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egmurphy, I booked my Piedras Negras- -Mexico City- -Guadalajara round trip in August of 1993. I had a full bedroom in a smooth side B & O veteran (pullman built) 80 ft. car. Between the time of buying the tickets and our departure, N de M discontinued dining and club car service. Big disappointment as the catered meals (in room) were something between "mystery meat" and "road-kill!" The Mex. City- -Guadalahara leg was as beautiful as the Texas (Eagle Pass) to Mexico City was bland. I'm not sorry for the experience. Hey it was railroading. <br /> <br />The MRC Sound Station should be ideal for your Pike. I admire the pix of your work, very nice. I'm into an HO garage layout, so a slight "time-delay" effect makes some sense. I coordinated a "timed" casette tape from station crowd noises (departure) through five minutes of road sounds (accelerating to sustained 70 m.p.h.), then decleration to a dead stop (arrival) at the next station. My car (Mexico) was too far back in the 22 car consist to pick up the loco's air chime, so I did "sound on sound" (over-dubbing) for that effect. I do "shifting" chores in the yard whilst the passenger train completes its' cycle. Mind you, this is only for when I have guests. Otherwise, I play a tape of random typical effects you would expect to hear around trains, street cars and traffic, seperately and simultaneously (a real "din"). Surround-sound really isn't practical for my size layout. For a large [long main line] Pike, I enthusiastically recommend it. Hasta la Vista y adios. Good luck to you Ed.
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