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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by AntonioFP45</i> <br /><br />Dougal, <br /> <br />I could tell you with certainty that what BLI has been using "Authentic" locomotive horn sounds, however, as I stated on another post they apprently use one and only one for a particular model, and apply it to the same locomotive in all of the various road names. <br />Apparently it's what the QSI chip is loaded with on the electronics "assembly line" ..... <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />That´s right. <br /> <br />[:)]QSI (not BLI or Atlas or Lionel) build no specific decoders. And I don´t think that QSI will now made such options - of corse, It´s only a software problem. <br /> <br />They built decoders for a "locomotive group". <br />The decoder is for "a modern 16 cylinder GE engine" or for a "16 cylinder turbo 645 type EMD" (My words). They don´t offer specific decoders with a typical CSX or UP of AMTRAK horn or bell. <br /> <br />So such a "GE Decoder " can be used in a C30-7 - C36-7 - C40-8 - C41-8 and I think that there is not much sound difference between a C30-7 and a Dash9-44CW. And I think the AC4400 and the AC6044 Convertibles will sound also in this style. <br /> <br />I´m not sure about U30 - U 33 - U 36 because they dont have the exhaust silencer of the newer ones, being louder! <br />I´m waiting for the AC6000 because the sound of the 16 cylinder HDL is different to the FDL. <br /> <br />Only some steamer decoders were road specific - but this engines are built by the road! <br /> <br />At the QSI homepage (At the moment not available) you could see this versions. <br />New: QSI doesn´t sell this decoders for longer as an aftermarket product!
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