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OK, utter confusion here. MTH Premier PS-3 N&W 611 J 20-3571-1; on the big auction site, there's a "Buy It Now" listing; inferring that they have been shipped.

 

An OGR Sponsor on their website shows:

 

  • "Unfortunately the product "MTH 20-3571-1 Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 J Steam Locomotive w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)" has been discontinued"

The MTH Website shows:

 

20-3571-1EF 2015 Volume 1
  • Premier
  • Norfolk & Western
JUN. 2015
 
So what's the deal? Shipped, cancelled, or still not shipped? Does anyone know?
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Originally Posted by kjstrains:
Originally Posted by B&O946:
I got mine yesterday. They move the bell to its current location on the real 611.

Nice pictures Matthew.  Nice that MTH moved to the bell.  Can you share a video?  

Note that the bell is not the right tone and one of the soft key sounds is not loaded correctly. Here is the video of the engine running.

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Matthew, thank you for posting your video. Haven't heard regarding my preorder, so I'll be calling my LHS this morning to make sure they have correct Credit Card info.

 

Paul, check out the Real Trains forum. There's been a ton of talk there regarding the 611 whistle.

 

As for the sound file, I'll just have to run my 604, 605, and 611 together and see which one I like best. Sound files are a nice MTH feature. Don't like the sound file? Just download another....

Last edited by Gilly@N&W
Originally Posted by RJR:

I read somewhere that after MTH had a chance to record sounds of the 611 from its recent run, it would release a revised sound file.

The drip down south to record the 611 in Spencer, NC didn't work out. Thus, MTH will have to use a previous sound set, which should more closely match a CORRECT N&W passenger whistle, instead of the UP whistle the 611 currently carries.

I received the following from MTH serve ice this evening:

MTH sound engineer alerted me to the following.

#611 N&W J 20-3571-1 soft key, S09, sample rate is too slow.

Revised consumer package file containing the revised sound file (.MTH) to correct this issue is now on the website.   Anyone wanting to correct the S09 function can now fix the sound by loading the revised sound file from the website.

I've been told, the Whistle on the refurbished 611 now in operation utilizes a UP Big Boy whistle not the original N&W J whistle. Therefore the real engine has different whistle sound compared to MTH's 20-3571-1 model and the original N&W J.

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