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Looking to the day when I'll have dump my PS1 / QSI boards and equipment for the latest stuff...that I can shoehorn into the C.T. FM Train Masters.  Dallee is showing a 12 Amp. board, that looks good. Anyone have experience with this board with either Dallee or ERR sound gear. This will be a conventional only set-up.  Have a variety of unused old QSI speakers of different sizes too. Hoping to get good volume...better than the MRC Sounder. Thanks !

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I used to live right by a track that was shared by the Soo and the C&NW, on a grade.

The Soo had EMD 567's and the CNW used FM H-16-66's.  I could tell which was coming as soon as I heard them, especially when they were working up the grade.  A very noticable difference.

 

Re: the sound clip, couldn't access it, but if ERR is now offering FM - great!  I can use a couple.  What I really need is a Railsounds Baldwin board for my Baldwin switcher.

FWIW, FM sounds are NOT all created equal !  Even within the same model !    For whatever reason the CNJ and Lackawanna Train Masters had a different sound, although this was probably aggravated by the terrain they operated in. The DL&W units had a slightly slower, heavier sound, while the CNJ units seemed to be as touch higher in rpm, with more "drumming" associated with the 12 banger OP engine. The H16-44s are a different sound...and well captured by MTH on their Proto Sound 2 FM chip.  This was lifted off TVA 3060, when she still ran. It's mighty close to the P&WV H16-44s I remember in Rook as a kid.  I have a Lionel 8487 TM in CNJ green with a C.T. chassis.  It really wants to have a QSI upper board , especially for the soft idle sound ! 

Originally Posted by jaygee:

FWIW, FM sounds are NOT all created equal !  Even within the same model !    For whatever reason the CNJ and Lackawanna Train Masters had a different sound, although this was probably aggravated by the terrain they operated in. The DL&W units had a slightly slower, heavier sound, while the CNJ units seemed to be as touch higher in rpm, with more "drumming" associated with the 12 banger OP engine. The H16-44s are a different sound...and well captured by MTH on their Proto Sound 2 FM chip.  This was lifted off TVA 3060, when she still ran. It's mighty close to the P&WV H16-44s I remember in Rook as a kid.  I have a Lionel 8487 TM in CNJ green with a C.T. chassis.  It really wants to have a QSI upper board , especially for the soft idle sound ! 

I haven't heard it yet, but I think Lionel also got a recording of 3060 for their H16-44.

 

BTW, does the Proto-1 FM board have the same sound chip as the QSI board?

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MTH and QSI sounds are the same for this EMD / FM application.  Not sure exactly what the time period is, but I'm guessing around 1991 until 2000, when MTH branched off into Proto 2.   Both systems use similar, but not identical bottom boards. The QSI system has an intermediate charging board for the battery circuit. Both boards also "evolved" over the time to include various plug -ins.  

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