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Hi Richard,
My perception would be that more European locomotives have smoke units so that if the NMRA standard was to actually reflect commercial reality then surely it should have taken the European manufacturers norm rather than a best practice approach?
It's a shame that the European manufactures do not follow the NMRA standards, but given the size of the market, and the concentration of a specific German manufacturer it is not surprising that ESU went in the direction that they did.
Interesting about expectations with smoke. Personally, although Brawa locomotives come with them preinstalled, I never use them. Now if they came with a big reservoir that would allow 30 minutes of smoking then I would be keen.
John,
My perception would be that more European locomotives have smoke units so that if the NMRA standard was to actually reflect commercial reality then surely it should have taken the European manufacturers norm rather than a best practice approach?
It's a shame that the European manufactures do not follow the NMRA standards, but given the size of the market, and the concentration of a specific German manufacturer it is not surprising that ESU went in the direction that they did.
Interesting about expectations with smoke. Personally, although Brawa locomotives come with them preinstalled, I never use them. Now if they came with a big reservoir that would allow 30 minutes of smoking then I would be keen.
John,
