Trainlover9943 posted:RickM46 posted:I hear your disappointment regarding the whistle.
I bought the USRA Pacific 6-85170 - Atlanta and West Point 290 in the 2018 catalog C1 Big Book. Didn't know it had the same whistle as my VL Big Boy and FEF-3.
On Youtube, I heard the whistle for the USRA Pacific 6-85172 - Blue Reading and Northern 425 (same page in catalog) and liked it better; so, ordered its sound card and replaced the card in the Atlanta and West Point. Happier with that - such blasphemy! $79. If I realize the error of my ways, I can always go back -
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How did you order just the sound card?
Matt, I went to Lionel Parts site on the internet - https://www.lionelsupport.com/ReplacementParts/; filled in the locomotive model number 6-85172 (USRA Pacific 6-85172 - Blue Reading and Northern 425), and got the parts list for the locomotive; found the part number for its lite sound card - 691RSL3516, $79: called Lionel to order it - showed up about 7 business days later; swapped it with the original sound card in the tender; you have to note where each of the plugs go into the original sound card and find their sockets in the new sound card.
