Thank you for all the replies, Bill and Chuck.   I appreciate it.  Sorry it took so long to respond, I was under the weather.  I'll take a look at the instructions Bill and hopefully they will help me out. Thanks again.

I appreciate the help.  I will try and be more specific.  My son who is 7 knows a heck of a lot more than me.  We put oil in the smoke stack, but it won't smoke. Does it need to run for a while to warm up?  Is there an on and off switch for the smoker?  Like I said it was used, but apparently put away years ago and in good shape. 

Linda

Thanks Chuck.  I checked them out, but it looks like my train is from the 90's.  I couldn't find the battery compartment or how to work the smoker. Just kept trying to turn little parts on the engine and tender and luckily came across an old battery from 1999, I replaced that and the sound started working. I'm not even sure how to put the track and elevation pieces together.  I'll take a look again. Thanks for the quick reply.

My son received an old Big Hauler Northern Express train for his Birthday.   I am trying to find instructions for the train. The smoke does not seem to work. I was able to find a battery compartment where a 9 volt goes to make a chugging sound, but other than that I am clueless as to anything else the train might do.  Does anyone happen to have an old instruction booklet for this train or know where to get one.  The ones on line seem to be for new trains.  Thanks.