Vision Line Tank Car Question

Yes once there turned on they make the rail squeaks on there own.  

No legacy companion, the next best thing however, just post any questions over on the TMCC/Legacy forum. There are many knowledgable folks there who are more than willing to help...........for free

Honestly most is covered in the manual although sometimes the manual jumps around a bit.

 

MartyE made several videos

 

And so did Lionel

 

My biggest tip to all new Legacy users, change your engine ID to anything between 2 and 98 before trying to set your engine up. Always leave ID 1 open and set to CAB-1 and remember on new engines 99 is a "All Engines" function.

 

As for the vision tankers, never had one but did hear they are a bit tricky to set up. But I have heard they are awesome

I run only conventional and the Vision cars, like the locos, make various noises on their own as they move.  I'm not sure if they make braking noises when the slow down (the locos do) but they make "realistic" noises just because the track is has voltage and they are moving.  I have never heard them "talk" or do anything else - you probably need the Legacy controller to cause that to happen. 

The vision tank cars do make brake sounds but you need legacy in order to active the brake sounds with the brake slider key on the cab 2. There are also air brake release sounds as well.

the only thing you need legacy for is to play the sounds your way, if you have one, or for the crewtalk. A vid i reconmend is Eric's review about the cars. he talks about what you need Legacy for.

here's the link for the vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJgLH764goA