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Answer to your question about which sounds they make: Yes! (but you missed a few) they will make them all automatically (except whistle and bell,which are manual)or you can manually activate them. And you're right, they don't all have the same sounds, and netiher do the models. The way I understand it is they go down to the train museum with a digital recorder to get the sounds, and then fool with it on the computer to make all the fancy variables. <br /> <br />About the DC-3, I'm not sure if your referring to Digital Command Control (DCC) or the DC sound systems with sound controls. The DC sound controlled locomotives have a digital decoder in them, but don't need a DCC system to control them. They will sit idle with no power to the motor for a time, just making sounds, but when your power pack gets high enough they start the motor and operate like normal DC. You have a pretty small control box that ties in between the power pack and rails with two buttons on it that control whistle and bell. <br /> <br />As far as steam goes, the sounds speed up proportionally with the locomotive, and the whistle stays on as long as your finger is on the horn button. The bell turns on and off with each punch of the button (DCC anyway). The brake squeal/flange squeak comes on as you slow down or with DCC can be activated as you go around a curve or turnout. <br /> <br />Diesels have a varying throttle also, but have only the number of notches as would be in the real loco. Horn is the same as with steam, and bell is too, except you can hear the air activation when it comes on and goes off. They also have dynamic braking sounds and actions. <br /> <br />Some also have the "sound of power" which amplifies the sound on acceleration. Also, depending on your DCC system, you can turn on/off shutdown modes. In the first level of shutdown, the loco goes to a really low idle. I'm not sure what the second mode does, and the last mode shuts down each engine individually, turn off the lights, and has the sound of the door opening, then shutting. It goes in reverse of that process for startup. You don't have to do all that though, it's just available. <br /> <br />Hope that answered your question, but if it didn't you can e-mail me and I'll try to answer you. If I can't I'll make something up[:P] <br /> <br />Greg
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