MTH Imperial Railking Long Island RR 2-8-2 Mikado Sounds

They could have at least had announcements of bringing coal from Islip to Great Neck!  

I agree though. It is crazy they didn't do accurate sounds, especially for the Imperial line.

I suspect they don't have the needed sounds. Tho one would think they could make them.

Unreal. Call them tomorrow and see what they say. Perhaps a download is available,

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I have the Premier H10 on order. I wonder what they'll have that say? 

I was just wondering what others may have...I was thinking maybe I got a "special" one or they were all like this. I would be surprised if they didn't have a Long Island sound file. If they did a special sound file for the RTR starter set Long Island 2-8-0, I bet there has to be one for the 2-8-2. I'm going to call today. The Chinese must have built this one on a Friday....

They must have also put the track I bought together on a Friday. I also bought some tubular track and they forgot to put the insulators on the center rail ties! I've heard of that happening but hadn't actually seen it until now. 

Called MTH and spoke to a tech. The answer I got was "well trains travel all over the country and there are no other sound files to match the engine. Best thing you could do was find a sound file for a LIRR steam engine that may be a close match and use that" BUT the speed control, etc will still be a bit off due to the wheel size, etc. I'm not really willing to swap sound files as I've been less than happy with the results on each time I've tried to do it. Guess the Long Island Rail Road has a new branch line to Winchester, VA and Hagerstown MD....

I ran into a similar in pass two years ago and my Santa Fe 19th Century Ten wheeler like many other locos with a Extended Start Up Sequence, saying "Lets shovel some coal," for a ten wheeler. If you emptied the ash pan on an oil burner, you would be burned all over your body.

I may be able to live with something like that but to have a Long Island engine, one that likely never left the Island, with sounds talking about mid-Virigina isn't right. Kind of like putting a Super Chief Santa Fe sound file in a European engine. 

Look at the brighter side...LIRR never had Mikados...they were leased from the Pennsylvania. Just consider the engine fantasy not only with the LI painted tender but also sounds!

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Good point...dropped off some metal at Grumman and went straight through to Maryland.

HERE is the link to the MTH website on the engine.

Not being one to settle, I contacted MTH on their Facebook page last night. This morning, they said they'd look into it. Just now, I was notified by MTH that they have a new sound file. It is the same as before only instead of traveling from Winchester, Va to Hagerstown MD, the announcements now say Jamaica and Montauk.

MTH gets a solid thumbs up and ultimate praise from me on this one. I will take the engine to my local dealer on Saturday to have it installed.

Excellent news. Good job MTH and way to stay persistent SJC!

Very nice! Glad to see it worked out!

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I'm glad to see the MTH took care of this as well. I was beginning to think that you were snakebit when it came to Mikados!  

James, 

If this one was a dud, you could've gotten another heck of a deal....