MartyE posted:Berkshire President posted:The first Legacy 765 has the loco specific crew talk....and I really like it. I don't think the subsequent two did, though.
At some point, Big Orange changed this feature to mostly Vision Line only....which I think was a mistake. Why add Whistle Steam....and then go cheap on the sound? (Actually, the prices went up and the loco specific sound disappeared.)
You can save money when a genetic dialog can be used across multiple models. Simple economics.
True it's cost saving. However, if you're going to bring the engineer from the prototype to do the crew talk (assuming they used it in one engine only) why not have them add the road number in. Like with the 765, my friend has the early (2010) run and my uncle has the new (2014) run. Why not just reuse the original (2010) run crew talk, assuming the files are still there, Makes no sense to me. Another question, so then why do the vision engines get road specific crew talk, because there made only every other year? To add a monkey wrench to this (and to continue my point with 765), the latest big boy (2019) will have road specific crew talk and there using the files from the VL big boy. Makes no sense.
