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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>N&W passenger whistles on steam locomotives consisted of three tones, the lowest normally sounding around 230 cps. The other two created what musically is referred to as a “major triad”. The tuning of all three notes could vary due to changes in the pressure of the steam passing through the whistle. Coincidentally, the SP G4s used the same whistle. Soundtraxx offers this whistle (as a G4) in their “large steam” Tsunami decoder. They also offer the Frisco 1522 which is a major triad. BWL has 611’s whistle programmed into their N&W class J decoder, but the tone is very raspy compared to the real thing, and I don’t know if you can buy the sound decoder separately. I recommend the Tsunami – or if you need a little more current capacity, use Soundtraxx’s DSX sound-only decoder and put some 1.5 amp power decoder in parallel to run the motor.<BR>
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Bob Folsom<BR>
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On 3/8/09 11:06 AM, "NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Does any company make a Class J whistle that is acceptable from the factory?<BR>
I realize that there are some programmable decoders out there, too... is that a better option?<BR>
I have an HO Spectrum J and a Key K2a I would like to install them in.<BR>
Thank you for any advice....<BR>
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Mike Rector<BR>
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