I would like this in a legacy diesel

First thing that comes to mind, "Yes!"

Legacy has 3 smoke settings.  Off, stationary, and moving.  Stationary and moving are relative to the low, medium and high setting.

 

So when sitting still the smoke setting is lower than when moving.  So it does give this effect a little just not to that extreme.

How about a small amount of smoke on the coupler release?

MartyE,

 

I understand you can have low medium or high smoke volume but only one effect!

 

my thought was for it to be an automatic feature as you turned the big red knob the smoke volume would act as a real locomotive would from idle up to full throttle with smoke becoming stronger as more demand of power from the diesel engine.

 

your way only allows one preset of smoke volume or is my thinking here not correct?

 

$oo

I believe it is a standard on Legacy engines with Auto Sequence Control. I have a newer Legacy BN SD60 that does this even on start up.

Well actually you have 2 settings.  Stationary level of smoke (less) and moving level of smoke (more).

 

These levels are dependent of Low, Medium, and High.  So your though is a little incorrect but I understand what you are saying.  You would have to have multiple levels of smoke per L,M, or H setting based on RPM levels.

 

your way only allows one preset of smoke volume or is my thinking here not correct?

The Smoke level changes based on LABOR.  IE: Train brake will slow the loco and run up the labor and increase the smoke and laboring sounds.  The "EFX" button on the speed control page changes the labor; hence the sound and smoke levels change. 

 

The L, M, H set the basic operation of the smoke unit and are there to compensate for smoke fluid level and individual taste.  More fluid may require "H" to help keep the temp up, as the smoke fluid level lowers or gets warmer, you can select "M" or "L" to prevent too much smoke. 

 

The RPM level does not change the smoke level, just the labor changes the smoke level.  You can adjust smoke level independently of RPM; which adds more fun to how the loco operates - hence lower RPMs can have more smoke, or higher RPMs can have less smoke - if one chooses.

Wow again new information.  I based my answer on Mike's video from the CS Smoke Units 101 where as the 3 levels L,M, and H and then the stationary and moving level of each.

 

From Jon has said it does seem to increase with laboring.  Thanks for the info.  I still learn more everyday.

I`m not for any of the gimmicks that legacy brings. Perhaps I just had bad luck, but on all my legacy locomotives I`ve had a nightmare of dysfunction on these unique features. Repair after repair have ensued from  them, I have now had it. All I want is very detailed trains that smoke, whistle, clang, great sounds,4 chuff steam  and run well with speed control and pulling power.

>> Stationary and moving are relative to the low, medium and high setting.

 

A bit more information:

Stationary is called "idle" - and is *unaffected* by the setting of L, M, or H.   There are 4 levels (+ off) in the smoke system.  Idle, L, M, H.  Idle is entered after no motion is detected for a period of time.  L, M, or H, enter into play as soon as motion is detected.

 

For example,  one can move from idle to M, (or L or H) upon motion.  Idle is a fixed level, in that only OFF can change the idle setting.  Idle is where smoke units are "boosted" to get up to temp quickly on initial startup. 

 

Additionally, the track voltage is monitored, and the level setting is adjusted to maintain smoke within the capability of the servo for the smoke unit.  On steamers, the smoke level is adjusted based on chuff rate; time between fan pulses at slow speeds tend to overheat the element; so the temp is adjusted down at slow speeds.

 

This is the basic smoke unit operation that has been used for many years in Legacy to try and keep the wicking from charring and the smoke even.

 

Even better information.  Thanks!

Jon,

 

Jon,  This is good information and I am glad to learn new things about Legacy.  Thanks for posting. 

Thank you Jon for feature and how to achieve my goal of smoke output verses labor of locomotive and volume of smoke output now to try it.  So much to learn always something new.

$oo