MTH smoke fluid always reminds me of York. I'm not sure what "flavor" it is but it always makes me think of York. I love the smell. After that it would be a cedar or christmas smell.
I prefer Mega Steam's big boy smoke fluid blend, but when that ran out I use coal fired steam.
The original American flyer scent.
Lovin’ the Mega-Steam lavender!
I prefer as little smell as possible, so I use unscented, any brand.
Having said that, the American Flyer-scented "Anormal1" is not bad...
Mark in Oregon
My favorite was from a small manufacturer who unfortunately is long, long gone. I'm sure many of you will remember LVS (Lehigh Valley Steam). The small brown bottles with the eyedroppers containing Hickory or Smoky Fir or Cedar were the best ever. Some of the modern makers come close, but not quite. They always reminded me of the Fall train running season...
John
c.sam posted:Originally Posted by RoyBoy:American Flyer!
Is there an American Flyer scent now?
Anormal1 is the closest I have found. The early AF that came in the maroon gel caps smells more mellow than the later stuff. Maybe it just mellowed sitting in the loco.
The reproduction stuff smells like the later AF fluid.
Like some other folks, my tolerance for smoke is less than it used to be when I was younger.
I use "Gilbert Flyer" genuine Cedar Scented smoke fluid in my American Flyer locomtives. Its' the closest thing to what I remember as a kid.
I love the Flyer smoke but I'm a big fan of MTH Christmas scent. I like the coal and diesel but the Christmas reminds me of York!
My vote goes to the original American Flyer "cedar' scent.
I personally prefer Coal Oil or Valve oil.
I used to use the plain, regular, MTH Protosmoke. Then my local hobby shop ran out but had Protosmoke Christmas scent in stock. I liked it so I've been using it since. My wife seems to hate the smell less than the regular Protosmoke so that's a plus.
I like MTH Christmas scent, my favorite by far. I also like the scent of Mega-Steam Eliminator and use it occasionally.
John Meyncke posted:My favorite was from a small manufacturer who unfortunately is long, long gone. I'm sure many of you will remember LVS (Lehigh Valley Steam). The small brown bottles with the eyedroppers containing Hickory or Smoky Fir or Cedar were the best ever. Some of the modern makers come close, but not quite. They always reminded me of the Fall train running season...
John
John-
I remember LVS. I bought several bottles of their coal scent, because it reminded me of my first excursion back in the mid-80's behind NKP 765, from Orville, Ohio to Bellevue, Ohio. I have many bottles of coal scent from MTH, Megasteam, and maybe another random manufacturer or two. In my mind, while the others are close, none of them seem to remind me of that trip as much as the LVS- just seems to be a more intense smell. Maybe not the most healthy of the bunch, but in the immortal words of Redd Foxx- "You got to leave here with somethin".
I've searched for LVS smoke fluid many times and come up empty. I do have one full bottle and one partial bottle, but I have to pick my spots to use it, because my wife & step-daughter don't have my "taste" for some things, and this happens to be one of them.
Mike,
Thank you for remembering that. I have a bottle of Coal squirreled away as well and a bottle of Hickory. No Smokey Fir, which was my favorite scent.
Quite a few years ago on the Forum (pre-2005 or so) there was quite a discussion when the original owner of LVS stopped production, either through retirement or otherwise. There were attempts made to contact him or his successors to aquire the formulas and methodology, but the trail faded out in a series of very frustrating dead ends. Quite perplexing!
I know every one here has their favorite smoke juice, but I'm telling you there has been nothing like this stuff since.
I would really appreciate it if some of the heritage members of the Forum would chime in if they recall this situation when LVS basically just stopped and the trail ran cold. I would really like to know the rest o the story....
John
A normal1 is my favorite but I ordered two bottles recently and Mike (the owner) informed me he was done making it! What a bummer,I am trying some JT cedar but it just does not put out the same smell.
Any suggestions?
Gunny
Bring the smell of Hot Dogs to your train room. 🌭 Play ball & run some trains.
Gary
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I didn't think I would like it but the beef stew flavor is savory.
PAUL ROMANO posted:I use "Gilbert Flyer" genuine Cedar Scented smoke fluid in my American Flyer locomtives. Its' the closest thing to what I remember as a kid.
Paul
Does it give a strong cedar smell? I’m looking for a stronger one than mega
Joe G posted:MTH Pipe smoke and Mega Steam Original Cedar.....
You to!Yea I like MTH pipe smoke.Because it reminds me of my granddad.I put a few drops and it brings back some pretty cool things to mind.
lee drennen posted:PAUL ROMANO posted:I use "Gilbert Flyer" genuine Cedar Scented smoke fluid in my American Flyer locomtives. Its' the closest thing to what I remember as a kid.
Paul
Does it give a strong cedar smell? I’m looking for a stronger one than mega
Lee, yes it does so much that my wife complains about it.........
gunny posted:A normal1 is my favorite but I ordered two bottles recently and Mike (the owner) informed me he was done making it! What a bummer,I am trying some JT cedar but it just does not put out the same smell.
Any suggestions?
Gunny
Wow, that is a bummer. I had noticed that it wasn't listed on eBay anymore...that sucks.
Mark in Oregon
Paul,
Who sells "GILBERT FLYER" smoke fluid?
Gunny
woodstove
Gunny, try Challenger. That is what I am now using for the original Gilbert scent. You can get it from Goldinhands and some other online suppliers. I buy mine in the 8oz bottle because the newer fan driven smoke units go through smoke fluid so fast.
Christmas Pine, Coffee, Cider, diesel and Saw mill
Just received in pine, vanilla, and cinnamon. Getting ready for the holidays. 
Mth pipe smoke is used here.
AMFLYER,
I tried the Challenger fluid and almost every brand out there, I have settled on Bart's Super smoke and Big Puff I alternate the fluids and am finally getting the old FLYER smell.
Thanks for your suggestion
Gunny
JT Mega Steam’s smoke pellet scent is my favorite so far. Their Pine scent is a close second. Anything pine scented reminds of Christmas.
Pumpkin Pie.......
Peter
Rancid fat and smelly feet (I model early 19th century passenger equipment. Then it was common to grease the passenger car axles with tallow fat and passengers would open the windows and let their bare feet hang outside during the summer) - needless to say mine is a scratch-mixed blend. 
After trying several, not all, scents, I think I actually like the plain old Lionel scent, what ever that is. I can say I did like pine, but kind of got tired of that smell.
Charlie
