Cylinder Steam Smoke Effect

Which only stands to reason that you would have also liked it just as much if the effect was done accurately, no?

I am surprised nobody has modified by adding some 90 degree fittings so the cylinder cocks spray out the sides... I believe it is prototypical to clean out the condensation in the cylinders from time to time, thus the Cab 2 button is a feature right on...

No, it isn't. Once operating, there is no longer any "condensation build up" in the cylinders since they are so hot (over 400 degrees, on a modern steam locomotive), thus the cylinder cocks are not opened when "on the road". However I have seen one Engineer open the cylinder cocks in order to clear idiot members of the public that stand way too close to the track as the locomotive/train is approaching at speed. 

LOL! Another good use of the cab two button...

When I was at the Greenfield Village Museum the engineer stated that on the back 40 of the return loop, because the locomotive sat allot and ran at slow speeds, it was their procedure to blow the cylinders out once around the loop...

That may very well be their tried and true practice for their 19th century steam locomotive, but it sure isn't applicable to steam locomotives built after the late 1920s, i.e. with superheated steam.

Besides, once the condensation is blown out, why waste steam?

Rusty

It all makes sense now... thanks,

Speaking of the Henry Ford Museum trains, saw this on TV last night.

Rusty

As far as the "do it right vs. not at all" argument, I am OK with it as is - for me, it's an acceptable approximation of the real thing, understanding that the cost and technical difficulty of doing it "right" (i.e. with alternating jets of steam) would be a problem. I also would be OK without the effect at all, and the price reduced appropriately. It's kind of a neat effect, but not even close to a factor in a buy/no buy decision. Given a choice of one or the other, I'd rather have whistle steam, which to me is a more interesting effect. 

I came up with something like this a few weeks ago. I want to do this for a bash idea I had: two postwar berkshires (actually they would probably be WBB berkshires) put together into a 2-16-4. I think this smoke feature could be achieved with small brass pipes and things.

Marty, you could probably get some 90 deg elbows from Plastruct Company to divert the smoke from the cylinders out the side, enlieu of straight down.

Then leaving the station and hitting your controller button that eluded to earlier, man that would make it, especially with the sound cranked up.

Probably won't be protipical, but "who gives a sh*t"..........................Brandy!