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<p>[quote user="CAZEPHYR"]</p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">hdtvnut</div> <div class="quote-content"> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">selector</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p>Hal, you have this in hand, clearly.  I hope you didn't mind the question...it was worth avoiding a D'Oh! moment. </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>Not at all.  I think I found part of the answer.  Looked at the DCS manual online, which shows that the chuff rate can be changed from 2 to 3 or 4 per driver revolution with the DCS controller.  It said that the default setting is 3, deemed "best sounding" for high-speed steamers.  So I may have to find a DCS system to reset It.</p> <p>Why would anyone want 2 or 3?  That's silly.  Otherwise, the engine seems to have decent sound and operation, although nothing about the sound can be modified except the volume, or about the speed curve, etc.</p> <p>Hal</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>I am not in O tinplate or O Lionel but the 2 chuff per rev was an option since many of the models are run at high speed and the two chuffs is used.  I was not aware of the DCS having that option for HO, but it sounds like a carry over from their O scale products. </p> <p>CZ</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>If you run the O-guage trains at the maximum 120 smph the 4 chuffs per revolution sounds absolutely horrible.</p>
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