Best smoke for Lionel post-war engines

For postwar Lionel, many good options exist:

Repro smoke pellets- just like the originals from what I've been told. They leave a white resedue in the stack just like the old ones as well.

Smoke fluids - Using 4-8 drops in a pellet smoke unit works great. I use lionel premium fluid.
Others swear by Megasteam.

Have also used Supersmoke and liked the cedar smell but the smoke volume was reduced compared to the fluids above

Super Smoke has the closest Flyer smell. There is another that Flyer guys use but I don;t remember the name. They claim it is better than SS. I add a little Megasteam Nada and get more smoke than I want.

I believe that A Normal 1 was the brand that was supposed to be authentic Flyer smoke.

 

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Repro smoke pellets- just like the originals from what I've been told. They leave a white resedue in the stack just like the old ones as well.

 

Any residue is easily cleaned. Just push it back down into the smoke pot and it will dissolve and make more smoke.  The currently made smoke pellets do seem to work and smell just like the original Lionel ones.
Years back, Kline made smoke pellets. They were sold in pill bottles. They worked OK, but I found their odor to be rather unpleasant. Those pellets still turn up at train shows from time to time.