I recently bought an NOS Lionel 6-82116. The horn can make some rather unpleasant sounds, like a sick moose. I say CAN because it depends on how you use the quilling slide. This is only my second Lionel locomotive; the other being a Legacy 10 wheeler. The whistle on the 10 wheeler is awesome. This horn, not so much. I did program the Legacy remote with the orange module. Anyone else have one of these S2 ALCO from Volume 2, 2014 catalog? What's your experience.
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Oman posted:I recently bought an NOS Lionel 6-82116. The horn can make some rather unpleasant sounds, like a sick moose. I say CAN because it depends on how you use the quilling slide. This is only my second Lionel locomotive; the other being a Legacy 10 wheeler. The whistle on the 10 wheeler is awesome. This horn, not so much.
Then don't "quill" it. The real horn would do the same thing, back in the days before non-modulating horn control valves and electrically operated horns. Now diesel horns are either "ON" full or "OFF".
I did program the Legacy remote with the orange module. Anyone else have one of these S2 ALCO from Volume 2, 2014 catalog? What's your experience.
"...like a sick moose."
Yes - as it should. It's accurate. I like the sound - and, really, have you actually ever heard a moose?
This "quilling" thing has been overplayed, certainly - and you can't quill most horns, anyway. Many steam loco whistles could not be "quilled" either; I have read that modern NYC steam power, for example, had whistles that could not be "played" - the engineer's lever operated a pneumatic servo valve, which, in turn, opened the whistle. It blew as it should, of course, but wasn't directly operated by hand.
Early diesels should go "blat". Some late steamers had "blat" horns, too.
Two good answers. Thank you.
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