I have been looking to acquire an MTH or Lionel shay locomotive. I have watched many YouTube videos of MTH and Lionel shays and none appear to have actual shay sounds that would result from the steam cylinders. Some have chuf-chuf sound like that of a conventional side rod locomotive that has nothing to do with the cycling of the cylinders on the side of the shay. I have also watched YouTube shays at Cass and other excursion shay railroads and they don't sound anything like the Lionel or MTH shays. That is a show stopper for me to buy any of these MTH or Lionel shays. Does anyone have one of these MTH or Lionel shays that actually sounds like a real shay? That is, the movement of the cylinders on the side are synchronized with a real shay chuf sound?
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