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The smoke of a steam engine has somehow become a romantic notion. But from what I've read, smoke was something less than romantic for railroaders who had to deal with it. It seems to have always been a problem to be overcome or be dealt with. Passenger and freight cars looked like crap with its coating of soot, passengers and train crew had to breathe it, cities banned certain types of locomotives diesals lashed up behind steam during the transition sucked smoke into it's air intakes, etc. <br /> <br />Model railroaders have an option to completely eliminate what was usually seen as a problem. While I'm not fortunate enought to have a nearby club to belong to, I'd vote to not run smoking locos, steam or diesel. Certainly not prototypical I'll admit, but even the LPBs are not permitted to smoke on my layout. <br /> <br />Wayne
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