@Mannyrock posted:1. I have obviously been very unclear in my prior posts. My complaint isn't that the engine is too loud with a buzz. It is that when it is running, it is too quiet, with just a low grade hum, and "shwooses" around the track in a gliding motion.
2. In other words, it doesn't remotely sound like a train when it is running on the tracks. No mechanical sounds at all, no clicks, clacks, clinks. So, there is zero realism at all in running it.
3. I think that this has more to do with the fact that it is a diesel model, instead of a locomotive. Even the DC locomotives have mechanical moving parts on the outside of the wheels.
4. I know that this sounds silly, but I like my engines to sound mechanical.
Mannyrock
1. Hmm...usually people are more concerned with an engine being too noisy...
2. Sound card, I guess.
3. A "diesel" is still a "locomotive". And whether a model is running on AC or DC, "mechanical moving parts on the outside of the wheels" ( I guess you're referring to a "steam engine" here) shouldn't make any sound/noise...
4. Sound card, I guess...again!
Good luck with all that.
Mark in Oregon
