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Some pretty impressive progress, you sure it won't be done by the weekend?

That's pretty cool!

Anything GE can do, EMD can match...

Okay, a former Metra car now in Nashville (so not conclusive) - this one suggests added ditch lights, removed side tail lights, red warning gyralight replaced by a plain red tail light?

Okay - some quick digging...I think I need to update my own lighting rig even if I don't add sound! Startup and then to Run 8 for HEP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu2y2dSfMLU Alternating ditch lights (sloooow) plus flashing gyralight (fast) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlY-8NgCKnU Cab car (moder...

To 1 - yes they are 'proper' F40PHs so the HEP comes from the main engine as per Amtrak's. To 2 - Can't recall what the ditchlight setup is though, will have a dig tonight & see what I can find! Bound to be some shots on YouTube that will help? To 3 - yes the cab cars also have ditch lights, the...

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Koos - to my mind/ear the big issue will be does it include a turbocharger sound, not the number of cylinders - the turbocharger changes the sound entirely!

Lol...

Happens on the real thing too...
http://flic.kr/p/bDG8iZ

These KAT12s are a little on the lumpy side - I suspect they will probably fit into something like an Athearn SW1500 (which is the kind of loco where this tech is great) - but fitting that plus sound is a big ask. The other brand with stay-alives I've used I was never entirely happy with, although t...

Wanted to try out TCS's new stay-alive fitted ones, so at present they have a pair of KAT12s. I don't have any sound in my fleet at present. The stay-alive feature is probably (again!) overkill in such huge 6 axle machines, so they may eventually get swapped to something smaller and 'switch-ier' - t...

Decoders now in and given some rudimentary tuning, so we'll see what they work like next weekend!

BrianMoore wrote:Martyn - you were going to let me know what cars you want me to bring along (reefers, cement, acid) and how many, or are you sorted?

I've got the following on the schedule:

DRGW18335
DRGW18412
RCRX1021
SPFE457363
UPFE460135

HTH

Yep they are bonkersly big.

Decoders are in the mail i'm told, so they might appear for a quick run, but aren't likely to be properly tweaked by then.

Besides - a bit on the 'overkill' side for the layout we're running there!