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Post by JKP on Nov 17, 2019 0:27:52 GMT
I did a thread on another forum a while ago and it seemed like there were issues with them. I run mine frequently and have not had an issue for over 5 years. Do any members have them and if so do they have issues. Although I'm more of a diesel fan, I love cabooses. When ever I run my UPSD90, it has a caboose .
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Post by dennym57 on Nov 17, 2019 1:23:04 GMT
Yes I've had issues with every single one of my smoking caboose. Now I just turn them off and when I buy one it's not a smoker.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 1:33:24 GMT
I never turn my smoke unit on, but I love a great smoking caboose!
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Post by Spice7 on Nov 17, 2019 1:36:56 GMT
When the stories of melting roofs were around, I decided not to turn mine on.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 1:39:36 GMT
I have a Lionel smoking caboose. Run it behind my AC6000. Never had an issue with it but keep smoke turned off most of the time.
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Post by dennym57 on Nov 17, 2019 2:46:43 GMT
When the stories of melting roofs were around, I decided not to turn mine on. I don't think they can handle Legacy voltage. I've had two melt the roof and side or just burned out the unit.
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Post by Sir James on Nov 17, 2019 3:01:13 GMT
What they said. I've seen melts. Would be fun to have coffee scent from the caboose but I too keep them turned off.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Nov 17, 2019 10:08:43 GMT
I have a small flock of smoking cabeese and decided against risking a meltdown by switching any of the smoke units on after I tried one. I found the smoke output minimal at best and it could really not be seen other than when the caboose was standing still. Three of these are old K-Line special runs and I could not replace them or any damaged parts in the event the smoke unit produced too much heat.
That said, I took the smoke unit out of one and replaced it with an old track powered fan-driven Lionel smoke unit. That made it look like there was a stove fire going on and the smoke unit ran fairly hot with command control voltage to the track. I worked out it would be possible to fit an ERR Mini-Commander board inside the caboose to control the smoke output and limit the voltage to it. On testing I also found that this can drive certain MTH smoke units that are slightly smaller than Lionel’s. However, the effort involved in completing this exercise would be disproportionate to the effect so it’s stayed a drawing board idea.
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Post by laz57 on Nov 17, 2019 19:23:05 GMT
I have a bunch of them too. They really don’t tickle me that much so don’t run that smoke at all.
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Post by dennym57 on Nov 17, 2019 19:35:06 GMT
The sad thing is I ruined some nice caboose.
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Post by josef on Nov 17, 2019 20:22:57 GMT
I have several smoking caboose. Yes, having a constant 18+ volts will cause overheating and soften/melt and destroy them. As to smoke output, they're not steam engines but rather have stoves for heat, cooking and heating up a pot of coffee. What I did to a couple was add resistors until I got the voltage down to 10 and on 1, I added a small board (about1x1 1/2") from E Bay and adjusted the voltage down to 11 volts (lowest I could turn it down to). I have run these cabooses for over an hour and just adding smoke fluid without a hitch or hot spot. I tested these with shell off with 19 volts applied for 1/2 hr on bench to test with no hot spots. Actually enjoy watching the smoke come out of their stack as they're sitting waiting for a clear track to pull out.
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Post by Joe Saggese on Nov 17, 2019 20:27:37 GMT
No smoking cabooses here..............not yet at least.
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Post by ptc on Nov 17, 2019 20:47:41 GMT
Don't have to worry about them, all passenger service, all the time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 21:25:47 GMT
Something that we can’t figure out. Thousands of elves all running around doing stuff, all those reindeers pulling sleighs, Santa and the Mrs, and we all know how she likes to fix delicious goodies (just look at ole Santa’s wasteline.
Airplanes can’t find the North Pole, much less supply the place, trucks can’t make the trip, ships, not yet, the Northwest Passage is not reliable enough. So that leaves Santa’s sleigh or the railroad to bring in supplies. It is more than obvious that somewhere there has to be a freight train supplying the place. Does Crabcake have the food and grocery concession or what???
You need to add some Santa boxcars and one of those Canadian lit up trains or the poor population is gonna starve. Maybe it will have a turned off smoking caboose.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 21:30:45 GMT
We have a couple of smoking cabooses. The smoke unit will always be turned off or disabled.
Gary.
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