National Train Show in Seattle this weekend

[jfugate]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Intermountain

Joe I'm crushed.

I would figure someone with a passing interest in the SP (like yourself) would have at least noticed the new HO scal FP7 that was in our booth! [:D]

All kidding aside, thanks for the compliment on the FMC boxcar -- it's been a fun project.

It was a lot of fun to see all my old friends again. I kept trying to get over to Joe's booth to pick up his DVD set but was distracted or ran into someone or another every time. Oh well, maybe next time.

Marty

Marty:

Yeh, having a booth to pu***he DVD set kept me plenty busy too ... so I missed the FP7.

Of course, it's a bit before my era, modeling the SP in the 1980s like I do. Couple my era bias with my NTS booth responsibilties and the tunnel vision was operating in full tilt!

The FP7 sounds like a real gem! Makes me want to think about modeling the Black Widow days again ... ;-)

[Anonymous]

Marty


please please please please pretty please release the FP7's in Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad blue and orange paint!!

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

cant wait for the FMC boxcars!!

(and the Athearn SD45T-2's, sorry[:D])

[jfugate]

Should have the Athearn SD45T-2s video clip from the train show (and other goodies too) posted by this Friday.

[Anonymous]

Marty, I love you man!!!

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

just saw a picture of your FP7 announcement

you are doing C&EI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Glad you like it.

Thanks for the kind words.

Look for these engines sometime early next year.

Marty

[orsonroy]

To heck with the F-units, Marty, when are you guys going to 'officially' announce and show pics of your new ATSF stock cars?!?!?!?

[Anonymous]

Ray,

What do you want with a Santa Fe stockcar?

We had the sample of one version of the car there, I don't know if pics have shown up anywhere yet. We'll have them on our web site shortly.

Marty

[jfugate]

MyMemoirs has posted some video clips of the Seattle Train Show at: http://model-trains-video.com

They got clips of new Athearn stuff, some new CVP stuff (coming), and clips of some of the layouts on display.

Sorry, Marty, they never made it as far as the Intermountain booth. But Harry Wong has some nice photos of stuff from the show, and you can get to his photos from http://model-trains-video.com as well.

Streaming clips being what they are, you can get a glimpse of what's being shown and the sounds pretty good on the broadband clips, but IMO, the 56K clips are next to worthless. The modem guys can try the 100K clips, but you'll have to be very patient ...

[Don Gibson]

QUOTE: I have a friend who is heavy into electronics & dcc. He is quite skeptical that Soundtraxx's Tsunami decoders can equally match or better Broadway/s QSI HO onboard systems even with decent speakers and baffling.

Soundtraxx make Custom units to be installed in DCC loco's. QSI's big attraction is It works on both.DCC and DC . One has to give up something to get something, QSI takes approx. 5 volts to activate , and 9 volts to start it moving. I think that's quite a bit higher than the Soundtraxx. One is a Peach - the other a Necterine

SOUND is movement of air ( vibration) that reaches your ear. The more air in motion makes it louder and Loudspeaker size determines how much air can be moved. The size of HO limits the size of the speaker. So far BLI is using two speakers in the Tender for steam - which will be difficult to do in a diesel.

SOFTWARE (the stored sounds) be it actual, or synthesized, depends on the above, and with pressures of pricing to reach more people, Sythesized sound will become more prevalent - and one sound - diesel or steam - may eventually suit all.
So far, That hasn't been Soundtraxx's thrust. The BLI type market - we'll wait and see.


My EDIT: Last Sun. two CGMR members brought their BLI steamer and Lionel veranda Turbine.
I was seated at a control panel and not operating either, but I noticed that the continously generated sound of the QSI turbine was nearly identical to the Steamer going around the room, except for the cut offs.

Maybe we're already there?

[johncolley]

Don, As to the speakers, Bruce Petrarca has come up with a solution, at least for 'F' units. In my Stewart FT's I am using Digitrax decoders in 2 'A's and 1'B'. The other 'B' is a dummy that Bruce is filling with Soundtraxx, 2 woofers and a tweeter. A thought for some of the Super locos eg.: SD70MAC and the like...Take out one drive tower, replace it with one speaker and put another in the fuel tank. The units are often run in multiples so put the speaker end closest to the lead unit, eh? Where there is a will, there is a way!