im guessing to use railsounds i need either legacy or tmcc? But if i run it without legacy or tmcc doe's any of the railsounds operate on Lionel # 31799 great northern berkshire. What won't i have access to if i run it conventionally
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Madmax,
If memory serves me correctly the 31799 great northern empire builder berk jr is straight up conventional Railsounds. This means you'll get idle sounds, chuff (when moving) whistle and bell. Which is exactly what you will get with any TMCC loco or Legacy loco. Legacy locos will provide a brief tower announcement after a very short blast of the horn!
Hope this clears the confusion,
Mike
Lionel
GO TO LIONEL .COM AND THE ENTIRE OPERATING MANUAL IS AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD.
SIMPLY "GOOGLE" LIONEL 31799 , THE FIRST LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO IT. LOOK AT PAGES 7 & 8 FOR ALL THE INFO YOU SEEK.
I run only conventional. I get idle, and chuffing or diesel roar, as the case may be, that is proportional to speed, and of course bell and whistle with any Lionel loco that has sound (railsounds, tmcc, legacy, vision, etc) and with MTH PSx locos. The sound is better quality - richer, more variation in sound with speed and acceleration, etc., with PS2 or 3, or particularly Legacy and vision (slightly better than PS3). A couple of my high end Lionel locos also make braking noises when they slow down.
A few of my locos "talk to themselves" if left in neutral too long - they start doing engineer - traintalk discussions about water level in the boiler, etc., which frankly I find annoying, but its sort of interesting.
Originally Posted by Lee Willis:
A few of my locos "talk to themselves" if left in neutral too long - they start doing engineer - traintalk discussions about water level in the boiler, etc., which frankly I find annoying, but its sort of interesting.
MTH stuff, right? 
Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:
Originally Posted by Lee Willis:
A few of my locos "talk to themselves" if left in neutral too long - they start doing engineer - traintalk discussions about water level in the boiler, etc., which frankly I find annoying, but its sort of interesting.
MTH stuff, right?
Lionel Stuff, per the manual:
CrewTalk communication. These “call” and “response” radio messages occur automatically after the train has stopped. You will hear them at random intervals, ranging from thirty seconds to three minutes.
Jon, most of the MTH locomotives talk to themselves if you leave them sitting as well. I forgot that some of the Legacy stuff does that as well. 
For the MTH at least, you can turn that cab chatter off with DCS.
I leave mine on, it reminds me there is an engine waiting.
I leave it on, it amuses me.
Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:
Jon, most of the MTH locomotives talk to themselves if you leave them sitting as well. I forgot that some of the Legacy stuff does that as well.
Again, incorrect John. Legacy product does not have this behavior. Our conventional only product does. I wanted to make sure the original poster gets the correct information which is why I replied as I did.
Thanks for the clarification. I guess that explains why I didn't hear it. The MTH command stuff talks. I guess that's why I never heard the Legacy do it. I guess it wasn't clear that it was conventional only for Lionel.
thx's just wanted to make sure i didn't need legacy for all it's function's. Now to talk him down in price since it's been collecting dust on the shelf for the last 2 yrs
