Hello All
Does anyone know when Hornby stopped fitting the smoke generator to this loco? I got one for christmas and am a bit miffed to see that it dosent have this feature anymore - or is my memory from childhood viewing of Hornby catalogues not what it was?
MattF
I don't think it ever had a smoke generator, did it? Its a very small loco, and the motor pretty much fills the body.
Put it on the track, put a nice big fat short across the motor and wait about five seconds. Very effective but only works once.
No, according to Pat Hammond's The Story of Rovex Vol.3, none of these locos have ever had a smoke generator, despite it's name!
Fred X
2 of the locos I have, both have smoke generators, at least that is what it says on the packet, but I know for certain one has, as I've used it.
Alan
How did they fit them into the loco, Alan? The Hornby pug is pretty small.
I have no idea, they just came like it.
Alan
Pug and Smokey Joe are different locos. IIRC Smokey joe is a fictional one, doesnt have motor in cab and is at least 1.5 inches longer than the pug.
Simon
Smokey Joe is a pug, albeit a Caledonian one, rather than the Lanky one modelled by Dapol before Hornby took over the moulds.
They are two different types of "pug". Smokey Joe is based on a Caledonian Railway loco design, while the small ex-Dapol model is based on a Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway prototype. I think "Pug" was a fairly generic name for small steam locos.
I obviously read this all wrong, I thought you were just talking about any smoker locos!
Alan
Perhaps you are right in that it is a pug, but just checked and it isnt fictional but a design by Drummond. However was more interested in explaing the difference between what hornby describe as a pug and has the engine in the cab as per
whereas smokey joe appears to have more space available.
Sorry for confusion. Simon
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