Several years ago, there was an email regarding the fan trips. Someone
warned that on the fan trips, other whistles were or may have been
substituted. I do not remember the specifics. So, older albums would be
best for acquiring whistle sounds. I am sure the email is in the
archives.
Dale Grice
Motorola CHS, SI&T
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Lawrenceville, GA 30043
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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
railbass@comcast.net
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:29 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Re:Tsunami Sound Decoders for CB&Q Steam Locomotives
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 some! one 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
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Myers, Scott V." <svmyers@southernco.com
<mailto:svmyers%40southernco.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 <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.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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