Downloading Proto 2 files?

joecOGR Forum Member

Had this kit from a while back that I wanted to finally install in a cab-less Rail King F-3 chassis. I had a Lionel PW cab that I had painted to my Boston & Maine colors that I wanted to modify for the MTH chassis. All went well with the "Frankenstein" conversion, except, I could no longer find MTH's Proto downloadable sound files to finish the job? I found some info that only "Protsound2.com" was the only place to find the files? I was surprised at their spelling, so I tried it, and also tried putting the "o" in proto, but neither worked. I have some diesel files on my computer that in a pinch I will try to load in to my project. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated! Thank you!

11/27/189:59 AM

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gunrunnerjohnOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

You can normally find them all on the www.mthtrains.com, however the web site seems to have a little problem and the search box is missing! Once they fix the website, you can search for an F3, then pick RailKing, and finally the catalog year, for 3V files I look 2004 to around 2011, for 5V files, 2000 to 2003.

11/27/1810:06 AM

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Alan MancusOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Did u trying looking it up from the item mth number then you can select support and see what sound files show up or upgrade kit files as well

11/27/1811:24 AM

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joecOGR Forum Member

No, I didn't, as the "kit" was universal and did not specify an MTH number. But, thank you for the reply!!! I may just try and program the project with any diesel PS2 file I already have on my computer. Hey, it's worth a shot, right?

Thanks,

Joe

11/27/1812:48 PM

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bruce benzieOGR Forum Member

You can not look up the MTH number. MTH changed the web site and that very helpful feature disappeared.

bruce

11/27/1812:55 PM

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gunrunnerjohnOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

I sure hope that's not a permanent change, because it really sucks now!

11/27/182:11 PM

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gunrunnerjohnOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Looks like all the former links to products is down as well! I searched with Google on several known good MTH product numbers, and the search just hangs and never completes. It used to pop up results that I could go directly to a product page.

Looks like they've suffered a major web meltdown, it's pretty inconceivable that they'd remove all that information for no reason.

11/27/182:27 PM

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joecOGR Forum Member

Yup GRJ, it’s permanent! Came out nice with the cab switch too! I haven’t had the opportunity, but I’m confident it’s not dead in the water!

Thanks, Joe

11/27/182:30 PM

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joecOGR Forum Member

Thanks GRJ, I’ll give them time to get back online, or not!

best, Joe

11/27/182:33 PM