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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>“Mollie” #475 is at Strasburg. Its whistle is similar to the K27 whistle by Soundtraxx, a single chime with a higher pitch than the standard A or Y whistle. I have not been able to find any videos or recordings with E’s, unstreamlined K’s or S’s to compare to this TSU-1000 for example. The triad whistles on J’s and streamlined K’s (and possibly other roads such as SP) were new in the 1930’s/1940’s and would probably not have been on older engines built in the teens and twenties. To answer the question about the Shenandoah Division, I heard first hand a streamlined K in Hagerstown with the triad whistle – that was one of the things that hooked me on N&W; so you can definitely use the J whistle for your K’s.<BR>
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Bob Folsom<BR>
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On 3/15/09 11:59 AM, "NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE="Arial">All,<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Soundtraxx has just announced a new TSU-1000 made especially for "Southern Railroads." This decoder features seven whistles that can be selected; these are:<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">N&W Class J No. 611<BR>
N&W Class A No. 1218<BR>
Crosby 3-Chime<BR>
Lunkenheimer 3-Chime<BR>
Southern Railway Single Chime<BR>
Southern Railway 3-Chime<BR>
Tweetsie Whistle (ETW&NC No. 12)<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Part No. 826121, $119.00 suggested retail.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">I have not heard any of these, and do not know if this decoder is yet available.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">On another note, since N&W did not operate the A and J class locos on the Shenandoah Valley line, what whistle would be appropriate for the K-2 streamlined locos? Is it the same as used in the Class J? I've got several old Key brass locos to work on, and I might was well put sound in them too!<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Thanks for any and all suggestions.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Jim Brewer<BR>
Glenwood MD<BR>
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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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</FONT></SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">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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