Not really, but there is a newly restored CNJ 0-6-0 running near me. Sooner or or later, one of the decoder companies will be by to mic her up and get recordings. My bet's on TCS or ESU getting there first, they are the closest two.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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That will work.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
You're forgetting about the 1860's 4-4-0 American in New Freedom PA and the 1925 2-8-0 Connie in New Hope PAThen there's a whole heep a bunch at Strasburg, including #89 2-6-0 mogul class.Pennsylvania seems to be made for running steam excusions. We probably have the most steam engine sites in the USA. (But I'm guessing) Although Cass, WV might be bigger overall. I'm not sure on the later.
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
The New Freedom train is a recently built replica. Theoretically it should sound like an original, but it was built with modern methods and materials, for obvious reasons.
Strasburg's locos HAVE been recorded by the sound decoder makers. As, I presume, have Cass', since they have some of the only running geared steam locos.
Is NH&I actively running steam? They were when I was a kid and rode it, but I thought the steam loco was not in service. Same with WK&S, they have a steam loco but not currently in service. There's also the touring 0-6-0T that I've ridden behind on the Allentown & Auburn in Kutztown. And R&N's 425, ex-GMO 4-62 - pretty sure the sound guys were all over her as well. One of these days we will have either 2102 or 2100 back up so there can be real recordings made of a 4-8-4. And of course once UP gets 4014 running - all these Big Boy models and there are no true sound recordings of one done live off the loco with modern equipment.
This is a railroad state - so many ran here, and so many were BUILT here. Between the production of Baldwin, and what was turned out home-built by the PRR at Altoona, and more than a handful turned out by Reading, there were a lot of steam locos made right here in PA.
SpaceMouse And the size of the speaker looks like it's better suited to the door panel in my wife's van than the tender of a 2-6-0, although the last one I got has a depression with pre-drilled holes that has to come pretty close.
And the size of the speaker looks like it's better suited to the door panel in my wife's van than the tender of a 2-6-0, although the last one I got has a depression with pre-drilled holes that has to come pretty close.
The Sounder comes with a 1" speaker with an attached enclosure. In the picture, you're looking at the enclosure side. The actual speaker is only about 1/8" thick.If your 0-6-0 tender has an opening in the floor, it's almost certainly designed for a 1" round speaker. In that case, you don't need the enclosure - the tender body will act as the enclosure once you put it all back together. You can unsnap the speaker from the plastic enclosure, or buy a 1" speaker and use that.
However, depending how big the tender is, finding room for both the regular decoder and the Sounder might be a bigger issue....
garya I have one, but I'm away from home right now. I can check it when I get home at the end of the week. I put it in the tender of my daughter's Hogwarts Express, and she likes it. I have no idea what a 1900 2-6-0 sounds like, though.
I have one, but I'm away from home right now. I can check it when I get home at the end of the week.
I put it in the tender of my daughter's Hogwarts Express, and she likes it. I have no idea what a 1900 2-6-0 sounds like, though.
OK, I checked the one I have. It is an MRC 1665 Steam Sounder. The sound settings I used were:
Whistle 29
Bell 5
Bell Rate 13
Chuff Type 10
Chuff Rate 1
Single Chuff
Chuff Start Rate Adjustment 4
Random Sounds On
Gary