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[ripley802]

Thanks Ripley802 for all the detailed pictures

Is he actually longer to accommodated the steam works? Look how far back the front wheels look in the first 2 pictures. Looks like he would bottom out the front end if trying to start up one of those steep inclines in some Revolution sets..

There look to be two filler tubes, (pics 4 & 5) one on each side of the smoke box. I would think that if one were a dummy tube it would be covered so children (or adults) don't mistake it for the proper one and make a wet mess of things.

In the Product Description in Ripleys Toye R Us link it states its "cool to the touch steam" so I would assume its the same atomized mist as the original Steam Alongs.

Here are a couple more pics either a comparison to the old one.

They appear to be about the same size, engine wise.



And here is a close up of the funnels. I agree it dosen't make much since to have the one open, although it is a smaller diameter so as to discourage from filling there, but still will probably happen.



As for the steam/smoke. It is definitely similar to the old one where it is cool. You can see the little water droplets though inside the funnel while it is coming out which is rather neat. No did test this on the new TMR set avalanche escape, and it worked great.