Adding Smoke Fluid To The Caboose's Smoke Unit; Switching The Caboose's Smoke Unit On Or Off - Lionel BNSF Ice Cold Express Owner's Manual

Maintaining and servicing your train set
Adding smoke fluid to your caboose's smoke unit
Y
our caboose is equipped with a smoke generator that produces
safe, clean, white smoke during operation. The smoke generator
requires the periodic addition of Lionel smoke fluid in order to
function. Add five to eight drops of smoke fluid directly into the
smokestack. Swing the hood at the top of the stack out of the way
before adding smoke fluid as illustrated in Figure 15. Additional
smoke fluid (6-62909) is available at your authorized Lionel dealer.
The uninstalled scale smokestack (see page 33) was
Note!
not designed for use with the smoke generator.
Always keep a small amount of smoke fluid in the
Caution!
smoke generator when the smoke unit is on. Operating
your car without smoke fluid will damage the smoke
generator.
Switching your caboose's smoke generator ON or OFF
A
s illustrated in Figure 16, the SMOKE switch is located on the bottom of your caboose.
Sliding this switch to the ON position will activate the smoke generator. Be sure that you
have added smoke fluid before the switch is moved to the On position. Slide the switch to the
Off position to turn off the smoke unit.
Body Screws
Smoke Switch
Figure 16. Smoke switch and screw locations
SMOKE
ON OFF
Note: This is a generic bottom view.
Some cabooses have bay windows or
extended cupolas that are not shown here.
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Figure 15. Adding smoke fluid
Body Screws