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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy I too have the Bachmann 0-6-0, OffTheTrack, and I love it. I would advise you not to make it smoke though. By the time it gets hot enough to make smoke, the locomotive begins to spit smoke oil all over. I actually took the smoke generator out of mine, because I was afraid it would get so hot it'd eat through the plastic shell. Not to mention the smoke smells terrible. [/quote] This sounds like good advice, though I am a little confused with the experience you're relating with what I am experiencing. I am unfamilar with the "normal" operations of a smoking loco. Let me relate the experience I have had so far. The gentleman at the store told me it would take about 5 minutes for the smoke to start. I have never had to wait that long. I have experience heat from the element and smoke within about 2-3 turns on my small oval track. I wonder if I am working it too hard. I am running the train at about 65-70 on the dial of my new transformer. It is pulling about 6 cars behind it. Gentleman at the store said I needed to have it pull some cars for it to smoke properly. I have questions about the plastic that you are saying can melt. My train is a heavy metal. Is the part you are saying that's plastic on the inside? Should I be concerned about running the train without the smoke? Will it burn up the element? Is it possible that Bachmann has made changes to the engine?
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