Lionel Smoking Cabooses

I think that's one that has a mechanical puffer linkage to one of the trucks.  I never fully understood that as the stack was connected to a stove in the caboose, and chuffing wasn't actually very realistic.

Thank you Gunrunnerjohn for the information.

Here is the parts breakdown of the caboose.

Larry

Thank you Larry.

I am pretty sure that those cabooses with the mechanical puffing will get too hot if left sitting still, say you're running a TMCC or Legacy or DCS command locomotive and the track voltage is on constantly.  I've heard of those actually melting or warping the plastic body of the caboose.   Have one and I removed the smoke unit just so it can never melt the body.

Ok thanks. That is good to know.

Many of the K-Line smoking caboose models would melt the body as well, and I suspect the similarly designed Lionel ones too.  I've seen a number of melted cabooses, and there are plenty more pictures on the web of it happening.  Later K-Line and Lionel caboose models had a CONV/CMD switch to adjust the power to the smoke unit for the higher command track voltage.

These don't have a puffer, just a 62 ohm resistor in a chamber. A Suethe smoke unit puts out more smoke than these do.

Pete