MELGAR, my two MTH RS3s sound similar, but not exactly the same as my RS1. The RS3s don’t have the initial long “running on one cylinder” sound or the “whistle” (probably the turbocharger on the prototype) at idle and when accelerating. The first time I started the RS1, I thought the sound system was bad!
When I was a kid a “couple” of years ago, I used to see an Alco S4 operated by the Grafton and Upton RR. It had the “whistle”. Every time I run the RS1, it reminds me of my youth!
John
I think the sounds on the RS-1's are one of my favorites.
That was a Great SWSAT Guys ! Great stuff posted and I had a Blast. Thanks for letting me Host this week’s SWSAT I hope to do it again someday. See you next time on SWSAT.
@Krieglok posted:Posted to the wrong week…that’s okay, I have more!
Tom
Tom are they all your own custom paint & decals? Regardless, all are striking!
I had the opportunity to run an Alco S1 for a little while at a tourist line. It always sounds a little broken, even when its not!
600 hp from an inline 6, with cylinder bores you could drop a pumpkin in🎃😃! Cab heaters that only worked after the engine warmed up - which was not fast! The smoke on a cold start looked like a brush fire. Once warmed up though, a reliable machine that did what it was asked. The air slide throttle was always a unique experience. There's only one click, and you have to listen for it, after that you have an variable throttle like a gas pedal, not an 8 position set up like the GP machines.
The view out the back was great. What I did not like was that the fuel tank was directly under the cab.
I have good memories of running it, maybe I need a model just to remember the sound!
Mel. I had a feeling you wouldn't sacrifice that Union RR paint scheme, even if 1111 was B&M blue.
On some Saturdays, SWSAT is so entertaining that I spend all day glued to the computer watching for the next post to appear. That was the case on 05-21-22. My first post was at 7:10 AM and the last was at 11:27 PM. By midnight, I was bleary-eyed. SWSAT is my favorite weekly post. Thanks to Lee, JHZ563 and all who participate.
MELGAR
Mel. Your welcome that we could entertain you yesterday. I hardly see you post anywhere else but here long ago I figured this was you favorite thread. I always enjoy what you post here like the others. See you next week.
@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Tom are they all your own custom paint & decals? Regardless, all are striking!
Oh no! They are all factory paint jobs. I have painted and kitbashed a couple PB&N and SB Ry slug sets…
Tom
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