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 Posted - June 26 2010 : 08:57:28 AM
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i have a rapido phase one amtrak smoke generator complete with unopened smoke fluid and instructions by rapido only used once to test,i have no amtrak apart from i electric loco,cannot go down that route want to get my layout up and running,am after all metal mantua loco and tender not plastic tender, pacific/mikado,paintwork not important,just complete and running,ken
this is the type i like
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Posted - June 26 2010 : 12:06:07 PM
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saw this before How much? 
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Posted - June 26 2010 : 12:06:29 PM
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Ken, It's definitely a generator car (for head-end-power), but I've never seen this model before. You say it makes smoke? Where do you put the fluid? Where does the smoke come from. I've always got some goodies to trade. On second thought, I guess maybe it's a boiler car for locos without a steam boiler. Chris
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Posted - June 26 2010 : 12:18:53 PM
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hi chris its a rapido,used behind steam locos to heat the passenger cars,before they thought of using electric,ie dynamos widely used by most railroads in usa and europe,the filler cap is between the on off switches,you get a syringe with it to fill it and a wand with a magnet to open roof up ken
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Posted - June 26 2010 : 12:21:38 PM
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| I've just read that it comes with a magnetic wand to turn on the smoke and lights. Do you have that?
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Posted - June 26 2010 : 12:23:58 PM
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hi chris the wand is for removing the roof panel to access the switches which you can have on or off,see link ken
http://www.rapidotrains.com/sclgen.html
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Posted - June 26 2010 : 12:28:46 PM
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| The site is a little ambiguous, but the pic looks like the switches themselves are magnetically operated. I don't see a manual switch. I'll dig around and see if there's anything you'd like.
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Posted - June 26 2010 : 12:34:04 PM
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check this one out,ken
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1XCFxtyPIQ
/tyco/forum/uploaded/catfordken/20100626124914_015.JPG
for safety sake the little black levers are for switching on and off,if it was switched by wand you would have to be careful that you did not switch steam on by accident
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Posted - June 26 2010 : 12:56:53 PM
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| I see. Neat video.
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Posted - July 12 2010 : 7:12:21 PM
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Still have this? I have a nicely custom decorated Mantua 4-6-4 with Vandy tender as CN 5100. Cab's been replaced by an aftermarket Canadian cab, though.
Kris Carver-Seaboyer
Modelling the Grafton Terminal Railway, set in New Brunswick, Canada in the 1978-1984 time frame
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Posted - July 12 2010 : 7:18:46 PM
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| HI graftonterminalrr still here in its box,can you pm a photo sounds good to me ken
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Posted - September 05 2010 : 3:55:50 PM
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mine now  ty ken should get it in a week or so
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Posted - September 05 2010 : 4:18:50 PM
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| SOLD TO BEN
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