Scott -
Keep in mind that the movies of 1940s-1950s steam locomotives, such as Steam
Locomotives of the Colorado & Southern, were usually taken with either 8mm or
16mm movie cameras without sound. David Gross of the Rocky Mountain Railroad
Club took these films while a teenager. When the films are converted to video
or DVD, the producers usually use separately recorded sounds to add sound to
the film. For the C&S, the best sound recordings were made by Howard Fogg and
were available on Mobile Fidelity records. I don't know if they are available
today in any other form, but I have a number of LP records with the C&S
recordings. As I recall, the recordings featured 600-series 2-8-0s and mostly
800-series 2-8-2s (ex CB&Q 5500 series). I don't recall that Howard recorded
any of the 900-series 2-10-2s, although I recall another record with one of the
C&S USRA 2-10-2s. None of these recordings feature a steamboat style whistle.
It would be great if someone could remaster Fogg's C
&S and UP recordings onto CDs, just as O. Winston Link's N&W steam recordings
have been remastered.
- John Manion
Denver, CO
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From: "Myers, Scott V." <svmyers@southernco.com>
Dick and others,
I certainly appreciate everyone's feedback regarding the use of the Tsunami
sound decoders. I did dig out some of my old videotapes of CB&Q/C&S steam
locomotives. One of the best as far as whistles seems to be "Last Steamers on
the Colorado and Southern" by Kalmbach. It does include the C&S 800 series
2-8-2s, which is listed as one of the whistles available for the medium steam
decoder. It also contained a #900 series 2-10-2, which certainly sounded like a
different whistle to me. I'm curious to see if the whistle from the decoder
does sound like the ones on the videotape. At least one of the other tapes has
Northern #5632, so I need to listen to it again and see how they compare.
Unfortunately, these tapes are pretty old and don't play very well, distorting
not only the images but the sound.
Scott Myers
-----Original Message-----
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com on behalf of rawolter
Sent: Sat 12/22/2007 4:36 PM
To: BRHS list
Subject: [CBQ] Re:Tsunami Sound Decoders for CB&Q Steam Locomotives
Scott, I have installed 3 Tsunamis in three of my brass CB&Q locos. Heavy in
the 4-8-4 05, medium in the 2-8-2 01A, and light in the 0-8-0 F2. I use NCE
DCC. The whistle choices are good, and I finally went with what I thought they
may have sounded like, since there doesn't seem to be any way to tell now how
they sounded that I know of. If anyone knows of a recording available I sure
would like to know about it.
To me the best thing about these decoders is not only the quality of the sound,
but the great number of sounds available to add to the realism of running a
steam loco. Also, if set up correctly using the appropriate CV's, you can
simulate the loco's sound under various loads and running conditions as well as
simulate realistic running, such as starting out or drifting to a stop.
A knowledgeable friend set mine up. He has since written an excellent guide to
setting up the various CV's, and I have written a piece describing operating
with Tsunamis. Both are to appear in the Feb. issue of the Dispatcher's Office,
the quarterly national publication of the Operations Special Interest Group
(OPSIG). Regards, Dick Wolter
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