Video from Trainworld; Tsunami Sound for rolling stock;Will it work for us?

Couple of more videos:

I have also seen these and found them interesting.

I can't answer your questions with 100% certainty, but I'm pretty sure you would need a DCC system to do any setup or programming it might need. Pretty sure you would have to make some selections or something on the decoder.

Also may need to convert AC to DC and reduce the voltage. Not a problem with inexpensive converters available on ebay. I imagine DCC decoders would need 12VDC for power as that is I believe what all the N & HO stuff requires to operate. The car would need pick up rollers to, or some way to get power.

The larger O gauge cars would allow for a better speaker than they use in HO so I don't think sound would be an issue.

I'm sure it could somehow be made to work in O gauge though. If I ever get caught up with my ordering from these new catalogs that keep coming out I might get more serious about giving it a try. Funds seem to always be depleted for quite sometime after a new catalog comes out, then another one comes out...

  I don't see anything listed about them working in conventional.

http://www.soundtraxx.com/dsd/soundcar/soundcar.php

but I wonder what triggers the sound?

http://www.soundtraxx.com/dsd/...r/soundcarwiring.pdf

Seems like there's no wheel sensors? Maybe they detect motion only and would work for me in two rail?????????

the car just has a trigger that would be turned on or off with a swipe of a magnet. Maybe it will work?

 It has function outputs for lighting that would need DCC to activate.

I think DCC in the HO scale uses AC to power the tracks.

Just need to have a HO friend that runs DCC to set up the sounds on a DCC system using jumper wires from the HO track to the center and outside rails O gauge track.  I MAYBE 100% wrong but I think it should work.

Hey everyone,

To clear up some questions I had George from Soundtraxx verify the following.

Hope this helps

The SoundCar is a sound system designed for reproducing the sounds of the rolling stock.  This includes the sounds of the rail joints, (clickety-clack), flange squeal, brake set, squeal, release, flat spot and more.  The SoundCar is compatible and works best with any NMRA DCC compliant digital systems.  Following the digital DCC signal sent through the rails the SoundCar will respond and adjust the sounds as appropriate to match the work of the train.  The Soundcar is also compatible with a straight DC (Variable voltage) power pack.
For more information, please visit: http://www.soundtraxx.com/dsd/soundcar/soundcar.php

 Thanks for clarifying Ken!

Hey Scott, what Lionel box car (#) are you talking about? What catalog??

Guess that leaves us 3 railers out then. Never mind what I said about somehow might work in O gauge. Seems a lot more difficult now. Thanks for the clarification.

I didn't think about how to activate it previously.

Hey Scott, what Lionel box car (#) are you talking about? What catalog??

Sorry I meant UP. They are the refrigerated Pacific Fruit cars. 

http://www.lionel.com/Products...neID=&CatalogId=

Scott Smith

Lionel Had great sound affects with the Vision line tank cars a while back then "Poof" they were gone? Why haven't they done a series of cars with the brake squeal and all for separate sale? I guess they can't make the money on them like the big ticket locomotives!

 Thanks Scott! I searched three different sites for a SF box car with sound. I don't know how I missed this. I bought the ethanol tankers with sound for my 2 rail layout. I had hoped for many more. What a deal they were! Two of them had sound.

In this new series only one car has sound. The only reason I ordered them was for the sound. UP was a nice choice, just not the one I wanted. I would like to buy a single car not a set of cars-especially when you consider that I don't care for the road names. Many of us in the hobby are;

1) On the East Coast

2)Model steam era cars and locomotives.

The ethanol tank cars, and yes I bought a set anyway, doesn't fit into the steam era.

The Pacific Fruit express doesn't fit for us East railroaders. I would like to see sound modules or at the very least NYC, Pennsylvania, Norfolk & Western Coal hoppers with sound. Yes I pre-ordered them anyway.

Scott Smith

I would love it if Lionel had installed sound into their more modern mechanical reefer. I'm tempted to buy this set, and remove the board for install into their other reefer. I have no interest in something this old because I do model modern.

 I don't know if I should wait for the next set that may never come?

If I remember right, the Lionel is triggered by an axle magnet? Would be cool if this Sountraxx board was triggered the same way for us command O scale users.