still make them?

 

Regards

 

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