Crew Talk Suggestion

i would love to have female crew talk and custom crew talk - even better with emergency situation

for example- engineer : 3016 to dispatch! This is Alyssa your engineer speaking! I am OUT OF CONTROL ! I HAVE FLAMMABLE CHEMICALS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON BOARD! MY BRAKES ARE FAILING AND MY DYNAMICS WILL NOT HOLD!

and we could have the radio signal break like she hit a dead zone

and then the dispatcher really freaks out because  he realizes his daughter is driving the runaway train

yeah if i made the dialog for all my trains my layout would be a great big rolling disaster

I listen to trains on my old scanner. The things I heard them say were pretty hilarious. Mostly in the yards.

Beside the fact that pre WW2 railroads didn't have radios, I love, "start her up and get ready to pull", IT'S A STEAM ENGINE!  You would have thought that someone at MTH or Lionel would have come up with something more fitting by now.

Best REAL crew talk I have heard was when I was photographing in Ohio. I was waiting for a WB NS train and the engineer was telling the dispatcher his engine shut down and there was a grade ahead that he wouldn't be able to make.  They discussed the problem and the dispatcher was advising the engineer there was no helpers available to give him a push. Then in a tone of utter disgust the engineer told the dispatcher he couldn't get the #!*?#%*&  bell to stop ringing.  Funny !! I howled.  Also heard some real drama one cold,wet evening up on Sand Patch with an EB CSX in emergency. The stuff they pretend is poorly written and you need a good recording voice, not necessarily a real engineer plus a good script. If you can't do it right, don't do it.

Not really a big fan of the conversations with crew but I like the radio talk.

I know there is a free program out there that lets you insert the sounds you want to MTH, like adding SXS to locos that don't have it. One of these days I will try this out ...

Danr posted:

Beside the fact that pre WW2 railroads didn't have radios, I love, "start her up and get ready to pull", IT'S A STEAM ENGINE!  You would have thought that someone at MTH or Lionel would have come up with something more fitting by now.

Especially in this age of "VISION LINE"!

"...he couldn't get the #!*?#%*&  bell to stop ringing"

I know the feeling! I also had to instruct my trainees to turn the **** bell off numerous times each trip!

What......."we're Goin to beans" isn't protypical dialogue?

The best one I heard was on  a MTH diesel GP38 I think, was the defect detector. I heard these on the crew radio when riding Amtrak.  " Mile post # -- no defects"    Sounded like they recorded it when they where riding Amtrak.

Clem   

For those with MTH engines, you can record your own crew talk and replace it with what you like. The procedure is in this post. https://ogrforum.com/t...12#70552247131470312

I did it. It seems complicated but really isn't that hard. I am sure you can find someone to help you if needed. 

That way, you get exactly what you want, customized just for you! MTH should work with Mark to make this part of their standard offering, maybe simplifying the process for the average user along the way.

George

While complaining about the realism of today's CrewTalk, remember the earliest versions where the communication was unintelligible and fixed, like this from the 1997 Lionel 18952 PA1

Actually, the PA1 has SignalSounds and the 18965 PB1 locomotive has RailSounds, so the CrewTalk may be from the latter ... or is it TowerCom?

What, me worry?

OK - I really dislike the whole "talking locomotive" thing anyway. Never use it; it is just so hokey. And wrong.

How does one "start up" a steam locomotive anyway? There's no start button, no starter motor, no battery, no remote start, no key fob, no Panic button - that last one would be useful, for sure. How do you start a steamer? With a match and patience.

I usually check this stuff out on a new/used purchase just to laugh at it, then never check it again. The low point was the English-speaking crew in my Lionel NdeM Centipede. Seriously?

At least the crew in my MTH Chapelon Pacific speaks French. 

zhyachts posted:

Tiny people talking nonsense in toy size locomotives that you can hear all over the layout !

 

My solution.

 

This.

And then find the guy who thought up this "feature," and force him to go to the house of each and every owner of an engine with Crew Talk to personally apologize and mow the lawn (with a pair of nail scissors) for a whole season as a way to begin making amends.

I don't think many if any  Canadian steam engine had radios or speedometers (maybe CP did)

  "Who  won the Ball / hockey game?  I actually had this one deleted  3 or 4  times from another post  re  the official use of the radio.. This just told me the deleter  didn't have much main line   experience and no sense of humour.

 At 3 or 4 in the morning (daylight in the swamp) it doesn't hurt to make short announcements. This can be a good thing in the days of the dead man petal with the lunch pail or clothes pin holding it down.

A couple of others,

Don't forget the derail.  Usually the conductor would remind   a new head end brakeman of the derail but sometimes the head end brakeman had almost as much seniority  as the  conductor 30 years or so.The Conductor would do  just to razz him.

2 to set off in the team track. spot'em where they can get at it on both sides.

You're on the main.

Yard limits ahead.

Yes Chicago won...