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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by railguyho I did a little research today in my case really want a 2-8-8-2 allready have the class A if the class a was heading south and the 2-8-8-2 was heading north and,passed each other,would I be able to tell the difference in the engines by the sounds they produced.Not talking about the whistle but mainly the chuff.Everything that I could find out was no, same sound system= same train.I would think that a 2-8-8-2 in real life would be different in the sounds it made compared to a 2-6-6-4.I never heard either in real life so I am only guessing untill I can research this more.I still want the P2k engine but might wait till soundtraxx releases its new line of sound to see how it stacks up against Bli.I know the original release of this engine by life like is one fine steamer. [/quote] You have raised a good question about the two engines sounding different. If the 2-8-8-2 Y class is running in the compound mode, which was normal on the road, they make a very quiet puffing sound because the high presure steam is used directly into the low presure cylinders and the exhaust was fairly quiet compared to the A class engine. The N&W used them in compound much of the time as this was more efficient once the train was moving. I got to watch these engines at Roanoke in 1956 for a week of railfanning and they were great to see in action. The whistles on the Y's were different also from the A class. When the Y class was run in simple mode, they were very loud because the large front cylinders got high presure steam in simple mode. I would guess not even soundtraxx will offer the compound steam sound, but ehn who knows. You can purchase recordings of both engines and check the difference.
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