Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:Hot Water posted:RickO posted:Paul Kallus posted:I searched the internet for the latest Lionel PRR J1A model to hear the whistle and only could find the older releases.
This one comes up on the top of the list on youtube: https://youtu.be/UjVfMmFO3jY
And that is DEFINITELY the wrong whistle for a PRR J1 2-10-4!!!!!
I missed watching this yesterday and all I can say is "Wow?" That sounds like the B6's whistle, or close to it. I guess I won't blow the whistle on mine then, may confuse people into thinking a Switcher is coming down the tracks.
It's exactly the same as the Legacy B6 whistle. I just put my new PRR J1 on the layout yesterday and was appalled by the wimpy whistle on such a huge engine. I am by no means an expert, but there is no way this whistle could be prototypically correct. It needs to be replaced. The whistle on my Legacy M1A Mountain is terrific. I wonder whether the sound board for an M1A could be subbed for the J1 board.
The current J1 whistle sounds nothing like the whistle on the earlier TMCC version of the J1 that Norm Charbonneau posted on his awesome video. I also have an MTH PRR Proto-3 J1, which also has a powerful whistle, although I'm not sure it is prototypically correct. I will try to post a video playing the whistles of both the Proto-3 and Legacy versions of the J1.
Pat
