Allegheny48 posted:
I have one of the Lionel 6-18010 Turbines and even though it weighs in at 16 lbs. it still has a difficult time starting a decent sized train without slipping the drivers. It's 4 smoke generators can fill the room with smoke pretty quickly.
As an aside, one of the earliest modifications was adding butterfly "valves" to three of the four stacks. None of our toy train makers have added this feature, so far.
