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Steam whistle sound
Posted by phunt11 on Monday, May 24, 2010 1:38 PM

I recently won a Bachman 460 Big Hauler.  When I did an OP Test on it, I noticed that the steam whistle sound was more like a burp.  Is it worth it to repair the circuit board or should I just get a new tender.  Thanks.

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Posted by dwbeckett on Monday, May 24, 2010 3:30 PM

To my understanding B-Mann only makes a steam sound, was your's up-graded?

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Posted by ttrigg on Monday, May 24, 2010 7:49 PM

Could be wrong here, but I'm tending to agree with Dave. Sounds like your "prize" was upgraded with a defective sound card.

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Posted by IRB Souther Engineer on Thursday, May 27, 2010 4:04 PM

My big hauler only makes (very quiet, low quality) chuff's...

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Posted by dwbeckett on Friday, August 13, 2010 11:59 AM

phunt11

I recently won a Bachman 460 Big Hauler.  When I did an OP Test on it, I noticed that the steam whistle sound was more like a burp.  Is it worth it to repair the circuit board or should I just get a new tender.  Thanks.

So what was the problem?

Dave

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Posted by Greg Elmassian on Sunday, August 15, 2010 2:38 PM

Probably interpreted chuff as whistle. You could interpret it as almost anything Big Smile

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