Mikado 4501 posted:If the past is anything to indicate, the new unstreamlined J3A's will likely have the same whistle as the 2015 Empire State Express Hudsons. They are essentially the same locomotive, and I can see them having that whistle sound instead of the one they used on the Vision Line J1E.
Yup. Lionel has gotten to the point reusing sounds that it's pretty easy to predict which whistle they will use. Ive heard plenty of the same type of whistle or horn that are technically the same but I can hear a difference. They could at least change the pitch a bit. Call it difference in pressure or wear or temperature or whatever. The J3a will definitely sound the same as the ESE and Niagara.
If only they would go back to the unique TMCC whistles.
