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Gromet.... if that engine is heading to Phoenix,AZ I thank you for testing as I had asked.
and appears all is good.
a question video shows both stacks emitting smoke at same time I thought it was supposed to be alternating smoke with each chuff?
Just curious or is it a video glitch?
Those sounds are awesome my jaw dropped down to the floor!

thanks for posting the video.
Originally Posted by ST PAUL:
a question video shows both stacks emitting smoke at same time I thought it was supposed to be alternating smoke with each chuff?

There was much controversy about that feature, so Lionel made user selectable. Hot Water and other said that all the stacks would not alternate,  while Lionel said that is how it works. I have never seen a photo of the inside of a Big Boy so no idea how it is plumbed.

I guess once the 4014 is running again we will know who was right

Last edited by cbojanower
Originally Posted by cbojanower:
Originally Posted by ST PAUL:
a question video shows both stacks emitting smoke at same time I thought it was supposed to be alternating smoke with each chuff?

There was much controversy about that feature, so Lionel made user selectable. Hot Water and other said that all the stacks would not alternate,  while Lionel said that is how it works. I have never seen a photo of the inside of a Big Boy so no idea how it is plumbed.

I guess once the 4014 is running again we will know who was right

No different than the 3985 Challenger, and it NEVER "alternated" the exhaust smoke from the twin stacks, no matter whether she was a coal burner nor after the conversion to oil burning.

Originally Posted by Gromet:

The BIG BOYS are in the house! Here are about three skids of the many being unloaded...

 

 

One of them is mine. Can't wait to try it out!

 

 

 And a Video of the Depleting Coal Load... Very Cool!

 

 

Thanks for posting! It gives a great view of this awesome steamer!!!!  

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