Railsounds diner sounds go clunk when activating the whistle or horn -Solved

Are you running the diner from track power? If so, I recommend switching to accessory power.  

Mitch 

Sorry, the SKU you’ve given (6-85367) is for the L&N ‘Hummingbird” four car set. The Legacy StationSounds diner that goes with that is 6-85369; is that the car you mean? 

I don’t have this issue with the two Legacy StationSounds diners I have but I have assigned each its own road number and don’t operate them as part of a train despite the manual suggesting that. Also I had to upgrade to the latest version of Legacy to access the car’s features correctly.

Sorry again if I am mistaken about what you are asking - I don’t get the references to Lionel, Atlas and 3rd Rail with TMCC unless you mean the system used to run the engines. The diner is meant to be run via Legacy.

Hancock52 posted:

Sorry, the SKU you’ve given (6-85367) is for the L&N ‘Hummingbird” four car set. The Legacy StationSounds diner that goes with that is 6-85369; is that the car you mean? 

I don’t have this issue with the two Legacy StationSounds diners I have but I have assigned each its own road number and don’t operate them as part of a train despite the manual suggesting that. Also I had to upgrade to the latest version of Legacy to access the car’s features correctly.

Sorry again if I am mistaken about what you are asking - I don’t get the references to Lionel, Atlas and 3rd Rail with TMCC unless you mean the system used to run the engines. The diner is meant to be run via Legacy.

You are correct with the number you gave.  My mistake.  Just pointing out the engines are TMCC and legacy.  Both do the cluck.

Set up as a lash-up, you can get the clunk even if the car is under control with the train link button.  If you use the whistle slider you get the clunk without the whistle.

Operating the car without the lash-up, and on its own is an alternative I might use.    Thanks

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

Are you running the diner from track power? If so, I recommend switching to accessory power.  

Mitch 

Diner car, not a building.  Thanks for support.

Well, looking again at the manual for one the diners I have, it does talk about adding it to a "Train" in terms that might suggest it is part of a lash-up with engines but that can't be accurate. If added to a lash-up I could understand that the whistle/horn commands might be, for want of a better word, confused, although I haven't read about this kind of issue before. I'd try your car under standalone control and see what happens - I'll be interested to know what you find.

This is the sort of issue on which Rudy Railsounds might know the cause and cure. I think that this is his call sign and might be worth a try: @Railsounds

I have my Legacy Stationsounds Diner configured in a train along with the locomotive and use the Train Link feature to access the sounds of the diner, no issues.

If you are using Legacy to control it, you may want to verify that it is configured in Legacy as a Passenger Car.

The klunk is intentional so you can tell the diner car is getting commands. train link is designed specifically for accessories like this station sounds diner car or the operating crane car. No klunk in that operating mode.

And if i remember correctly, in this mode, the Train Brake slider will cause diner car brakes to squeak independently of loco braking sounds.

Railsounds posted:

The klunk is intentional so you can tell the diner car is getting commands. train link is designed specifically for accessories like this station sounds diner car or the operating crane car. No klunk in that operating mode.

And if i remember correctly, in this mode, the Train Brake slider will cause diner car brakes to squeak independently of loco braking sounds.

First, thanks Rudy @Railsounds for contributing on this issue. Second, I'll be darned but I have never heard the "clunk" although it makes perfect sense to have a sound that reflects the car getting a command signal. You guyz's hearing must be a lot sharper than mine - time for an ear trumpet I guess.

Thanks to Rudy for answering this question.

The fact that he, now an ex-employee of Lionel took the time to answer it is first-class IMO. I wish Rudy was still at Lionel (for selfish reasons) and hope he's doing well in what is presumably new endeavors.

Railsounds posted:

The klunk is intentional so you can tell the diner car is getting commands. train link is designed specifically for accessories like this station sounds diner car or the operating crane car. No klunk in that operating mode.

And if i remember correctly, in this mode, the Train Brake slider will cause diner car brakes to squeak independently of loco braking sounds.

Thank you all for your help.  It clarifies my issue.