Steamers will always be my favorite. I hope everyone can view this. A very Happy New Year and may your wheels stay upon the tracks of your life.
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I like the video mainly because it proves that the hideous chuff sounds offered by Lionel and MTH are not even close to the actual. Love the silence.
romiller49 posted:I like the video mainly because it proves that the hideous chuff sounds offered by Lionel and MTH are not even close to the actual. Love the silence.
That's because the 4501 is maintaining speed and not working hard uphill with a heavy train. Steam locomotives can be deceptively quiet at times.
It's louder here for a runby, although the Johnson bar still isn't in the corner and its still not working all that hard:
Here's Frisco 1630 sounding off doing some actual work pulling 135 empties:
Rusty
romiller49 posted:I like the video mainly because it proves that the hideous chuff sounds offered by Lionel and MTH are not even close to the actual. Love the silence.
Apparently you have not been around a steam locomotive that is working medium to heavy throttle, to make such a statement.
Well Hot Water, we’ll just have to agree to disagree. With today’s technology both Lionel and MTH could do a much better rendition of the chug sounds. Real chug sounds are music to the ears even under load.
