NJ Transit
Locomotive: F40PH-2CAT
Originally Posted by OGR Webmaster:
They called it "The 567 Chant." What a glorious sound of power!
Not many gentle hills on the Minnesota North Shore......
Originally Posted by prrhorseshoecurve:
Very nice...that's a beauty.
Actually, I like the sounds of start-up and shut-down. When they're running much above idle, it's mostly white noise -- 2-cycle for early EMD and 4-cycle for GE/ALCo.
My favorite is Lionel Dash-8 Amtrak #505 (28230) that I bought in 2004. I thought that that engine had the most amazing "Amtrak-sounding" horn of any engine I had. (Granted that this opinion comes from a guy with little experience in listening to real Amtrak horns.) I found that the horns of later Legacy Amtrak engines #517 and #519 were lame in comparison.
English Electric Type 3/Class 37 pushing a steel train up the Lickey Incline which, at 2.65%, is the steepest mainline grade in the UK. Doesn't get much better than this...sounds like the D&H Sharks shoving up Belden Hill.
Bob
Originally Posted by AGHRMatt:
Actually, I like the sounds of start-up and shut-down. When they're running much above idle, it's mostly white noise -- 2-cycle for early EMD and 4-cycle for GE/ALCo.
My favorite are those old Alco's also.
In real life I love the "whoop" sound of the compressor motor on modern GE locomotives. I also like the sound of a turbocharged 645 idling, and 567's/non turbo 645's notching up!
Originally Posted by CNJ 3676:
English Electric Type 3/Class 37 pushing a steel train up the Lickey Incline which, at 2.65%, is the steepest mainline grade in the UK. Doesn't get much better than this...sounds like the D&H Sharks shoving up Belden Hill.
Bob
Nice! Yes, definite liking for the English Electrics: one of the sounds of my childhood, as well as my steam memories. There is another favorite Brit sound that was all over the country at one time and all on the preserved lines now. Europe had lots of Sulzer-engined locomotives, but the Sulzer 6ALD28 is probably as famous in Britain as the EMD 567 in North America.
WOW, the Sulzer 6ALD28 sounds like an old tractor plowing a field! 
Originally Posted by Firewood:
Originally Posted by OGR Webmaster:
They called it "The 567 Chant." What a glorious sound of power!
Not many gentle hills on the Minnesota North Shore......
Thanks for posting. What is in the dump cars? and what is that thing ahead of the caboose? (just curious) I don't think it's iron ore but could be wrong.
I like the sound of any Alco wound up , spitting oil and sounding like it's going to blow up at any minute.
And someone said diesels don't smoke.
Lionel GE ES44AC prime-mover sounds....they literally nailed the "bassy" tone of these behemoths.
String together 4 die-cast ES44s in one consist..and listen to the most amazing cacophony of GE power. Then... my indulgence is abruptly ended as my wife storms in and exclaims "TURN DOWN THE SOUND, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS A REAL TRAIN IN THIS HOUSE!!!"
My favorite diesel sound is............silence--so I can hear the steam engine.
But in the absence of steam, my favorite diesel sound is without a doubt the unmistakable growl of the postwar Lionel F3s.
If this topic is about model engine sounds, why is it posted in the REAL TRAINS forum?
Originally Posted by Gregg:
Originally Posted by Firewood:
Originally Posted by OGR Webmaster:
They called it "The 567 Chant." What a glorious sound of power!
Not many gentle hills on the Minnesota North Shore......
Thanks for posting. What is in the dump cars? and what is that thing ahead of the caboose? (just curious) I don't think it's iron ore but could be wrong.
The cars are side-dumpers, probably air-powered as the car in front of the caboose is a compressor car. In reverse directions, the train was operated from the caboose instead of turning or running round. The material is mine waste rock, according to the description.
Thanks for the update, Mine waste, I'm guessing crushed up slag which makes for great road bed ballast. We used get a lot of it from the mines at Sudbury Ontario. Kind of makes sense now. I've never seen a compressor car quite like that. Thx again.
Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:
WOW, the Sulzer 6ALD28 sounds like an old tractor plowing a field!
Yeah, they sound like somebody bolted a few old John Deeres together I used to ride a one-car train behind one after the steam switch-over. Needless to say the sounds and smells of steam and diesel are heavily imprinted!
For you EMD 567 lovers, get the "GP9s" CD by Green Frog. This is a bunch of ex-Beano units, late # 6500's. This is some seriously good stuff. FWIW, these things run as good as they sound...which is just one reason EMD will never die !
Dial up the volume from about 2:30 into the video 'til about 4:00
https://youtu.be/9LWKSz_9gUQ?t=2m32s
My sons and I loved the sound of two or three EL's SD45s climbing the west slope of the Pocono mountains. ....could hear those 20 cylinder brutes coming for 5 miles through the Nay Aug gorge. It gave you lots of time to jump in the car and meet them along the Elmhurst reservoir. The only sound that thrilled me was the powerful roar of the Lackawanna Trainmasters on the same grade. In my modeling, I try to recreate these wonderful memories.
Early ALCO’s sound and accompanying smoke, hands down.
I really like the sound of an EMD 567 in a GP9 as it accellerates. I don't know if it is so much the engine or the generator whine, but it is etched into my memory.
I also like the sound of several GE FDL16 engines working in unison pulling a heavy train up a slight grade. The exhaust of these engines, synced up, sounds like someone smacking a couple of sledge hammers together.
Tom
Cool video Joe. I like ALL the diesel sounds!
My Lionel VL CP Es44ac Evolution Hybrid. 
Early GPs with those sweet old 567's when the rev up I get chills. As Mr. Gleason would say" How Sweet it is"
Wow, that vid gave me the chills right about 4:06. That voice of that PM winding up...talk about BASSO PROFUNDO!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8HMACBRCs8
My Dad had this album and I used to LOVE the clip starting at 5:36. From the youtube comments, I guess it's and early EMD?
Early EMD's, ALCO, Baldwins, GE U-boats, all very cool. Also I remember the sound of several SP Tunnel motors climbing a grade at full song - loud! Another one I liked was the Cooper-Bessemer in the 1946 GE 70 Tonner I used to run. A real thumper!
With the advent of Bluetooth on model locos it would be nice to integrate it with the sound system, so to run a subwoofer under the layout. That would rattle the windows!
While working for the New york and lake erie my favorite sound was that of our alco M420 drifting downgrade with the turbo whinning and the rpm's falling up and down with that wonderful sound of Alco's 251 prime mover. My time there was to short but for the summers it was fantastic. I learned so much there in real railroading.
The air-raid siren howl of a string of EMD F7s in dynamic braking coming down the 1.75% of Western Maryland's Connellsville subdivision past Frostburg,MD.
Hot Water posted:You guys want to talk about diesel unit sounds? Well my favorite is the UP DDA40X, which was the highest HP EMD prime mover ever produced WITHOUT any exhaust silencer (muffler to you guys). There is no other diesel locomotive ever produced in the U.S. that equal the total sound volume and "sound note" of those twin 645E3A turbocharged engines at 900+ RPM.
Naturally, MTH has yet to effectively reproduce THAT sound on their DDA40X models.
Is the lack of accuracy due to sound volume produced or the actual sound itself? Curious is why I ask. Do you know if it has been accurately produced by the DCC versions? I believe Bachmann did these in both N and HO with Soundtraxx chips.
TexasSP posted:Hot Water posted:You guys want to talk about diesel unit sounds? Well my favorite is the UP DDA40X, which was the highest HP EMD prime mover ever produced WITHOUT any exhaust silencer (muffler to you guys). There is no other diesel locomotive ever produced in the U.S. that equal the total sound volume and "sound note" of those twin 645E3A turbocharged engines at 900+ RPM.
Naturally, MTH has yet to effectively reproduce THAT sound on their DDA40X models.
Is the lack of accuracy due to sound volume produced or the actual sound itself?
Both, in my opinion.
Curious is why I ask. Do you know if it has been accurately produced by the DCC versions? I believe Bachmann did these in both N and HO with Soundtraxx chips.
I would have no idea, as I don't know anybody that models in those scales that would have a DDA40X model.
I always liked the sound to the ALCO S@, 539T engine, There was something really unique about the whining turbo. None of the manufacturers ever got that sound right even though there are still lots of 539T engines around to record.
Sound and Smoke!
I've always been a fan of the "hollow" sort of exhaust sound produced by the old opposed piston Fairbanks Morse diesels, coupled with the whistle (some say 'scream' of the supercharger and turbo. Aside from that, I have to agree that the sound of an old Alco 539 series has a degree of charm to it. Especially during start up.
Paul Fischer
Hot Water posted:TexasSP posted:Hot Water posted:You guys want to talk about diesel unit sounds? Well my favorite is the UP DDA40X, which was the highest HP EMD prime mover ever produced WITHOUT any exhaust silencer (muffler to you guys). There is no other diesel locomotive ever produced in the U.S. that equal the total sound volume and "sound note" of those twin 645E3A turbocharged engines at 900+ RPM.
Naturally, MTH has yet to effectively reproduce THAT sound on their DDA40X models.
Is the lack of accuracy due to sound volume produced or the actual sound itself?
Both, in my opinion.
Curious is why I ask. Do you know if it has been accurately produced by the DCC versions? I believe Bachmann did these in both N and HO with Soundtraxx chips.
I would have no idea, as I don't know anybody that models in those scales that would have a DDA40X model.
I'd have to guess at it, if I may? You'd really need 2 board sets to capture anything close to this.
I'd guess that they'd need to record that exact prime mover(s), x2 systems, and somehow capture and reproduce that deep low end that's missing. (Turbo's?)
I was going to make a G scale version. I think with some larger 3 1/2" woofers and two boards, it could come closer. I waited to see if they redid the sound set for this engine first.
Leslie RS3L • Five Chimes • On a Real Locomotive
I have seen guys on e-bay that rebuilt these, and you can hook them up to your air compressor.
Check out the classic Leslie in this video.
Every back yard should have a Leslie Five Chime, Air Horn.
Gary
trainroomgary posted:Leslie RS3L • Five Chimes • On a Real Locomotive
I have seen guys on e-bay that rebuilt these, and you can hook them up to your air compressor.
Check out the classic Leslie in this video.
Every back yard should have a Leslie Five Chime, Air Horn.
Gary
Great sounds Gary! Especially on those ex-Conrail Dash 8s...........
