@Adam1701D

Do you have any clue as to when our EoIs can be turned into orders please? (I track orders but not EoIs)

Quote from: Richard Taylor on April 15, 2026, 11:09:37 PMI doubt Dapol have retained any lists of precisely what each person expressed an interest in -

@Richard Taylor I don't believe that to be the case, but maybe Adam could confirm this. I'm assuming minds may have changed since the OP so some 'slop' in the system has to exist

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Quote from: Roy L S on Today at 12:07:16 PMOn a layout I had many years ago a Seuthe smoke unit was positioned between the rails in the goods yard so that the goods loco when taking a break from shunting got parked over it and the unit was switched on providing an envelope of smoke and "steam" around the loco. It worked OK and seemed to get some positive reactions.

That's close to what I was thinking of trying. Did the smoke/oil have any detrimental effect on the loco?

Good question. I was wondering that, too

The smoke unit was embedded in the baseboard so that the top of the "funnel" protruded between the rails through the ballast meaning that the heater element was a good way from the locos. The goods loco used was typically an old style metal bodied Farish 4F 0-6-0 which had 12 wheel pickup (tender ones added) a crew and a weathering, the smoke unit and smoke produced had zero effect on the loco or any other over the years the layout was in operation.

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Quote from: Roy L S on Today at 12:07:16 PMOn a layout I had many years ago a Seuthe smoke unit was positioned between the rails in the goods yard so that the goods loco when taking a break from shunting got parked over it and the unit was switched on providing an envelope of smoke and "steam" around the loco. It worked OK and seemed to get some positive reactions.

That's close to what I was thinking of trying. Did the smoke/oil have any detrimental effect on the loco?

Good question. I was wondering that, too

Quote from: Roy L S on Today at 12:07:16 PMOn a layout I had many years ago a Seuthe smoke unit was positioned between the rails in the goods yard so that the goods loco when taking a break from shunting got parked over it and the unit was switched on providing an envelope of smoke and "steam" around the loco. It worked OK and seemed to get some positive reactions.

That's close to what I was thinking of trying. Did the smoke/oil have any detrimental effect on the loco?

As a kid I think I used to get high on it coming from my Triang locomotives!

On a layout I had many years ago a Seuthe smoke unit was positioned between the rails in the goods yard so that the goods loco when taking a break from shunting got parked over it and the unit was switched on providing an envelope of smoke and "steam" around the loco. It worked OK and seemed to get some positive reactions.

The heat is hardly a factor. It's only a small element and the smoke juice turns to smoke quickly. You don't need to run them all the time

Mine are installed in plastic chimneys, and there's no problem.

You can certainly still get the smoke oil under various brands, even scented stuff!

Graupner were/are another brand which I associated more with model boats.  Quite possibly Seuthe units re-branded.

@KipperPK.  most Seuthe products are still made and available as far as I know (I think they did stop making the N gauge loco units).  I think Sommerfeldt have taken over the range. (I know them for catenary systems).

Here's a link to the info on units for buildings

https://seuthe-dampf.de/gebaeude/

Thanks for the comments so far, all useful. I'm really not sure about the 'heating' aspect of the Seuthe type generators. Being located as they would be under wooden boards covered in flammable material. That coupled with the fact that they are seemingly not made anymore! The ultra sonic 'fogger' idea is appealing, but is there anything suitable? Seems like 'more modern' technology.

Yes, I have Seuthe generators in chimneys on my layout. But I'm not sure they're available any more, nor the smoke juice, for that matter.