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Traindiesel posted:

Will there be any unpowered F units?

Good question.  Atlas-O offered unpowered F-7 units in the last announced production run.  I have an ABBA Rio Grande configuration (with 3 powered units) coming out of that production run.  I'm really taking a liking to this new Rio Grande paint-scheme... but might need to settle for an ABA 'cause I don't want -- nor do I need -- 4 powered units.

I'm also not crazy about the F3/F7 horn sound on these ERR sound boards.  For the $$$ spent, I wish Atlas-O or ERR would bite the bullet and put a richer sounding diesel horn in these locomotives.  The one that's there now -- even in the demo video in the original post -- has that "sick cow" sound to it, with little if any depth or presence to it.  I don't care if what's there is prototypical or not.  Sound is such an important element of enjoying today's model trains, I'd look the other way if art didn't necessarily imitate life to every rivet... or in this case, every note of the horn sound/chord. 

David

P.S.  I much prefer the ERR Railsounds for the C420 diesels, as per their website.  Does anybody know if these boards can just be swapped out for a soundboard that we prefer?  I know we can't "update" Railsounds by downloading our own sound file.  But I'd pay the extra $85 or so for the sounds I prefer, if a simple ERR board swap does the trick!  

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