Many years ago, I bought one each of the QSI conventional control horn and whistle replacements called the hooter and tooter. Like many items on my shelves, these got tucked away for use "someday" Someday arrived last week. I installed the tooter in the tender of my Rock Island steamer. I had just installed a TMCC LCRU in the engine so I have tmcc control and sounds in "transitional" control mode which I prefer because I can run conventional and command engines on the same track. I am so pleased with the engine that I decided to get several more Hooters and Tooters for future conversions. The only mention of these units on the QSI website is a message that they will be available when the "large scale" portion of the website is up. I didn't find any contact information to ask QSI directly about the units, and the QSI dealers I contacted didn't know what I was talking about. Bottom line, does anybody know how to get in touch with QSI,? know of a dealer who still has some Hooter/tooters?, or does anybody on the board have any they would like to sell?
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