I am watching a Weaver A-5 on one of the auction sites and I am not sure if it has a whistle. the box info says reverse unit by qsi. Does that automatically mean it will have a whistle? There are no other indicates on the box, and of course Weaver is long gone, so I am not sure who to ask.
Any way, without seeing it in person I am really hesitant to bid if it doesn't have a voice.
-JHZ
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Most Weaver brass locomotives from that era have QSI conventional reversing boards with no sound. That particular locomotive (assuming it's the one in Stout's auction) belonged to a late friend of mine, and I know that it has no sound.
QSI Sound was usually a second board, piggy-backed, on top of the Forward/Reverse board. The scale slope-backed tender has barely enough room for one board. Sound also requires a speaker in this tender. With Early, (Ed Bender), Generic TMCC, I did a conversion for this model, but had to alter the front of the Tender, (Add space). Current, ERR upgrades, would be a tight fit.
I was able to convert mine with a Cruise Commander Lite (no longer available 
) and a new generation RailSounds board from ERR. I used a 1.06" speaker with enclosure from a DCC supplier and it sounds good.
@Bob posted:Most Weaver brass locomotives from that era have QSI conventional reversing boards with no sound. That particular locomotive (assuming it's the one in Stout's auction) belonged to a late friend of mine, and I know that it has no sound.
Well, you can't get any better info than that! Yes, that is the exact one I was looking at. Thank you very much for both the general and specific info!
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