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

[pbjwilson]

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.

[Anonymous]

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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....

[Jumijo]

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

[3railguy]

You gotta just love that early postwar F3 growl. It went away when they switched to vertical motors on later models.

[cbq9911a]

My postwar 2343 growls, but my 259E and 2037LTS purr.

Both my Berkshires bark (Mighty Sound of Steam). :)

[Anonymous]

modern 4-4-2.....clinks and clanks(driving rods), thats all

scout loco..... growls and gear grinding in AC, clinks in DC

[daan]

My postwar 2353 F3 grouwls[:D][:D]. It makes the noise of a powerfull engine. I love that sound!

[FJ and G]

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.