Lionel 6110

[Anonymous]

nice to know. So now i can just remove the headlight to run it until i get more smoke fluid in. [:D]

[rlplionel]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Iruleyou05

So, is that a Liquid Smoke generator?

Yes, it's a liquid smoke generator. I have the same type of gernerator in my very first train set locomotive - a #237 scout. Incidentally, the headlight is part of the smoke generator circuit. If the headlight burns out, the unit doesn't smoke.

Robert
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[Anonymous]

Look down the smoke stack. If you see a white of balckened piece of ceramic with wire rapped around it then it uses smoke pellets. Everything else uses liquid.

[msacco]

I believe later Scouts had liquid smoke units.

Mike Sacco

[Anonymous]

So, is that a Liquid Smoke generator?

[1688torpedo]

Hello Iruleyouo5! It looks like a previous owner used a Motor/ Smoke Generator from a # 244 Steam Engine which is the same style as your 6110 only that it was made around 1960 & had a plastic shell instead of a diecast one like yours has. All they had to do was drill out a hole on top of the boiler in order to mount the 244 motor inside the 6110 shell. Well, that takes care of this mystery. Take Care.

[Anonymous]

[1688torpedo]

Hello Iruleyou05! & [#welcome] To the forum. Yes. Your 6110 did have a Pellet Smoke Generator & it did not have a piston chamber either. The hole just above the headlight allowed air to push smoke out of the stack instead of a piston. Sounds like someone retrofitted a Modern Smoke Generator from a Columbia style engine(2-4-2 wheel arraingment) for your 6110. And they probably changed the motor to any of the several variations that Lionel made over the years for these engines as well which is easy to do also. Take Care.

[msacco]

THat I've not seen. Someone coverted your SCout.
It makes some sense considering all the mechanical problems Scouts can have. Please include some pix. I don't have any of the notorious Scout engines but I might be able to identifly the motor and chassis.


Mike Sacco

[Anonymous]

Ok, i was just fortunate enough to purchase a 6110 for around $70. When i got it, i put it on the track to see if the mototr operated. To my surprise, within second, smoke billowed out of the Stack. It puffed. According to everything the smoke was pushed by air coming through the hole on the boiler. Then a closer look, even the motor and main chassis had been converted and used a different mounting method, and now im pondering, is it pellet, or liquid...any clues? also, i would liek to figure out what the motor and all WAS from, if pics would help, let me know. Thanks