New delivery.
My new decoder arrived for the C&O M-1 steam turbine.
I had to deviate from my usual TCS 1517 decoder and get a loksound so it can have a steam turbine sound downloaded into the decoder. There isn't a big demand for steam turbine sounds so I had the choice of a foreign turbine with foreign whistles and foreign language spoken on it or the scaletrains UP 8500 turbine. I have the UP 8500 turbine and know what it sounds like so I picked that sound option. I, also, want smoke so I picked up a seuthe smoke unit. Turbines don't chuff so that should be good. I, also, bought the 'keep alive'. This thing is expensive at 43 bucks and adding on the decoder comes to $130. I'm glad I'm partial to TCS as I get them for $93 with 'keep alive'. To be safe and not overload the decoder I bought a TCS FL2 light only decoder for the smoke unit. With the screen in the front of the engine, I should be able to put the speaker there and have the entire system contained in the main unit.
