What sound decoder for a three cylinder shay?

[ARTHILL]

Time to get the old brass three truck shay updated. What decoder will give the best sound for the three cylinder, high speed sound of the shay? I don'y want it to sound like a Mikado.

[richg1998]

Look at this one.

http://www.gatewaynmra.org/dcc/engines/bach-shay.htm

More in concerning the decoder.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=TH150DP&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8

Rich 

[Blind Bruce]

Litchfield Station put a Micro Tsunami in my Bachmann 3 truck Shay and it sounds Fantastic!!!

[richg1998]

The Standard Tsunami, 1 amp current, and the Micro-Tsunami 0.75 amp, both come in a light logging version.

Light Logging - includes a collection of whistles and sounds suitable for installation in geared and light logging locomotives such as the shay, climax, heisler and other small engines. Whistles included are:

Westside Lumber Co. Shay #14 Westside Lumber Co. Shay #12 Heisler Peanut whistle D&RGW Single Chime

Check your Shay current draw. 

I buy all my stuff from Litchfield, no shipping charge over $50.00. 

Rich 

 

[cacole]

One thing to keep in mind is that a Bachmann Shay is equipped with sound trigger microswitches for the fast-paced chuff of a Shay, but your brass locomotive is not going to be so equipped, and it will be extremely difficult to time a brass shay's chuff without these internal microswitches.

[jrbernier]

Art,

  Shays have so many 'chuffs' as they move - they sound like there doing 60,and are only doing 5-10 mph.  Most steam souind decoders have an adjustment to 'time' the chuffs.    Just set it so it pleases you, and run it slow!

Jim

[mike_ruby]

Loksound do a shay sound for their decoders. I haven't loaded it on to a decoder to hear it fully, but from the programer software the exhaust beats sounds are close together like a real shay, and the other sounds seem quite good. I have found that the engine/steam sounds often sound better in the decoder. When I get around to fitting my logging layout with DCC I'll use these decoders, too busy doing my modern UP layout for now.

Mike Ruby