Anyone have one and can show them in action. I found the Reading and NH sets but I want to hear them before I purchase one.
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Just imagine any electric engine.
The whistle is an air whistle and the bell sounds like a quick hand rung bell(think Arbys)
Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:Just imagine any electric engine.
The whistle is an air whistle and the bell sounds like a quick hand rung bell(think Arbys)
I'd be curious to hear if the cars include station names along the route of the train.
Trainlover9943 posted:Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:Just imagine any electric engine.
The whistle is an air whistle and the bell sounds like a quick hand rung bell(think Arbys)
I'd be curious to hear if the cars include station names along the route of the train.
No, they do not.
The towercom calls the engine number, the road number and all aboard.
Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:Trainlover9943 posted:Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:Just imagine any electric engine.
The whistle is an air whistle and the bell sounds like a quick hand rung bell(think Arbys)
I'd be curious to hear if the cars include station names along the route of the train.
No, they do not.
The towercom calls the engine number, the road number and all aboard.
It's just like a typical RS4 engine. That sucks.
Trainlover9943 posted:It's just like a typical RS4 engine. That sucks.
Well... they are RS4, right?
gunrunnerjohn posted:Trainlover9943 posted:It's just like a typical RS4 engine. That sucks.
Well... they are RS4, right?
Yes But I was thinking it would have like station announcements of some kind.
Trainlover9943 posted:gunrunnerjohn posted:Trainlover9943 posted:It's just like a typical RS4 engine. That sucks.
Well... they are RS4, right?
Yes But I was thinking it would have like station announcements of some kind.
Unfortunately not, I had the Reading set for a short while.
Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:Trainlover9943 posted:gunrunnerjohn posted:Trainlover9943 posted:It's just like a typical RS4 engine. That sucks.
Well... they are RS4, right?
Yes But I was thinking it would have like station announcements of some kind.
Unfortunately not, I had the Reading set for a short while.
The reading would've been the one I got. OTOH, the earlier conventional PRR set sounds decent.
Trainlover9943 posted:The reading would've been the one I got. OTOH, the earlier conventional PRR set sounds decent.
That can't be right... the conventional Pennsylvania MU cars from the early 1990's didn't have sound of any kind.
TRW
Lionel MU version - no problems. Like the motor sound.
MTH MU has been to MTH for repair. Slipping gears cant pull 6 cars on a flat surface using 042 curves. MTH had to add 6 more oz of metal weight and fix the gears. No old style motor sound, just the general PS2 station stops and chatter.
MTH left Lionel right
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PaperTRW posted:Trainlover9943 posted:The reading would've been the one I got. OTOH, the earlier conventional PRR set sounds decent.
That can't be right... the conventional Pennsylvania MU cars from the early 1990's didn't have sound of any kind.
TRW
Aren't these the 90s ones here? https://youtu.be/h2TYSoBKgk0
Trainlover9943 posted:PaperTRW posted:Trainlover9943 posted:The reading would've been the one I got. OTOH, the earlier conventional PRR set sounds decent.
That can't be right... the conventional Pennsylvania MU cars from the early 1990's didn't have sound of any kind.
TRW
Aren't these the 90s ones here? https://youtu.be/h2TYSoBKgk0
Those MU cars are definitely not Lionel.
Maybe MTH?
TRW
PaperTRW posted:Trainlover9943 posted:PaperTRW posted:Trainlover9943 posted:The reading would've been the one I got. OTOH, the earlier conventional PRR set sounds decent.
That can't be right... the conventional Pennsylvania MU cars from the early 1990's didn't have sound of any kind.
TRW
Aren't these the 90s ones here? https://youtu.be/h2TYSoBKgk0
Those MU cars are definitely not Lionel.
Maybe MTH?
TRW
Not sure. I found these online and was thinking of getting them too. https://www.grzyboskitrains.co...lvania-mus-4-car-set
PaperTRW posted:Trainlover9943 posted:PaperTRW posted:Trainlover9943 posted:The reading would've been the one I got. OTOH, the earlier conventional PRR set sounds decent.
That can't be right... the conventional Pennsylvania MU cars from the early 1990's didn't have sound of any kind.
TRW
Aren't these the 90s ones here? https://youtu.be/h2TYSoBKgk0
Those MU cars are definitely not Lionel.
Maybe MTH?
TRW
Those appear to be K-Line units
Yep, I upgraded a set of those K-Line cars to command, but I couldn't use their little announcement board in the new installation.