It's SWITCHER SATURDAY!!! April 6, 2024 Edition

@pennsyfan posted:

@RSJB18 OK Bob were you jazzing me?

Does anyone here speak BEEP?

I just received another BEEP, used and weathered; seller stated perfect running condition. When I tested it, there was no horn. I put the MA&PA back on the track; no horn. I remembered answering Bob,  just a horn. I paged back to my post and played the video; and thought, that sounds like the GG1 horn. I often leave a train at the back of the layout and do short displays on the front. If the ones in back are command equipped it’s not a problem. I tried to get the G horn to blow. With just track power on; got nothing. Then I hit start up waited a minute a hit shut down. I heard it shut down but didn’t power down the track. I hit the horn again and it blew. I managed to duplicate it one time. So the horn you heard was the GG1 not the MA&PA BEEP.

QUESTION, do any BEEPS have horns?

Question 2  when I turned the new engine over there are two pin connectors hanging out the hole by the coupler on both ends.MA&PA doesn’t have them. I turned over my NAVY BEEP and that has them. What are they for?

Well, well, well....never thought about another train on the tracks.

Can't help you with the other question though.

Good detectiving. ....🤣🤣

Bob

@pennsyfan

I believe some of the later Beeps could be MUd.

4-13-2024 BEEPtalk-101

QUESTION, do any BEEPS have horns? RMT Answer NO although some BEEP owners upgraded with ER stuff.

Question 2  when I turned the new engine over there are two pin connectors hanging out the hole by the coupler on both ends. MA&PA doesn’t have them. I turned over my NAVY BEEP and that has them. What are they for? RMT ANSWER These are Molex connectors - 1 is male and other end is Female. Because of 4 wheels and includes 1 traction tire, sometimes BEEP would loose connectivity over switches. Connecting to similar BEEP with these Molex connectors you would have 6 wheels 'on track' and no connectivity problems. MA&PA was earlier version production. Later/last production after 2011 all had these Molex connectors.

coachjoe: The later 2011 version BEEPs could also MU with the PEEP A-B units.

Walter/RMT

@RMT - Ready Made Trains posted:

4-13-2024 BEEPtalk-101

QUESTION, do any BEEPS have horns? RMT Answer NO although some BEEP owners upgraded with ER stuff.

Question 2  when I turned the new engine over there are two pin connectors hanging out the hole by the coupler on both ends. MA&PA doesn’t have them. I turned over my NAVY BEEP and that has them. What are they for? RMT ANSWER These are Molex connectors - 1 is male and other end is Female. Because of 4 wheels and includes 1 traction tire, sometimes BEEP would loose connectivity over switches. Connecting to similar BEEP with these Molex connectors you would have 6 wheels 'on track' and no connectivity problems. MA&PA was earlier version production. Later/last production after 2011 all had these Molex connectors.

coachjoe: The later 2011 version BEEPs could also MU with the PEEP A-B units.

Walter/RMT

Thank you for the clarifications Walter!

@pennsyfan posted:

Thank you for the clarifications Walter!

If you get a BEEF Mini F-3 Diesel AA set, the "diesel horn sound" speaker and electronics are in the unpowered A. RMT's Bang S-4 ALCo S-4 also has the horn sound. Singly, the horn sound is kinda' corny, but if you get a couple together in a lashup, they sound pretty good because the pitch is slightly different from unit to unit and the combination is a bit "richer."