George, when running the LionChief Plus engine in remote mode, the transformer is set at 17 or 18 volts, and that causes the smoke production to be prodigious as well as having bright lights in the passenger cars. However, you can still run the train nice and slow using the remote unit.
Incidentally, this engine is the same one that I will be returning to Lionel because it derailed and lost its chuffing sounds, which I explained in another thread this evening.
Arnold
