Missing sound effect in steamers

A properly maintained steam locomotive won't have any rod clank. When the rod bearings get worn and loose, then you hear the rods clanking.

And soon you have bigger problems if you don't address the rod noise.

LOL... here is a video that just suggest some additional steam engine sounds that would be nice to have....

https://video.search.yahoo.com...art=mozilla&tt=b

my favorite steam locomotive sound has always been the distinctive side rod rattle of the Lionel 671/681 steam turbines.  along with its old E-unit buzz, it's one of the few engines i could probably ID with my eyes closed.

cheers...gary

Well, 3985 and 4014 have the rods clanking super loud while in motion so... I guess it would be nice to have an option to have that sound on or off.

What "distinctive side rod rattle?"  My 681 doesn't rattle, nor does the E-unit buzz (at least, no more than any other PW Lionel E-unit).

I guess I'd have to paraphrase Rich Melvin, and say that a properly maintained Lionel turbine doesn't rattle.

Not my video, but maybe were missing this? Now that doesn't sound to good. But again, #2156 hasn't moved in a while.

Please remember that 2156 is being TOWED, i.e. it is not under power, no steam, and the main rods have been removed! No wonder it rattles a bit.

My steam engines are missing the coal shoveling sounds

That's because they have the auger feed from the tender.

I remember noticing coal handling sounds on some brand's (I forget which) SP GS-class 4-8-4's sound chip, a few years ago. Stoker? Shoveling excess coal from the deck? 

There's only one problem with that. 

Notice at the first of the pacing sequence the two sets of drivers are out of sync (39 sec. mark) only to get into sync shortly on (1:15 mark) and stay that way. Can't tell from the video, but, maybe going through a curve caused that to happen?

and my loco doesn't chuff harder when it goes up hill. Trains nowadays are so unrealistic

Articulated locomotive engine sets never stay in sync, be they under power or being towed.

There is plenty of proof out there that they do, but, some people just can't be convinced. What was going on from 1:15 to 2;10?

Since that video seems to show the steamer not under power, I"m not sure what that proves.  I doubt the behavior under power would be the same as being towed.

You would be surprised. I have witnessed UP3985 going in and out of "sync" while under very heavy throttle, ascending mountain grades. Once the locomotive gets up to reasonable track speed, then the exhaust sounds seems to stay pretty well "in sync", no mater what the two different engines do, i.e. sometimes the exhaust sound will change from "in sync" to slightly "out of sync" for a few seconds.

My point was simply that being towed and being under power would likely be different a different dynamic, and thus the behavior would likely not be the same for each situation.

OK, yes as in the running gear, i.e. the rods, will make more "noise" when being towed, than when under power.