The 2019 vol. II Lionel catalog lists the "flat spot" sound cars and the description hints, in part that it will be "...quite a racket..." and that it can be turned off leaving the normal freight sounds, rail clatter, flange squeals, coupler slack bumping.
Given my Lionel PS1 freightsound boxcars already make quite a racket - and I enjoy this (although it can be startling if I've had a hard day at work and my nerves are fried) and I recently ordered the latest reefer sound cars, I wonder what a "flat spot" wheel would sound like.
Is anyone excited about this latest announcement, and are you going to pre-order one, or wait until its released and tested by others?