Interesting what Lionel did with sound for the Veranda Turbine. In my recollection I did not hear the diesel exhaust at all over the sound of the turbine. Even at rest the turbine was still loud and drowned out the auxiliary diesel exhaust. Huh. It occurs to me there aren't a whole lot of people who heard the Big Blows, their stomping grounds being in sparsely populated country. Summer 1960 we spent two days in Green River, Wy just watching trains. Big Blows were very stately as they rolled out of town with IIRC no real change in turbine noise from standing to full throttle. They just eased away with no fuss.
Lew
