RickM46 posted:This locomotive smokes like crazy from the stack and whistle - much better than my previous legacies. OK, I'll bite, so what changed in these components - fans, resistors, thermistors???????
For one, if you shine a light down the stack there's one fat *** resistor in there. The biggest one I've ever seen. It almost blocks the entire stack opening.
The fans run strong and don't make the sickening grinding whine of previous units. Lionel may have finally figured out how to build a smoke unit.