GP40 2 smoke units?

I seriously doubt it really has two smoke units, if you're seeing that written down somewhere, it's probably a mistake.  The engine only has one smoke stack, so it's pretty hard to see what they'd do with a second one.  The User's Manual also only mentions one smoke unit.

I'm assuming you're reading the features list, it's wrong.

Yes GRJ, that is what I am seeing. It not only says (2) but also says "units" with an "s" so I didn't think it would be a typo or a copy and paste. The MTH part number is 20-21473. It seems to be a recently released model.

Brad

Looks at the GP40 User's Manual, it clearly only has one smoke unit.  Through the miracle of copy-n-paste, they obviously pasted in the wrong text in the feature list, there is only one smoke unit!  You're pinning this opinion on one single line of text when all the other evidence says otherwise.  Don't be disappointed when you get it and the second smoke unit is missing!

Thanks GRJ. Great information always.

Maybe the new brake smoke feature?  ()

@Chuck Sartor posted:

Maybe the new brake smoke feature?  ()

Horn steam?

After paying more attention to the features I noticed it states that it has 2 operating exhaust units not smoke units. My apologies for not paying attention.

Brad

@B rad posted:

After paying more attention to the features I noticed it states that it has 2 operating exhaust units not smoke units. My apologies for not paying attention.

And even that is not true!   There is only one exhaust on the GP40.

Here's a MTH review of the GP40 in question...  You can clearly see when they fly over the top of the locomotive there is only one exhaust.

GP40s and GP40-2s were turbocharged locomotives. Therefore, they had only a single exhaust outlet on the roof, from the exhaust side of the turbo. Same for the SD40 and SD40-2. The turbocharging was how EMD got 3,000 horsepower out of that 645 prime mover.

Non-turbocharged, second generation EMD power (the GP38, for example), had two exhausts. Some older, non-turbo’d EMDs had four.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

And even that is not true!   There is only one exhaust on the GP40.

Here's a MTH review of the GP40 in question...  You can clearly see when they fly over the top of the locomotive there is only one exhaust.

Wow. That's kinda bad that happens as often as it does.

When I preordered my Legacy Camelback from the Lionel vol 1 2021 catalog, Lionels website dicreption stated that it had a swinging bell and blow down steam. Turned out it was a copy and paste error and was corrected.

You folks that are seasoned train hobbiests know when there is an error like these so it is no big deal but it hurts the folks that don't know the details of the real life train.

We rely on these descriptions. Of course that's why it's nice to have help through this forum.

Brad

Well, most of us have been victims of the copy/paste issues with product descriptions, and don't get me started on paint colors!

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Well, most of us have been victims of the copy/paste issues with product descriptions, and don't get me started on paint colors!

I know this isn't the post topic for it but just to say I've heard about paint issues. The Camelback I preordered is the blue comet color. I can only imagine what that's going to look like. Hopefully I won't regret it and hopefully they have done that color enough times that it will be ok.

Brad

Well, look how many times they've done the PRR Brunswick Green or Tuscan Red, they can still screw those up!