2025

Fran B.OGR Forum Member

My first loco was a 2025 with 4 wheel trailing truck and no magnetraction which leads me to believe it was produced in 1952. However, I remember it having a smoke bulb. Basically the only time it would dissolve a smoke pellet would be if the loco was placed in neutral and voltage was cranked up— Then a trickle of smoke would rise from the stack. My trains were lost in a house fire when I was 12 so I only have memory to go on but this has been puzzling me since I returned to the hobby 40 years ago. Could this have been done at a service center? As far as I know the smoke bulb was used in 1946 only. I appreciate any light that can be shed on this mystery.

11/9/215:37 PM

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bmoran4OGR Forum Member

It is most likely slightly skewed memory. After Lionel retired the smoke bulbs, they still used a type of pellet with a resistive heater and the same vicinity as the headlight bulb. It is highly unlikely that a service station would go through all the required effort to back date a modern locomotive (for the time) to a smoke bulb style setup. Furthermore, The 2025 was not released until 1947 and thus would not have originally been equipped with a smoke bulb.

11/9/215:58 PM

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SitkaOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Lionel 671 and 2020 1946 had the smoke bulb, Maybe that's the engines you had, I own with bulb and with out, Take a look at Lionel Train Library on line that will help you, God Speed, Thank a vet on Thursday Nov. 11.

11/9/217:44 PM

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Jim 1939OGR Forum Member

That is correct the 675/2025/2035 never came with a smoke bulb and would not have fit in that engine.

11/9/218:23 PM

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