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smoke fluids
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 1, 2005 9:19 AM
I have several smoking steamers-681, 2055, 2018. 2055 is liquid smoke, the others are the old coil. I run #2909 Lionel fluid in all. They smoke ok-but not like MTH. (I like lots of smoke) What fluid puts out the best-I heard Supersmoke is good, Also-do the old pellets smoke better than the fluid?
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Posted by Jumijo on Thursday, December 1, 2005 9:26 AM
I use Lionel smoke fluid in my 1940's 2025 and it smokes like a chimney. I've tried megasteam and to be honest, it just didn't work as well as the Lionel fluid. I still have half a bottle of megasteam fluid, but I'll never put it in another one of my locomotives, and I'll never buy any more of it.

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Posted by spankybird on Thursday, December 1, 2005 9:38 AM
The only way to make these older engines smoke like an MTH is to convert them to a fan driven smoke unit.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Thursday, December 1, 2005 9:58 AM
Jim, mix them half and half or 3/4 Mega and 1/4 other. I use Mega Steam [coal fired and diesel, cough cough[;)]] in all of my engines [modern and post war] but I mix it. Seems the Mega Steam is a little too thin and burns up fast. The mixture with Lionel or MTH fluids seems to work great and lasts longer.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 1, 2005 10:39 AM
It's just my opinion, but I think in the old postwar engines the pellets work best. I've tried the megasteam, mth and lionel fluid and I get better smoke out of the pellets. Now in my newer fan driven smoke units I love the megasteam especially since I can get a nice scent that my wife won't want to kill me over.(she hates the smell of the pellets and lionel/mth fluid)
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Posted by ChiefEagles on Thursday, December 1, 2005 10:50 AM
Great boat. [:D]

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 1, 2005 11:00 AM
LOL....thanks

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