I have this HO Orange Black and brown Southern Pacific 2-8-2 Steam Engine #6789, On the head of the engine it says Daylight, Still in it’s box, On the back of the box it shows 12 engines including the one in the box,
one is a blue Santa Fe Engine #3456, A green Southern with a red top, and a Orange and Blue Chessie System Number may be 4301, But its hard to read. The Santa Fe, and the Chessie both say they come with Operating Smoke units, The S.P And the Green Southern do not…
Can I get a smoker to install on the S.P
Can anyone help?
Thanks Mondo
Wrong forum, this is for real trains.
Hi, Mondo, and [#welcome] to the forum and the world of model railroading.
Sorry about the rather abrupt, and quite frankly, rude, response to your first post. Not everyone here is like that. We all were newbies at one time and I think most of us appreciate the fact that the hobby isn’t exactly as popular as we’d like it to be, so it’s important to encourage newcomers and foster their interests and development.
That being said, let’s try to address your question… The short answer is “not really.”
However, there is a very short list of manufacturers who make smoke units you can install in existing locomotives. Model Power is one of them (part #490-11, currently out of stock at www.walthers.com).
Now, to expound on the finer points of smoking locomotives and IHC equipment…
Smoking locomotives aren’t common in HO, and most HO scalers generally don’t want smoke in their engines. One problem is the size of the locomotives and the lack of space available inside the shell to put the smoke unit in the first place. The second problem is that the smoke is messy, leaves a residue and smell on your whole layout, and is consumable so you have to keep refilling it. Finally, it’s hard to get a the realistic look of an authentic plume of smoke coming out of a steam engine in HO. Most smoke machines put out a steady wisp, which isn’t realistic. The higher-end ones will puff like the real thing, but the volume is too small to be realistic.
Smoke is more common in O-gauge. Two main reasons: 1. Bigger equipment, more space inside the loco shell, etc. 2. Many folks who run Lionel-type layouts are not as concerned with scale realism as HO scalers, who don’t bother with smoke for the reasons listed above. A traditional Lionel-type layout tends to be more on the “toy train” end of the spectrum, so there’s more of an emphasis on “bells and whistles” (no pun int
Harry, I am afraid it is you who is in error. The real trains forums are next door at Trains Magazine and at trains.com. The IHC is a model, and you posted to the Model Railroader forum.
http://yardbirdtrains.com/YBsmkunit.htm
Might be able to make this one fit from Yardbird Trains.