Which steam engine smokes the best?

I have an MTH climax. Nice engine GREAT smoker..

I use it part time to send smoke signals.

 

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Any of my MTH locos. They make the best smoke generator. I also think JT's Megasteam is the best fluid.

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Either the MTH units or the Lionel Legacy units.

For sheer volume, MTH has it. But the new Lionel steamers with the whistle steam and cylinder blowdown effects are really neat. What they lack in volume, they make up for by having smoke coming from everywhere.

I agree that MTH has the best smoke generator BUT Lionel does a fine job too of matching it. My Legacy E6 with whistle steam can easily match the output of my MTH railking steam locomotive.

 

Whatever manufacturer you choose to buy a steam locomotive from you won't be disappointed because both companies make excellent products.

 

Have fun! 

We have a RK 'Ten Wheeler' that is truly amazing in its output,  even for a MTH locomotive...

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I'm perfectly happy with the new Legacy locomotives with the fan driven smoke units.  MTH steamers have great smoke too, so to me it's pretty much a toss-up.  The Lionel "puffer" units run a distant third.

MTH all the way

MTH smoke units will put out more smoke than almost anyone wants. Lionel units were pretty anemic until Railsounds 5 came along. My Lionel Hiawatha Atlantic with RS5 was the first Lionel engine I saw with respectable smoke output. Legacy engines in general have smoke output that is competitive with MTH. I don't really think you can rate a particular model "best." At this point, there is probably more sample variation between individual examples than type variations between different models of locomotives. Both the Legacy and MTH engines produce very large quantities of smoke on the high setting.

Well said. If you are talking about quantity of smoke, they are all capable of filling a room with smoke to the point of being obnoxious. That includes puffer units. Some may require only a slight and inexpensive modification to do this. If you are talking about a synchronized puff with every chuff sound then MTH, Legacy, and those with TAS EOB installed all do it very well.

 

Pete

Output for a single engine, MTH's Proto 2 Gas Turbine....

As far as sheer volume of smoke, I have never seen an engine that smokes more than the original MTH Railking General from 1997. The new Lionel engines with cyclinder and whistle smoke may be the standard for quality. The new J1's are amamzing.

 

I have the MTH RailKing Pennsylvania S-2 Turbine the best smoking steam engine

in my fleet.  The train room is like it was back in  the day of steam.  I use Mega

Smoke, great stuff.

 

Many thanks,

 

Billy C 

My MTH steamers have set off the smoke detectors in the basement.

I would put this steam engine up against an MTH anytime;

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MTH is consistant with heavy smoke . It can run you out of the room if you want it to.
I found Lionel to be luck of the draw. I have the Hiawatha with railsounds 5.0 that you can make disappear with the smoke on high. I have a legacy 10 wheeler that with it's smoke set to high couldn't come close to matching my MTH Big Boy with it's smoke on the low setting ,several other Lionel steamers are the same way.
The newest legacy steamers do really good but I can't say anything about diesels because I'm not a diesel guy.
David

My 2 MTH Tinplates are my best smokers. My Williams S2 Turbine is not bad either.

 

my new milwaukee northern when set on high smoke is equal to mth set on high smoke, you have to add an eye dropper full every 3 to 4 minutes as it really puts out the smoke.

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I use jt,s mega steam and it goes faster than the lionel smoke which lasts longer but does not smoke as heavy nor smell as good as jts bayberry.

I bought a cheap starter set MTH steamer, just because of the profuse volume of smoke! 

Real Ones!