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Does your locomotive hummm, growl, or purrr like a kitten?

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Does your locomotive hummm, growl, or purrr like a kitten?
Posted by FJ and G on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 8:36 AM
Got a kick out of the Dec CTT feature article on PW Lionel F-3 noises.

My RK MTH F-3 doesn't make any of those sounds. Just the crew chattering away, engine noises, and a very tinee horn sound that I could probably do without.
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Posted by daan on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:02 AM
My postwar 2353 F3 grouwls[:D][:D]. It makes the noise of a powerfull engine. I love that sound!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 3:51 PM
modern 4-4-2.....clinks and clanks(driving rods), thats all

scout loco..... growls and gear grinding in AC, clinks in DC
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Posted by cbq9911a on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 4:04 PM
My postwar 2343 growls, but my 259E and 2037LTS purr.

Both my Berkshires bark (Mighty Sound of Steam). :)
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Posted by 3railguy on Thursday, November 25, 2004 5:37 AM
You gotta just love that early postwar F3 growl. It went away when they switched to vertical motors on later models.
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Posted by Jumijo on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:53 AM
My brand new NYC Flyer 4-4-2 hums loud enough to hear it over the Railsounds, and the driving rods clink and clank.

Jim

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 7:19 AM

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/____My First Star after
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I have a Lionel GP7 made in 1957, that growls / buzzes pretty loud when sitting still.

Besides the regular cleaning, greasing & oiling, no maint. has ever been necessary, other than sanding off a tad of corrosion on the horn's activation contact, which prevented the horn from sounding at one time.

Not too bad of a record for an engine that's almost 60 years old....
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Posted by pbjwilson on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 11:06 PM
Just got an American Flyer prewar 1218 electric engine, got it on the 'bay. I was'nt expecting to much as alot of the prewars run, but not so well. This engine is one of the quietest smoothest running engines I own. Even my wife commented that it was quiet, as she has come accustom to my noisey, spark emiting, wobbly engines.
I guess one reason for it being quiet is it doesnt have a reverse unit. But still for a 70+ year old engine it's quite (and quiet) a runner.

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